Missouri adds former Florida receiver Naeshaun Montgomery, bolstering its receiving corps with youthful SEC experience and four years of eligibility.
Missouri continued to replenish its receiving core by adding former Florida wide receiver Naeshaun Montgomery Saturday morning, per Pete Nakos of On3.
The former four-star recruit appeared in four games in his true freshman, 2025 season, logging three catches for 26 yards. Montgomery redshirted the seasons and will preserve four years of eligibility.
Surprisingly, Missouri was never in on the initial recruitment of Montgomery, despite the Miami native holding offers from dozens of other Power Four schools and hailing from an area head coach Eli Drinkwitz often recruits out of. Nonetheless, Drinkwitz circled back and made sure he got Montgomery to Missouri this time around, adding youth to a rebuilding receiver corps.
The 6-foot-1, 189-pound receiver has valuable experience in the Southeastern Conference, even if only one season. Missouri has had previous success in recruiting former SEC wideouts — see Kevin Coleman Jr. in 2025.
Former Missouri junior wideouts Josh Manning and Marquis Johnson transferred away from Missouri; the Tigers replaced them with fellow veteran receivers Caleb Goodie and Horatio Fields. Former Missouri redshirt freshman James Madison II transferred out of Missouri — Montgomery is his youthful replacement.
Here's how Missouri's 2026 wide receiver room sits with Montgomery's addition:
Horatio Fields (eligibility expires in 2026)
Caleb Goodie (2026)
Donovan Olugbode (2028)
DaMarion Fowlkes (2028)
Naeshaun Montgomery (2028)
Shaun Terry II (2029)
Jabari Brady (2030)
Devyon Hill-Lomax (2030)
Fields, Goodie and Olugbode are the leading contenders to start as the room currently sits, but Montgomery has as good of a case as the remaining five to be the top backup, given his 2025 production. He joins freshman Shaun Terry II, along with incoming freshman Jabari Brady and Devyon Hill-Lomax as Missouri wideouts with at least four years of eligibility remaining.
In other news, former Missouri wide receiver Daniel Blood has committed to Washington State, following former Missouri offensive coordinator Kirby Moore. He is the third Tiger wideout to land in a new home for 2026, but the first former offensive player that Moore has poached to be a Cougar.
To keep up with all former and new Tiger transactions — be it transfers, hirings, commitments or more — follow along with our 2026 Missouri offseason tracker here:
