Mizzou LT Jayven Richardson to Enter Transfer Portal, Per Report

Missouri is down two offensive tackles after Richardson's departure.

Sept 20, 2025; Columbia, Missouri, USA; Missouri Tigers left tackle Jayven Richardson lines up in the first quarter against South Carolina. | Sam Simon/MissouriOnSI

Missouri left tackle Jayven Richardson will enter the transfer portal when it opens on Friday, per Chris Hummer. Richardson started in two games and appeared in 10 this season for the Tigers.

Missouri OT Jayven Richardson (@JayyRxch) plans to enter the portal, @thebizofathlete tells @mzenitz and me.

The 6-foot-6, 313-pound OT played 197 snaps this year with 2 starts and posted a 61.4 PFF grade.

Was the No. 4 JUCO OT in the 2024 cycle. https://t.co/PjZB7U6Tbk pic.twitter.com/I41UkdtYGY

— Chris Hummer (@chris_hummer) December 30, 2025

Richardson's two starts came when starter Cayden Green went down with injury. His starts came against South Carolina and UMass, both of which resulted in wins for the Tigers. His primary opponent against the Gamecocks was Bryan Thomas Jr., one of the top edge rushers in the SEC.

"We have a ton of confidence in Jayven Richardson, because he's a great young man who works hard," head coach Eli Drinkwitz said after Richardson's start against South Carolina. "When his moment showed up, he was there for the Brotherhood, and that's what this thing's built on."

The former JUCO left tackle played 197 snaps this season and finished the year with a 61.4 overall Pro Football Focus grade. In Richardson's first year with the Tigers, the 2024 season, he appeared in six games and played 69 snaps.

Richardson was formerly a three-star composite JUCO prospect in the 2024 class from Hutchinson Community College. He was ranked No. 22 overall and third among all offensive tackles. He was recruited by a plethora of Power 4 schools, including Auburn, Illinois, Ole Miss, Texas Tech, Arkansas, Mississippi State and others. Richardson is a native of Gonzalez, Louisiana.

With the Tigers losing Richardson, Missouri is down its two second-string offensive tackles from the 2025 season. Johnny Williams IV, a former West Virginia transfer, also announced plans to enter the transfer portal Tuesday morning, just hours before Richardson did the same. Both were brought in for competition at the tackle positions. Richardson competed for the starting left tackle job with Williams in fall camp before the coaching staff opted to move Green from left guard to left tackle.

The losses of Richardson and Williams, along with freshman offensive guard Henry Fenuku on Dec. 18, will cause the Tigers to make the offensive line a priority. That was always going to be the case, with the Tigers losing right tackle Keagen Trost and center Connor Tollison due to both exhausting their elligibility.

But now more than ever Missouri will need depth and new starters on the line. Even before the departures, it was one of the weakest position groups on the team in 2025.

The transfer portal window officially opens Friday and closes Jan. 16. Richardson is now the 12th Missouri player to announce plans to enter the transfer portal. To keep up with all of the transfer movement for Missouri, follow our offseason tracker.