Missouri football team gets commitment from cornerback, baseball team lands outfielder

Missouri football received its third commitment in as many days Sunday when cornerback Bryce Banks of Columbia’s Rock Bridge High School picked the Tigers.

Banks is a 6-foot-3, 185-pound two-star Rivals recruit, who also had a scholarship offer from Illinois and nearly a dozen midmajor programs.

He is the second Bruins player to commit to Missouri this weekend.

Banks, who confirmed the news shortly after noon Sunday, joins four-star Rock Bridge defensive end Tre Williams, who committed to the Tigers on Friday.

Banks, who is rated as the No. 18 senior-to-be in Missouri, is the seventh known commitment in the 2016 recruiting class for Gary Pinkel’s program and the second cornerback to make a pledge to MU this weekend, joining Christian Holmes of McNair High in Atlanta.

Holmes committed to Missouri on Saturday.

Here are some highlights of Banks:

Baseball lands Balsamo

Missouri baseball also landed a commitment Sunday in Dodge City (Kan.) Community College outfielder Johnny Balsamo.

Balsamo, a Park Hill graduate, bats and throws left-handed.

He hit .394 with eight doubles, six triples, four home runs and 36 RBIs in 59 games for the Conquistadors as a freshman this spring.

This story was originally published June 7, 2015 at 7:49 PM with the headline "Missouri football team gets commitment from cornerback, baseball team lands outfielder."