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Banister out

Barrett Banister, Missouri’s sixth-year senior receiver from Fayetteville, dressed out Friday, but didn’t play because of an injury.

A team captain, Banister took part in the pregame coin toss.

Missouri’s victory over Arkansas made the Tigers bowl eligible, so Banister will have a chance to play another game rather than have his college career end with him watching from the sideline.

“I knew he wasn’t going to be able to play much pretty early in the week,” Missouri quarterback Brady Cook said. “I was like, ‘Dude,‘I’m going to win this game for you.’

“Because this is probably his Super Bowl, especially with bowl eligibility on the line.

“I hurt for him because he wanted to be out there so bad, but it was pretty sweet getting to celebrate with him tonight.”

Banister has 36 receptions for 403 yards this season. For his career, he had 129 career catches for 1,215 yards and 2 touchdowns.

When Missouri beat New Mexico State 45-14 last Saturday, Banister had seven catches for a team-high 91 yards, but he left the game in the fourth quarter with an undisclosed injury.

Banister went to Missouri as a preferred walk-on — meaning he took part in preseason camp as true freshman in 2017 — and was placed on scholarship in 2018 by Barry Odom, the Tigers’ coach from 2016-19 and now Arkansas’ defensive coordinator.

Missouri 29, Arkansas 27

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