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Pete Thamel, ESPN
Missouri redshirt junior offensive lineman Connor Tollison, one of the country’s top centers, is out for the remainder of the season with a knee injury, sources told ESPN.
Tollison’s injury came in the second half of the home win over Oklahoma on Saturday night. He left the field without putting weight on one of his legs.
He has started 34 games at center for Missouri and is considered a strong prospect for this year’s NFL draft.
The extent of the injury and potential recovery time is not certain.
Tollison was replaced by redshirt senior Drake Heismeyer, who earned coach Eliah Drinkwitz’s praise Saturday for his job in relief. Missouri outlasted Oklahoma for a wild 30-23 comeback win to improve to 7-2.
Tollison started 12 games as a redshirt freshman in 2022 and started all 13 games last season, when Missouri’s offensive line was named as a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award, given to the nation’s best offensive line unit.
He made the 2024 preseason watch list for the Rimington Trophy, awarded to the country’s top center.