A rare two-sport path became a gut punch in a blink for Sam Horn , the Missouri quarterback and Los Angeles Dodgers pitching signee who tried to balance SEC football with a pro baseball future this fall. On opening night against Central Arkansas, Sam Horn’s season veered off course on his very first snap, turning a high-profile experiment into a moment that tests both a locker room and a long-term plan. It is the harsh side of being both a prospect and a starter-in-waiting when the calendar refuses to cooperate.

Horn did not even get a full drive to show why the staff loved his arm talent and mobility, entering on Missouri’s first quarter insertion and taking a designed quarterback run for six yards before a low hit left him down and in need of help to the sideline . The Tigers had

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