Here are the players Missouri football will take to SEC Media Days
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Missouri football’s SEC Media Days lineup is set.
The Tigers announced Tuesday that they are taking junior linebacker Nicholas Rodriguez, senior left tackle Cayden Green and redshirt junior running back Jamal Roberts to the preseason, talkin’ season event, which will be held Monday July 20 through Thursday, July 23 in Tampa, Florida.
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The three players will join seventh-year head coach Eli Drinkwitz, who will be the second SEC head coach to take to the lectern at the event.
Drinkwitz is set to address the media beginning at 10:25 a.m. CT. The event will air on SEC Network.
All three players are making their first appearance on the SEC Media Days stage.
Roberts is at the center of one of the major questions facing Mizzou ahead of the 2026 campaign: the availability of star running back Ahmad Hardy.
Hardy was shot in the upper leg while attending a concert in May in Mississippi and his status, after rushing for a program-record 1,649 yards last season, remains in doubt. There is currently no timetable for a possible return, but Drinkwitz has indicated at offseason caravan stops that he may be able to provide a more concrete update on the SEC Media Days stage.
If Hardy can’t play, then Roberts will be the Tigers’ No. 1 option in the backfield. He was stellar as MU’s No. 2 last year, rushing for 753 yards and six touchdowns on 6.1 yards per carry behind Hardy.
Green is Mizzou’s starting left tackle and is projected by many outlets as a potential Day 1 pick in the 2027 NFL Draft. The 6-foot-5, 324-pound Kansas City native was picked as a second-team preseason All-American by Phil Steele and will likely be on the media’s preseason All-SEC team.
Rodriguez was a prominent part of MU’s linebacker rotation last season and is now expected to be one of the leaders on the Tigers’ defense. He recorded 62 tackles, including 1.5 sacks and four tackles for loss, and seven pass breakups last season.
That means all three players the Tigers are taking to Tampa are returners who are entering at least their third season on campus. Both Roberts and Rodriguez started their college careers in Columbia, and Green transferred to Mizzou in 2024 after spending his true freshman season at Oklahoma.
This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Here are the players Missouri football will take to SEC Media Days