Missouri has its first switch portal dedication of this 12 months’s cycle: Theo Wease Jr., a large receiver from Oklahoma, introduced his intention to switch to Missouri on Sunday.
Wease introduced he entered the portal Nov. 30. Shortly after he introduced he had decided Friday, saying, “Announcement coming quickly,” Tigers receiver Luther Burden III tweeted, “Acquired us one #miz,” indicating Burden was conscious of Wease’s recruitment.
Wease has had an up-and-down faculty profession, contributing as a real freshman for Oklahoma in 2019 and looking out very very like a participant on the rise with 37 catches for 530 yards the following season. Nonetheless, Wease missed nearly your entire 2021 season because of damage.
In 2022, Wease positioned fourth on the group with 378 receiving yards however led the Sooners with 19.9 yards per reception, simply forward of star wideout Marvin Mims’ 19.3 yards per catch. Wease saved his finest sport for final, with a three-catch, 123-yard efficiency in a 51-48 time beyond regulation loss to Texas Tech on Nov. 26.
Popping out of Allen, Texas, Wease was rated because the No. 37 participant within the nation by 247Sports and No. 11 by Rivals. He was the No. 4 and No. 3 prospect at huge receiver within the nation, respectively.
Wease is 6-foot-3, 205 kilos and may go up and get it, making him a menace on deep balls. He has good pace for his measurement and has flashed the power to make defenders miss after the catch all through his profession.
He’s a graduate switch, however he has two extra years of eligibility because of an additional 12 months of eligibility granted by the NCAA as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. He doesn’t fully fill the outlet Dominic Lovett left on Missouri — Wease is a very completely different participant who may have a very completely different function, for that matter — however it might have been extremely unlikely, if not unimaginable, for the Tigers to take action with a single participant.
Wease will be part of a receiving corps prone to function Burden, Mookie Cooper and Mekhi Miller.