Missouri
Former Missouri State player Jacardia Wright in Super Bowl with Seahawks
For the second time in program history, Missouri State football will be represented in the Super Bowl.
After the Seattle Seahawks beat the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship to clinch their spot in Super Bowl LX, it meant that ex-Bears running back Jacardia Wright has a chance to win his first Super Bowl ring.
Wright originally committed to Kansas State out of St. Teresa High School in Illinois and played there for three years before transferring to Missouri State. With the Bears, he played from 2022-24, finishing with over 3,500 yards from scrimmage and 33 total touchdowns. He was named an all-Missouri Valley Conference performer in both 2023 and 2024.
Professionally, Wright went undrafted but signed with the Seahawks after the draft. He made his first NFL appearance in Seattle’s Week 3 win over the New Orleans Saints, rushing for 20 yards. Following that game, he was placed on season-ending injured reserve, but he will still receive a ring should the Seahawks beat the New England Patriots on Sunday.
Missouri State is still looking for its first Super Bowl champion. The program’s only other Super Bowl participant, offensive lineman Jason Whittle, played for the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV, but New York lost to the legendary 2000 Baltimore Ravens, 34-7.
Ex-Bears tight end Clay Harbor also warrants a mention. Harbor played for the 2016 Patriots, a team that went on to beat the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI. However, he only played sparingly in three games before getting released by New England following Week 4 of that year and spent the remainder of the season with the Detroit Lions, so he did not receive a ring.
The Kansas City Chiefs selected linebacker Nick Bolton in the second round, 58th overall, of the 2021 NFL Draft. The University of Missouri Tigers star is a two-time Super Bowl champion and can now add Hall of Famer to his resume after a special reveal from head coach Andy Reid after a recent team practice.
“You guys know I’m a Missouri Tiger at heart; I had a chance to coach there, for you that didn’t know, before I got in the NFL. We got a couple of Missouri Tigers here, but we got one that’s real, real famous right now. Not only for his play here with the Chiefs, but also what he did at the University of Missouri,” said Reid. “He did great things there. We know him as kind of a team guy. He’s Nick Bolton, right? We know him as a team guy, the ultimate team guy, but today you’re going to get an individual award, bud. Today you’re going into the University of Missouri Athletic Hall of Fame.”
During his college football career at Missouri, Bolton was named First-Team All-SEC in 2019 and 2020 and Second-Team All-American in 2020.
Bolton had another impressive season in 2025, leading the Chiefs with 154 total tackles, along with a sack and an interception. He was selected as an alternate for the 2026 Pro Bowl Games.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Despite conflict between the U.S. and Iran, gas prices in Missouri have been falling since last month, and even last week.
According to GasBuddy.com, average gas prices in Missouri have gone down 53.9 cents a gallon since last month and 9.9 cents per gallon since last week. This correlates with national average gas prices, which have been down 55.6 cents per gallon since last month and 6.9 cents per gallon last week.
Head of Petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, Patrick De Haan, says, “Fresh attacks were traded between the U.S. and Iran before both sides agreed to halt hostilities just in time Sunday, preventing what could have been a significant spike in oil prices.”
Patrick says that even though the market is unpredictable at the moment, “GasBuddy anticipates the national average will continue drifting lower this week.”
A fundraiser on Friday helped raise money for a mid-Missouri family’s effort to get their daughter medical treatment.
Hurts Donut from Springfield, Mo., traveled to Ashland to help the Kroeckel family raise money for their daughter, Harper’s, life-changing medical treatment in Italy.
“After exhausting available treatment options in the United States, the family is now pursuing specialized care that offers new hope for her future,” wrote the Hurts Donut shop in a press release. “Because the treatment, travel expenses and extended medical stays are not covered by insurance, the family is facing more than $85,000 in out-of-pocket costs.”
Harper had been born prematurely at 35 weeks and admitted to the NICU, where a nurse discovered a spot that they assumed to be diaper rash on her bottom. However, further inspection led to her diagnosis of Capillary Malformation-Arteriovenous Malformation, or CM-AVM.
CM-AVM is a genetic mutation at the cellular level that causes blood vessels in certain areas to be tangled, causing swelling, pressure, chronic pain and, in some instances, bleeding. In Harper’s case, it could potentially spread to her spine or brain.
The donut shop set up shop at the Ashland Optimists Club and donated 100% of its Special Tribute donut sales to the Kroeckel family, as well as 10% of the proceeds from its dozen donut sales.
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