Mizzou adds the best transfer portal player available in the former Georgia edge rusher

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri football filled its transfer portal class with one of the best players still on the board at this point in the window.

Former Georgia defensive end Damon Wilson II committed to the Tigers as a transfer Tuesday. He was rated the second-best defensive lineman to enter the portal this cycle by 247Sports and the most available player as of Tuesday night.

Wilson chose MU over Ohio State.

He made 22 tackles, recorded three sacks and forced two fumbles for the Bulldogs in 2024, his second season in Athens.

Wilson is 6-4, 250 pounds and hails from Venice, Florida. He is expected to have two years of eligibility left.

Wilson will immediately jump into the mix at the top of Mizzou’s crop of edge rushers, which includes another former Georgia D-end in Darris Smith, who missed the 2024 season with a torn ACL.

MU have signed 167 players for this transfer portal cycle.

• Quarterback Beau Pribula (Penn State).
• Running back Ahmad Hardy (Louisiana-Monroe).
• Wide receiver Kevin Coleman Jr. (Mississippi State).
• Tight end Vince Brown II (Colorado State).
• Offensive tackle Keagen Trost (Wake Forest).
• Offensive tackle Johnny Williams IV (West Virginia).
• Guard/Center Dominick Giudice (Michigan).
• Defensive end Nate Johnson (Appalachian State).
• Defensive end Damon Wilson II (Georgia).
• Defensive lineman Langden Kitchen (Northwest Missouri State).
• Linebacker Mikai Gbayor (Nebraska).
• Linebacker Josiah Trotter (West Virginia).
• Cornerback Stephen Hall (Washington State).
• Safety Santana Banner (Northern Illinois).
• Safety Mose Phillips III (Virginia Tech).
• Safety Jalen Catalon (UNLV).
• Punter Connor Weselman (Stanford).