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This Saturday in Columbia will not be only the second time Jabari Small and Tyler Badie have been on a similar football field. 

A long way from it. 

However, it will be only the subsequent time they've been adversaries. 

Badie, an affirmed star at Mizzou, and Small, an up-and-comer at Tennessee, will be included players for their offenses this end of the week. Senior Badie is generally viewed as one of the SEC's best backs, and sophomore Small is shaping a strong one-two punch with junior Tiyon Evans as a team to watch in the association pushing ahead. 

Little and Badie are dear companions who never go seven days without talking on the telephone. The two framed a bond as stars at Memphis-region Briarcrest Christian School, and that bond hasn't been broken by their new status as SEC Eastern Division rivals. 

Badie was the workhorse in Briarcrest's backfield as a senior in 2017, gathering 1,186 yards and 18 scores on 193 conveys and adding 306 yards and three scores through the air to lead the Saints to the quarterfinals of the Tennessee Division II Class AAA end of the season games. 

Little would ultimately accept the mantle as Briarcrest's element back, and he drove the Saints back to the quarterfinals of the Tennessee Division II Class AAA end of the season games in 2019, gathering greater details than Badie's last year. Little had 1,538 yards and 25 scores on 182 conveys and 342 yards and two score gets as a senior. 

Back in 2017, however, Badie was the man, and Small was gotten into the offense as a space collector. Little's family ancestry at wideout was solid — his dad Eddie Small was a useful recipient at Ole Miss, his uncle O.J. Little was an All-SEC recipient at Florida and his uncle Tony Small was an All-SEC beneficiary at Georgia — yet he knew his 5-foot-11 casing was more qualified for the backfield. All things considered, however, he played in the opening to get on the field as an underclassman prior to turning into a star running back and big-time prospect as an upperclassman. 

Little and Badie haven't played together in four years, however the connection between the two remaining parts solid. 

"He resembles my sibling," Small said. "I'm genuine close with Tyler. … We're very close." 

Badie didn't have a selecting positioning as extensive as Small's, however he was a strong possibility by his own doing, at first focusing on old neighborhood Memphis prior to changing to Mizzou to play in the SEC. He's surely substantiated himself as a player in school football's most grounded gathering, as well. He was named Freshman All-SEC in 2018 and kept delivering at an undeniable level as a detachment player the beyond two seasons prior to arising as a star this season as a senior. 

Pundits have contemplated whether the 5-foot-8, 194-pound Badie could turn into a strong element back in a SEC offense, yet he's well headed to refuting them. He has 417 yards and five scores on 66 conveys and 176 yards on 20 gets through four games. He's averaging 149.5 yards from scrimmage per game, gathering 6.3 yards per convey and 10.7 yards per surge. 

Tennessee mentors have spent the beyond couple of days showing the Vols film of the risky Badie, yet Small hasn't required any updates. He knows the nature of his dear companion. 

"I'm glad for him," Small said. "He's having an incredible year up until this point." 

Little has showed a lot of guarantee, as well. Regardless of playing through an irritated shoulder and missing a detail cushioning prevail upon FCS rival Tennessee Tech in Week Three, Small has gathered 194 yards and a score on 41 conveys and included 33 yards three gets while dividing conveys with Evans. 

He's as yet not completely solid, but rather Small said his shoulder is something he can oversee. 

"On Saturdays I simply make an effort not to mull over everything," he said. "I need to be the sledge, not the nail. So I do whatever it takes not to mull over everything." 

Little unquestionably isn't harming for inspiration right now. However much he adores Badie, he needs to beat him this end of the week. 

The siblings turned-rivals concluded Monday to stay with their week by week schedule and talk with one another. The theme was somewhat unique this time, however Small grinned while declining a proposal to meticulously describe the situation. 

"Simply this week," he said. 

As a rule, however, the two SEC starters support one another. 

"We simply monitor one another, actually taking a look at one another's down, attempt to keep each other's spirits up," Small said. 

However, it is safe to say that they are attempting to keep each other's spirits up this week? 

Little didn't uncover that, picking again just to grin.