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Name: Connor Bazelak (+) Coming off Oct 2024 Leg INJ...Double Transfer from Indiana/Missouri
College: Bowling Green
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Data Scout Notes: X-Lower Tryout Tier/Back for 4-Prob UFL QB-60%-12-7 in 23/65%-16-11TD in 21 2024: (+) Coming off Oct 2024 Leg INJ...2023: NAC...2022: NAC...12-05-22 Transfer from Indiana...PUnitas...2021: Transfer from Missouri...NAC...POBrien...**2020: Co-ROYC/ARTC
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Connor Bazelak, Bowling Green, Player News
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Bowling Green State University football coach Scot Loeffler is in no hurry to announce the Falcons' next starting quarterback. Loeffler said he is "not in any rush" to make any decisions regarding the quarterback competition. BGSU, which needs to fill th e void left by three-year starter Matt McDonald, has a handful of signal-callers who have been busy in spring practice getting reps and learning the system, including returners Camden Orth and Owen Bainbridge, transfers Connor Bazelak and Daelen Menard, and freshman Lucian Anderson III. "It's going to be great competition in that room," Loeffler said after Monday's spring practice at the Perry Field House. "I'm proud of Cam, I'm proud of the new guys, and it'll be fun to watch them compete. "Right now, I'm not in any rush to make any decisions whatsoever. I really want to spend these next seven weeks really working on becoming better, and then when we get to June, same deal, and then we'll have a great competition here in training camp."BGSU (6- 7 in 2022) was the first FBS program to start spring practice this year, according to the school's athletic department. The quarterback position has been one of the biggest areas of improvement since spring practice began Jan. 30, according to Loeffler. "I think our group is really taking the next step at that position, and I expect those guys to learn this summer, have a great training camp, and go out and produce," Loeffler said. "The quarterback position has really been a major emphasis." Orth and Ba zelak, who both have two years of eligibility left, have the most playing experience in the group at the collegiate level. - Toledo Blade
(DS#40 QB) rSr/2025  QB Connor Bazelak, Bowling Green
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Bowling Green State University's football team quickly turned its biggest offseason need into perhaps one of its biggest strengths for the upcoming season. Connor Bazelak was a big reason why. Bazelak, a former Indiana and Missouri signal-caller who was the 2020 Southeastern Conference co-freshman of the year, has bolstered a Falcons' quarterback room that has plenty of talent and potential.The 6-foot-3, 220-pound senior, who has two years of eligibility left, is one of the team's five quarterbac ks who have head coach Scot Loeffler excited about the future of the position. The coaching staff was Bazelak's biggest reason for picking the Falcons. "My goal is to play at the next level, so how much they can develop me in the areas I need improvement in is important," Bazelak said. "Obviously, I'm ready to put the work in. I feel like I'm a good player right now, and I feel like this coaching staff can take me to that next level and get me ready for the next level." - Toledo Blade
(DS#40 QB) rSr/2025 QB Connor Bazelak, Bowling Green
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Although action doesn't officially start until Monday, among the reported quarterbacks in, or planning to be to enter the transfer portal as of Dec. 1 is Indiana's Connor Bazelak: He started at Missouri in 2020 and '21, then at Indiana as a fourth-year j unior this season. He had some success for both teams but lacked consistency – and, to be fair, consistent help, too. In three seasons as a starter, he threw 36 touchdown passes but also 27 interceptions. - NFL Draft Scout and online sources
(DS#40 QB) rSr/2025 QB Connor Bazelak, Bowling Green
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Connor Bazelak threw a touchdown pass and completed a 2-point conversion pass with 47 seconds left Saturday to force overtime and Charles Campbell made a 51-yard field goal to give the Hoosiers a 33-30 victory over Western Kentucky on Saturday. The unbea ten Hoosiers have rallied in the second half of all three victories this season and have now surpassed last season's win total. But it took everything Indiana could muster late - a 17-point fourth quarter, a late goal-line stand, Western Kentucky's misse d 44-yard field goal as time expired in regulation, and a blocked 39-yard field-goal attempt in overtime before Campbell won it.Western Kentucky (2-1) has lost all five meetings with Indiana - the last three by a combined total of eight points - a nd is 0-9 against Big Ten foes since joining the FBS in 2007. And for most of the game, it looked like those skids would end. Austin Reed threw two touchdown passes and ran for another Saturday to give the Hilltoppers a 24-13 lead after three quarters. T hey just failed to close it out. It was a wacky game even before the late flurry. Indiana's starting center, Zach Carpenter, didn't play after getting hurt in pregame warmups and Western Kentucky nearly lost starting safety Kaleb Oliver on a targeting ca ll on Indiana's fifth play. The call was overturned on a replay review. Then at the end of the first half, three players ran into the goal post chasing an overthrown ball by Bazelak. - Indiana/AP College Football
(DS#40 QB) rSr/2025 QB Connor Bazelak, Bowling Green
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Connor Bazelak took Indiana on a 75-yard scoring march on its final series and Shaun Shivers capped it by scoring on a 1-yard run with 23 seconds left to give the Hoosiers a 23-20 victory over Illinois on Friday night. Indiana's season-opening victory sn apped an eight-game losing streak and a nine-game skid in Big Ten play. Bazelak finished 28-of-52 passing for 330 yards and one TD in his Hoosiers debut. It was a frustrating finish for the Illini, who allowed only 70 yards in the second half before the final series. Chase Brown ran for 199 yards and Tommy DeVito threw two touchdown passes for Illinois (1-1, 0-1). Brown became the first Illinois player to open a season with consecutive 100-yard games since 1944. And yet it still wasn't enough to prevail in this slugfest.Brown lost one of two fumbles, multiple players were injured and a series of replay reviews that brought the second-half to a stalemate that featured just one score - DeVito's go-ahead 16-yard TD pass to Brian Hightower early in the third quarter - until the final 2 1/2 minutes. While Indiana struggled to stop the run, Bazelak carved up the Illinois secondary in the first half and again on the final drive. His first completion as a Hoosier went for 40 yards - more than Illinois yielded in last weekend's entire game. Bazelak, the former Missouri starter, added three more completions of 24 or more yards during the first two quarters including a 52-yard TD pass to D.J. Matthews Jr. that helped Indiana take a 16-10 halftime lead. - Indiana/AP College Football
