— PowerMizzou's Gabe Dearmond on Twitter. Anytime a backup leaves, we claim it "hurts depth," even though in a lot of cases, players leave because they weren't actually providing competitive depth. Freeman had been passed on the depth chart by redshirt freshman Taylor Chappell and sophomore Anthony Gatti, so I guess this shouldn't be a surprise. Still, it's disappointing because a) Freeman is really, really big, and b) he's had to fight through a lot of injuries in his career, and you always hope that adversity leads to depth chart triumph.