Luther Burden remembers the exact moment he made the decision.
It was homecoming. Mizzou hosted North Texas on Oct. 9. Second quarter. The pigskin flew just as pigs could fly — because the top receiver in the United States decided to play college football for the Missouri Tigers.
“I just pictured myself in that moment — scoring, the crowd going crazy,” Burden said Tuesday of J.J. Hester’s 41-yard touchdown haul. “That’s when I knew I had to be here.”