As Eli Drinkwitz looks to round out the 2021 recruiting class in the coming weeks, we’ve had our eyes squarely on the transfer portal. Drinkwitz has already dipped into the portal to grab instant impact players like EJ Ndoma-Ogar and Mookie Cooper. And on Monday, Mizzou got another addition, one that has the potential to be the most immediately impactful transfer in the class.

Alldredge, a two-time First Team All Conference USA member entered the portal after Rice’s season, which only consisted of 5 games. Alldredge led the conference in tackles per game in 2020, just one year after putting up a MONSTER 2019 season. How do these numbers strike you?

• 102 total tackles, 8.5 per game
• 21.5 tackles for loss
• 4 sacks
• 2 passes defended
• 1 forced fumble and fumble recovery

Grabbing Alldredge will immediately shore up the depth at linebacker as Nick Bolton departs for the NFL.

Get to know: Blaze Alldredge

Former School: Rice

Position: Linebacker

Ht/Wt: 6’2”, 220 lbs.

There aren’t any readily available highlights of Alldredge on YouTube or Twitter, but you have to imagine he’ll play a similar role to Bolton. I’ll leave it to our resident tape experts to break down how Alldredge will fit in with Missouri’s defensive plans... which we still don’t know much about considering they don’t have a defensive coordinator.

What they’re saying:

Here’s one from the Special Teams Coordinator at Memphis, who had high praise for Alldredge as an opponent.