Mizzou to Bring Acy, Bryant and Garrett to SEC Media Days Monday
7/10/2019 10:59:00 AM | Football
Trio will join head coach Barry Odom for the kickoff's first session at 11:30 a.m.
Mizzou Football season is nearly upon us and the official kickoff of the 2019 season begins next Monday as SEC Media Days begin in Hoover, Ala. The SEC announced attendees from all 14 league institutions Wednesday, including Mizzou's squad that will be on the ground. Representing Mizzou will be fourth-year head coach Barry Odom, senior CB DeMarkus Acy, senior QB Kelly Bryant and senior LB Cale Garrett.
Mizzou's session begins Monday at 11:30 a.m.
Coach Odom is slated to go live on the main stage at 12:05 p.m. (CT) on SEC Network and he will again be live at 2:10 p.m. (CT) on the main SEC Network set.
Acy is a bona fide All-American candidate after earning Second-Team All-SEC honors from the league's coaches for an outstanding season that saw him become one of the top corners in the league in 2018. He led the team and ranked seventh in the SEC with three interceptions on the year, including one he ran back 76 yards at Tennessee (11/17) that set up a Tiger score. He finished the year with 30 tackles in his 13 starts, including one tackle for loss, while ranking second on the team with 10 pass break-ups. He had two picks in Mizzou's big road win at Tennessee, becoming the first Tiger since John Gibson in 2016 to grab two interceptions in a game. Acy limited opposing QBs to just a 46.8 completion percentage when targeting his side of the field a year ago, the SEC's fifth-best mark. Sports Illustrated tabbed him as a potential first round draft pick earlier this summer in their 2020 NFL Mock Draft.
#Mizzou's ball hawk @DeMarkusAcy2 is headed to #SECMD19 ??????#MIZ #ShowMe ???? pic.twitter.com/nYHtMhueQN
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Bryant is a former four-star recruit who was the nation's No. 11 quarterback in the class of 2015 according to Rivals.com. He comes to Mizzou as a graduate transfer from Clemson, where he led the Tigers to a 2017 College Football Playoff berth, starting all 14 games for the ACC Champions. That year, he was one of 11 finalists for the Manning Award and one of 16 semifinalists for the Davey O'Brien Award. He completed 262-of-398 passing for 2,802 yards and 13 touchdowns against eight interceptions in 886 snaps over 14 games (14 starts) and completed 65.8 percent of his passes and had a 131.7 pass efficiency rating. Bryant added 665 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns on 192 carries and his 12 wins were the most ever by a first-year starting QB in Clemson history. He holds the Clemson record for top-25 wins as a starting quarterback (six), is seventh in completion percentage, eighth in passing yards, completions, passing attempts, total offense (3,467) and in total offense per game (247.6), and 10th in passing yards per game (200.1). Bryant finished 2017 ranked 10th nationally in completion percentage and was sixth in the ACC in passing efficiency, seventh in total offense per game and ninth in passing yards per game in 2017. In 2018, hep played in four games before deciding to switch schools as a graduate transfer, going 36-for-54 (66.7 percent) for 461 yards and two touchdowns while adding 30 rushes for 130 yards and a pair of scores.
#Mizzou QB @KellyB125 is headed to #SECMD19 ??????#MIZ #ShowMe ???? pic.twitter.com/lF9NA8vOmE
— Mizzou Football (@MizzouFootball) July 10, 2019
Garrett is a true field general at the middle linebacker position who emerged as one of the top linebackers in the defensive-minded SEC. He won first-team All-SEC acclaim by Pro Football Focus, while taking home second-team All-SEC honors from the league coaches, thanks to his outstanding season that saw him lead Mizzou and rank seventh in the league with a career-best 112 tackles. He added 6.5 tackles for loss on the season and had a quarterback sack, to go with six quarterback pressures and one pass break-up. According to Pro Football Focus, he is the SEC's top-graded returning linebacker this season and his 264 career tackles are fourth-most among active Power 5 players.
#Mizzou's field general @cale_garrett is headed to #SECMD19 ??????#MIZ #ShowMe ???? pic.twitter.com/S9DeHVKKp8
— Mizzou Football (@MizzouFootball) July 10, 2019
