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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Missouri looks to be hiring former All-Big 12 C A.J Ricker as its new OL coach to replace the retired Bruce Walker.

This has to be an upgrade, as Walker was a weird dude who was a lazy-ass recruiter.

Ricker always struck me as a pretty charismatic guy (I interviewed him a few times in college). I could see him being a very effective and energetic recruiter.

Found this:

In the 2014 class, Ricker signed three recruits:

Frankort (Ill.) 5.7 three-star offensive center Nick Allegretti; Allegretti chose Illinois over offers from Cincinnati, Northern Illinois, Toledo and Western Michigan ? although he did commit early (March of his Junior year in High School). He was the nation's eighth-ranked center prospect, and the 20th-ranked recruit in the state.

Great Barrington (Mass.) 5.6 three-star offensive tackle Peter Cvijanovic; Illinois is listed as the only offer for Cvijanovic, who ranked 11th overall in the 2014 prep-school rankings ? he's originally from Illinois, and his brother plays for the Illini.

Orange (Texas) 5.3 three-star running back Chris James; James is listed as having an offer from Iowa State, as well. He committed on NSD this past February.

Most notable among the players Ricker recruited, but missed out on, are four-star Carol Stream (Ill.) running back Justin Jackson (signed with Northwestern, also recruited by Missouri) and four-star Chicago offensive lineman Jamarco Jones (signed with Ohio State, offers from all over the country).

In the 2015 class, Ricker gained the commitments of four players, all offensive linemen:

Sacramento (Cali.) 5.3 two-star center Zach Heath; Heath is a JUCO player. Illinois was his only offer.

Medina (Ohio) 5.4 two-star offensive tackle Zeke Martin; Martin's other offers were from MAC schools.

Jacksonville (Ill.) 5.7 three-star offensive tackle Gabe Megginson; Megginson had offers from all over the country, including Missouri, Ohio State, Arkansas, Wisconsin.

Indianapolis (Ind.) 5.6 three-star offensive tackle Adam Solomon; Solomon had offers from Duke, Cincinnati, Indiana and Minnesota, among others.