Missouri football's safety room is young, unproven. Who will step up?

Unlike its secondary counterpart at cornerback, Missouri football is leaning heavily on its young returners at safety in 2026. Mizzou lost all three of its starting safeties from Week 1 of the 2025 campaign this offseason. Daylan Carnell and Jalen Catalon have graduated, while Marvin Burks Jr. was one of the most surprising portal entries out of Columbia in January, transferring to Wisconsin. That’s a lot of lost reps, but instead of targeting the position heavily in the transfer portal, like Missouri did by adding four cornerbacks, the plan appears to be to see what some returning underclassmen can do with some development. The Tigers added two transfer safeties, but the bulk of the...