MV3: It’s Brady Cook and everyone else

Oct 21, 2024 | Uncategorized

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Missouri quarterback Brady Cook (12) celebrates scoring a two-point conversion in the fourth quarter of a game against Auburn on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, at Faurot Field in Columbia.(CAL TOBIAS/ROCK M NATION)

Brady Cook changed the game against Auburn. For that, he’s the unanimous MVP.

Welcome to the MV3, a weekly piece where Rock M Nation’s staff votes on the three most impactful players in Mizzou’s previous game.

1. Brady Cook

Missouri quarterback Brady Cook (12) celebrates scoring a two-point conversion in the fourth quarter of a game against Auburn on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, at Faurot Field in Columbia.(CAL TOBIAS/ROCK M NATION)

I don’t need to justify our pick here. Mizzou does not win this game without Brady Cook, plain and simple. You know it. I know it. Period.

2. Daylan Carnell

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You know who Daylan Carnell reminds me a lot of? Kentrell Brothers. Not in playing style, obviously, but in the way that he’s just been a consistently excellent on Mizzou’s defense for what feels like forever. Carnell is a good tackler, a good coverage man, a great leader and a producer in the game’s biggest moments. Six tackles, a half tackle for loss and a pass breakup is a ho-hum day for Carnell, but each of those stats came in big moments. Such is the way with the junior from Indianapolis.

3. Mookie Cooper

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I remember when Mookie Cooper joined the Mizzou program. It felt like a turning point. A five-star athlete coming home from a blue blood program? Cooper was supposed to change Mizzou’s offense, a bananas athletic swiss army knife who would turn defenses inside out. Of course, Cooper had a few injuries to overcome and then fell into the shadow of Luther Burden and Theo Wease, but has Mizzou ever had a better third option? Cooper is like Barrett Bannister on Michael’s Secret Stuff from Space Jam. And when the Tigers desperately needed a big play to put them squarely back into the game, Mookie Cooper was there. I’m going to miss him so much next year.

Others receiving votes: Eddie Kelly, Jr., MU Health Care, Zion Young

What do you think? Is there anyone we missed out on nominating? Let us know in the comments or at Rock M+!

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