Missouri’s Cook, Burden will play, sources state

• Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 29, 2023, 06:36 PM ET

Missouri beginning quarterback Brady Cook and star wide receiver Luther Burden III will dip into Vanderbilt on Saturday, sources told ESPN.Both players participated in Missouri’s practice on Friday, per sources, and are all set to play. Both Cook and Burden were noted as doubtful this week.Missouri is 4-0 and ranked No. 23 in this week’s AP poll after beating Memphis in St. Louis last week. That start consists of a win over then-No. 15 Kansas State on a last-second field goal.Cook, a junior

, is a two-year starting quarterback for Missouri and gets in the game as the SEC’s leader in backyards per effort with 10.7. Cook has actually thrown for 1,073 lawns, seven goals and finished 72% of his passes.Burden, a real sophomore, is tied for very first in the SEC with 32 catches so far this season. He has 504 getting lawns and three touchdowns.Vanderbilt is 2-3, having lost successive games to Wake Forest, UNLV and Kentucky.