Commute: Mizzou’s Ahmad Hardy Named a Doak Walker Finalist

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Happy Thanksgiving, Mizzou fans! Despite what has been somewhat of a “down” season for Missouri — there’s still plenty of reasons to be thankful for around this program under head coach Eli Drinkwitz.

The SEC’s leading rusher Ahmad Hardy is certainly one of those reasons. To no one’s surprise, he was announced as a finalist for the Doak Walker Award.

Hardy joins Ole Miss’ Kewan Lacy and Notre Dame’s Jeremiyah Love. So, that’s a current Mizzou Tiger, a former Mizzou Tiger, and a St. Louis native up for the Doak Walker. Pretty cool, right?

Even cooler — Mizzou has had three Doak Walker finalists in five years as Hardy joins Cody Schrader and Tyler Badie.

Matthew Gustafson will have more later on Ahmad Hardy here on Rock M. And looking ahead to Mizzou’s regular season finale at Arkansas on Saturday — here’s the Wednesday night injury report.

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• Hoopin’ and Hollerin from Dylan Heinrich: Ballin on Break

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• Study Hall from Sam Snelling: Mizzou 98, South Carolina State 66

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• Over at Rock M+: Matthew Harris has the lookahead to Mizzou Hoops’ Black Friday afternoon game vs Cleveland State.

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