COLUMBIA, Mo. — Even on its bye week, Missouri football managed to pick up a couple of wins.

Those came on the recruiting front, with two four-star prospects verbally committing to the Tigers over the weekend.

J.J. Bush, a linebacker from Theodore, Alabama, changed his pledge to Mizzou on Friday. He's ranked as the 13th best linebacker in the 2026 recruiting class by 247Sports.

Bush visited MU along with a few other schools in the summer but committed to Arkansas. When the Razorbacks fired coach Sam Pittman last week, however, he reopened his recruitment and the Tigers' rekindled their interest.

Bush is listed at 6-foot-3, 210 pounds.

A day later, Missouri pulled one of the best prospects in Arkansas out of the state. Terry Hodges, a running back from Bryant, Arkansas, verbally commit

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