COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — It was clear that Ahmad Hardy hadn’t spent much time behind a microphone, or in this kind of glaring spotlight, every time he had to answer a question Saturday night. Hardy would lean into the podium, getting as close as possible to the mic, as if he was worried it wouldn’t be able to capture his voice.

Not much is capturing him these days. Certainly not tacklers.

After transferring to Missouri in the offseason, the 5-foot-10, 205-pound running back has emerged as the talk of the SEC, and perhaps all of college football. He’s gone over 100 yards rushing in six straight games, dating back to his freshman season at Louisiana-Monroe, including a 250-yard effort against Louisiana and an arguably more brilliant 138-yard performance last week against South Carolina, when

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