Missouri football’s foundation for the future is taking shape. Through “Building the Den,” Maneater Sports reporter Mike Livingston profiles the recruits constructing the Tigers’ 2026 class, a group built on talent, identity and the promise of what’s to come.
Missouri football landed a good one in Jabari Brady.
Brady is a consensus three-star recruit out of Monarch High School in Coconut Creek, Florida. He appeared to be leaning toward his home state, the University of Miami before ultimately choosing Missouri on June 7.
The 6-foot-2, 205-pound wide receiver from Pompano Beach, Florida, has had every opportunity to flip his commitment or take another offer during his recruitment with the Tigers.
Brady is rated the No. 486 player nationally, the No. 69 wide receiver and the No. 66 player in Florida. The 2025 Navy All-American Bowl participant held offers from 40 Football Bowl Subdivision schools, with notable names like Ole Miss, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida State and the Hurricanes above all showing interest in Brady.
Brady’s connection with the Hurricanes began in 2023 when he attended their junior day – just his second FBS visit. Miami seemingly was an early frontrunner to land Brady. He’d go on to visit the Hurricanes once again on March 9 of that same year. On3 projections gave the Hurricanes an 84% chance to secure the South Florida product.
Things began to get interesting once Missouri entered the race. The Tigers first offered Brady on April 2, 2024, before hosting him for an unofficial visit on March 18, 2025. Brady visited Columbia again on June 6 before committing to the Tigers a day later.
After committing, Brady attended Missouri’s 29–20 win over South Carolina on Sept. 20.
The senior wide receiver has excelled as a multisport athlete at Monarch High School, earning recognition on both the gridiron and the track. On the track, Brady posted standout marks with times of 11.06 seconds in the 100-meter, 54.49 in the 400 and a high jump of 5 feet, 11.5 inches.
That explosiveness has translated to the football field, where Brady’s production has steadily improved since a standout freshman season in which he caught 43 passes for 864 yards and six touchdowns. In his sophomore year, he’d play consistently on both sides of the field with 70 catches for 1,392 yards and 10 touchdowns on offense. On the defensive end, he totaled 29 tackles, four pass breakups and two interceptions while helping Monarch to a Class 4M state semifinal appearance.
Perhaps the most exciting aspect of Brady’s game is his lightning speed, agility and some of the best acceleration and separation abilities the Tigers have recruited since bringing in Marquis Johnson in 2023. Brady’s ability to vanish from a defender’s side, seemingly at will, is not easy to find.
Recruited by assistant coach Jacob Peeler, Brady joins Devyon Hill-Lomax as the only two wide receiver commits in the 2026 class so far, as opposed to the three brought in by the Tigers in 2025 – who all happened to be four stars.
While those numbers will help Brady’s case when it comes down to snaps in his freshman year, there is certainly a long way to go for the prospect.
