We may be deep in the heart of the 2017 recruiting cycle but resourceful college programs around the country are still looking for some late adds to their 2016 classes. Few programs are more resourceful than Missouri and on Sunday night, it landed a whopper.

One hour between Savannah and Brunswick in south Georgia, Darvis Holmes was hiding out. He's hard to miss at his Long County High School in Ludowici, Ga. At 6-foot-6, 325 pounds, he'd be hard to miss anywhere. But college coaches never found him because nobody thought he was a qualifier.

"My coaches kept telling big schools that I wasn't eligible but the whole time I was eligible," Holmes said. "I had a 2.7 core GPA and I had the test scores. My coach kept telling people that I wasn't eligible and schools backed off of me."

Missouri didn't take no for an answer.

"Missouri called my guidance counselor and my guidance counselor told them I was eligible and I had a 2.7 core. After they said that, they said do you want to come on an official visit."

The point of contention was a pre-calculus class that wasn't registered with the NCAA. When Missouri asked Long County High School to submit the class to the NCAA, it was approved and gave Holmes the GPA he needed to qualify. From there, things happened quickly.

Holmes was contacted on Wednesday of last week. He was invited up on an official visit on Thursday. He got on a flight Friday, spent a full day at Missouri on Saturday and by Sunday night, he was signing his financial aid papers. One week later, Holmes will be on campus, enrolled as a student and working out with the team.

"When a thing's important, I've got to get to it," he said.

The Missouri opportunity was not only important but it was exciting.

"I loved it," he said of his visit. "I mean, it's all about family at that school and that's all I'm about. That's why I loved it there. I really loved the school, loved the people. It was great. I don't know who wouldn't want to go to that school."

For Missouri, it's a huge steal. The film is eye-popping. At 300-plus pounds, Holmes is playing both sides of the ball, motioning out of the backfield like a fullback, driving off the ball as an offensive tackle, showing movement skills that's rare for any big-bodied kid and he almost never loses his balance or finds himself on the ground. He's also a 450-pound bench-presser.

"They want me at both sides of the ball," he said. "They're looking at me as a starter. I know nothing's given to me but that's the mentality they want me coming in with."

Just a week ago, Holmes was set to go to prep school at Jireh Prep in Georgia. He was working full time for a local moving company helping his mother out. Now he's off to the SEC.

"I knew I work hard. I play hard. I grind. So why do I gotta go through all this?" he said of his journey. "I work my butt off and I have a passion for football and I'm really good. I'm not cocky. I'm humble. But I know how hard I've worked."

Holmes has been rated by 247Sports as a four-star prospect with a 95 rating. He's the No. 14 offensive tackle in the class of 2016 and a member of the Top247. He becomes the highest rated member of Missouri's 2016 class and bumps Missouri's class to No. 43 nationally up from No. 52.