Penn State Transfer QB Beau Pribula Commits to Missouri in Portal amid CFP

After entering the transportation portal, erstwhile Penn State backmost Beau Pribula has recovered his adjacent landing spot.

Missouri announced connected Sunday nighttime that Pribula has committed to the program. According to Pete Nakos of On3.com, he had besides taken visits to Iowa, UCF and Ole Miss earlier choosing the Tigers.

A redshirt sophomore, Pribula will person 2 years of assemblage eligibility remaining. He announced his intentions to transportation aft Penn State starting backmost Drew Allar told coaches that he would beryllium returning for the 2025 season.

Nakos noted that Pribula "could spot contiguous playing clip pinch Missouri," arsenic the squad is group to suffer starting backmost Brady Cook to graduation. Tigers backup backmost Drew Pyne grounded to found himself arsenic the favourite for the starting domiciled adjacent year, throwing 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions successful six games this season.

In 24 games for the Nittany Lions, Pribula threw for 424 yards, 9 touchdowns and 1 interception while rushing for 571 yards and 10 much scores. He was tied for 2nd connected the squad this twelvemonth pinch six rushing touchdowns and would've been portion of the gameplan for Penn State's College Football Playoff first-round crippled against SMU, which the Nittany Lions won 38-10.

Penn State caput coach James Franklin wasn't happy pinch really Pribula's transportation played out, arsenic the deadline for the NCAA transportation portal forced him to time off the programme earlier the College Football Playoff.

"I tin springiness you my connection Beau Pribula did not want to time off our program, and he did not want to time off our programme until the extremity of the season," Franklin said past week. "But the measurement the portal is and the timing of it and the measurement our squad is playing, and erstwhile you play the position of backmost and there's only 1 spot and those spots are filling up, he felt for illustration he was put successful a no-win situation, and I work together pinch him."

After committing to Missouri, Pribula will now move the page to effort to triumph the starting occupation for the Tigers successful 2025. Missouri will adjacent retired the 2024 play against Iowa successful the TransPerfect Music City Bowl successful Nashville connected Dec. 30.