Missouri Pushes 2017 Class Back to 20 with Louisiana CB Adam Sparks
Written by Ryan Wright
Twitter: @HogManInLA
The Tigers gained a prized recruit while taking one away from a SEC East foe when cornerback Adam Sparks committed on Christmas Day.
Sparks played his way into being a highly touted Louisiana corner with Dutchtown High School. The Griffins went 4-7 in 2016 with Sparks recruitment continuing even after a June 27 verbal to Vanderbilt. Sparks took an official to Wake Forest (Dec. 3) and then took one to Missouri on Dec. 10. The visit to Columbia got Sparks thinking about a change.
On Dec. 16, the 6-0, 170 pound, playmaker decommitted from the Commodores publically announcing the Tigers on Dec. 25. Sparks posted a statement on Twitter:
In addition to beating out Vanderbilt for Sparks, the Tigers also beat out reported offers from Wake Forest, Tulane, Louisiana Tech, Colorado State, Southern Illinois, Louisiana-Monroe, Jackson State, SMU, Purdue, and UTSA.
The Tigers’ 2017 recruiting class is back to 20 commits with Sparks. On Dec. 14, Southwest High School (Fort Worth, TX) wide receiver Roderick Ford decommitted.
247Sports rates Mizzou’s 2017 class No. 37 in the country, No. 12 in the SEC. Rivals thinks higher of Missouri’s class rating them No. 31 overall with one four-star recruit, athlete DaRon Davis.
Missouri Tigers 2017 Verbal Commitment List (20)
CB Terry Petry, 5-11, 180, Ridge Point HS, Missouri City, TX
CB Adam Sparks, 6-0, 170, Dutchtown HS, Geismar, LA
SS Joshuah Bledsoe, 5-11.5, 191, Dekaney HS, Houston, TX
LB Jamal Brooks, 6-1, 227, Bessemer City HS, Bessemer, AL
LB Aubrey Miller, 5-11.5, 207, Whitehaven HS, Memphis, TN
DE Nate Anderson, 6-3, 255, New Mexico Military Institute, NM
DE Chris Turner, 6-4, 225, Hammond HS, Hammond, LA
DT Rashad Brandon, 6-2, 315, ASA College, Brooklyn, NY
OG Larry Borom, 6-5, 338, Brother Rice HS, Bloomfield Hills, MI
OC Case Cook, 6-5, 290, Carrollton HS, Carrollton, GA
OT Pompey Coleman, 6-5, 265, Ben Davis HS, Indianapolis, IN
OT Yasir Durant, 6-6, 330, Arizona Western C.C., Yuma, AZ
OT Hyrin White, 6-7, 290, DeSoto HS, DeSoto, TX
TE Logan Christopherson, 6-5.5, 216, Lemont HS, Lemont, IL
RB Isaiah Miller, 5-11, 191, Baldwin HS, Jacksonville, FL
QB/ATH Reyondous Estes, 5-11.5, 164, East St. Louis HS, East St. Louis, IL
WR Jafar Armstrong, 6-0, 200, Bishop Mieng HS, Mission, KS
WR Elijah Gardiner, 6-5, 185, Kemp HS, Kemp, TX
ATH DaRon Davis, 6-2, 190, Hogan Prep, Kansas City, MO
LS Adam Bay, 6-0, 210, Desert Ridge HS, Mesa, AZ
Photo credit: Gonzales Weekly Citizen; No. 13 Adam Sparks.