{
  "id": 11594265,
  "title": "Missouri football rules out 2 defensive starters on Friday injury report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/missouri-football-rules-out-2-defensive-starters-on-friday-injury",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-03T03:54:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/missouri-football-rules-2-defensive-035404465.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Missouri football will compete without both of its Week 1 starting defensive ends against Florida on Saturday. Darris Smith and Langden Kitchen were ruled out of the upcoming game, meaning the Tigers will be without two crucial defensive end members. The absence of Smith and Kitchen is due to lower-body injuries that prevented them from playing in the past few games. Both players started the week as questionable on the SEC injury report, which updates every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday night. They maintained their questionable status on Thursday before being officially ruled out on Friday. Sophomore Daeden Hopkins, the SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week twice in the past three weeks, will play a significant role in Mizzou's pass rush. Other likely starters in the defensive end rotation include Jaden Jones, Malik Bryant, Demarcus Johnson, and Kamauryn Morgan. The Tigers are scheduled to face the Florida Gators, currently ranked No. 8, at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Columbia. The game will be broadcast on ABC.",
  "summary": "Missouri football will be missing both of its Week 1 starters at defensive end when it faces Florida, the Tigers announced on their injury report.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "It's more than football on Friday night. Here's the rest of the scores",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/its-more-than-football-on-friday-night-heres-the-rest-of-the-scores",
        "published": "2026-10-03T02:54:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}