Mizzou RB Brendon Haygood to Enter Transfer Portal, Per Report

The former four-star running back played minimally for the Tigers this season.

Brendon Haygood on a visit to the University of Missouri. | Courtesy of Brendon Haygood, Mizzou Athletics

Freshman running back Brendon Haygood intends to enter the transfer portal once it opens, per Sam Spiegelman of Rivals. Haygood played only four snaps the entire season.

Missouri RB Brendon Haygood intends to hit the Transfer Portal, sources tell @Rivals

Haygood is a former 4-star RB in the 2025 class who played in one game with the Tigers this season https://t.co/zrzyyABvzA pic.twitter.com/3imEFOEGXV

— Sam Spiegelman (@samspiegs) December 3, 2025

Haygood's four snaps came against Louisiana in Week 3 of the season. He took four carries for 12 yards in those snaps.

As a recruit, Haygood was No. 399 in composite rankings. He was also the No. 27 running back and, a native of Sachse, Texas, was No. 54 in his home state. Out of high school, he held offers from Texas Tech, Houston, Virginia Tech, Boise State, Kansas State and others.

For most of the recruitment cycle, Haygood was committed to Boise State. He had an explosive senior season that led to an uptick of power conference offers, eventually leading to him backing out of his Boise State commitment. Haygood was a signing day addition for the Tigers.

Missouri's running back room was nothing short of stacked this season, especially after the addition of Ahmad Hardy in the transfer portal. The development and growth of Jamal Roberts also made seeing the field a challenge for Haygood.

At the end of the day, Haygood could not beat out Tavorus Jones and his true-freshman counterpart, Marquise Davis. Haygood was the fifth running back on the depth chart, making his departure seemingly imminent.

The Tigers also added three-star running back Maxwell Warner in the class of 2026, who recently signed with Missouri during the early signing period. That would leave potentially six capable running backs on the roster, with not all of them being able to receive touches.

Former four-star wide receiver James Madison II also entered the transfer portal earlier in the week. Madison, Haygood and safety Caleb Flagg mark the three current transfer portal departures for the Tigers so far, though the portal is not officially open until early January.

The transfer portal process is starting to pick up, despite the portal not officially being open. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz and the Tigers will have to navigate their roster construction with both departing and incoming players.

"We have guys that aren't on two-year contracts that have to make decisions on what their future looks like here, and if that means that they go to the portal, then we'll have to replace," Drinkwitz said on Wednesday. "So I don't really have a firm number."

The college football transfer portal officially opens on January 2, 2026.