(DS#40 QB) rSr/2025 QB Connor Bazelak, Bowling Green
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2022 PRESEASON JOHNNY UNITAS GOLDEN ARM AWARD WATCH LIST: Connor Bazelak, Indiana,...Bazelak joined the Hoosiers as a transfer from the University of Missouri on Jan. 7, 2022. He enrolled in spring classes and participated in practice. Bazelak threw for 5,084 yards with 23 touchdowns, 17 interceptions, and a 66.4 completion percentage in 20 starts (24 games) from 2019-21. - Indiana Football
(DS#40 QB) rSr/2025 QB Connor Bazelak, Bowling Green
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For the first time in his IU tenure, Allen opens preseason without Peyton Ramsey or Michael Penix in his quarterback room. Ramsey has been gone for two years now, of course, but between them, he and Penix accounted for the bulk of positive production fro m the most important position on Allen's team between 2017-21. Now, Allen turns to a familiar face, Jack Tuttle, and a new one, Connor Bazelak, a transfer from Missouri.Tuttle has the edge in terms of time in an Indiana uniform, but Bazelak brings impressive credentials of his own, having thrown for 2,548 yards and 16 touchdowns last season at Missouri. He has more than 5,000 career passing yards in college. With Donaven McCulley moved to receiver, and no other quarterback on roster having taken a collegiate snap, it's not surprising Allen has publicly declared Tuttle and Bazelak the frontrunners to be his starting QB for IU's Sept. 2 opener against Illinois. But somebody's got to win the job. There will be no more watched position battle in cam p. - Indianapolis Star/News
(DS#40 QB) rSr/2025 QB Connor Bazelak, Bowling Green
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Almost a year before the NCAA finally voted to allow athletes to be able to profit from their name, image and likeness (NIL) rights, Indiana struck an agreement with Opendorse, a social media marketing company, to prepare its athletes for what they would be dealing with when they finally had the ability to market themselves. It was an early sign of how IU would approach NIL. It would stay inside the lines and avoid inducements or pay-for-play, but look for every opportunity to make it easier for its ath letes to navigate the NIL landscape and help guide them to opportunities when allowed and appropriate. Last week's announcement that IU had come to a "total school solution agreement" with Campus Ink marks a continuation in that approach.Campus In k is an apparel company that works in officially-licensed college gear. It created the NIL store so there would be a central online hub for athletes to be able to partner with designers to make apparel and be able to use licensed marks of their school an d athletic department. Illinois and several other schools had already come to agreements with Campus Ink before Indiana became interested, and it was only then that the athletic department realized one of IU's most famous and wealthiest alums, Mark Cuban , happened to be one of Campus Ink's investors. "We are always looking to be on the forefront of NIL issues, this is the most basic NIL opportunity, and Campus Ink is an innovative leader in this area," IU senior associate athletic director and spokesman Jeremy Gray told the Herald-Times via email. " Obviously, (Cuban's) involvement is a bonus!" "I'm really excited that the leading NIL company, Campus Ink, and the best university on the planet, my alma mater, Indiana University, are working together," C uban said in the statement. "The sky is the limit!" - Herald Bulletin
(DS#40 QB) rSr/2025 QB Connor Bazelak, Bowling Green
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The Hoosiers return two quarterbacks who started games last year in fifth-year senior Jack Tuttle and sophomore Donaven McCulley, and both are very much in the mix to win the starting job. However, Allen wanted more depth at the position than he had in 2 021 and he has it. Bazelak comes to Indiana after three years at Missouri with far more passing production than anyone else in the room, throwing for 5,050 yards and 23 touchdowns. which puts him well beyond Tuttle's 819 passing yards and four touchdowns in a career spent almost entirely as a backup to this point.Bazelak certainly doesn't have a lock on the starting job, but coaches do feel he has the arm strength to make all the throws. He's working on familiarity with Bell's offense and develop ing rapport with receivers he's never played with before, and honing his accuracy. "Just being able to be more comfortable with his teammates," Allen said when asked about Bazelak's development this spring. "...To be able to throw the ball accurately, an d throw it with decisiveness." - Indianapolis Star/News
(DS#40 QB) rSr/2025 QB Connor Bazelak, Bowling Green
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Connor Bazelak threw a 2-point conversion pass to Daniel Parker Jr. to lift Missouri to a 24-23 overtime victory over Florida on Saturday. The Tigers (6-5, 3-4 Southeastern Conference) drew within a point on Tyler Badie's 13-yard touchdown run, and Misso uri coach Eli Drinkwitz elected to go for 2 rather than send the game to a second overtime with a PAT kick. Parker, a tight end, slipped undetected into the left side of the end zone and caught the lobbed pass. Badie rushed 27 times for 146 yards. Bazela k completed 15 of 26 passes for 165 yards and a touchdown. Florida (5-6, 2-6 SEC) got the ball first in overtime, and Emory Jones caught a 6-yard touchdown pass from wide receiver Trent Whittemore on a trick play to give the Gators a brief lead. Jones co mpleted 20 of 32 passes for 261 yards and a touchdown.Missouri entered the game with the nation's 118th-ranked defense, and Florida had yielded 92 points in its last two games. No matter - the defenses dominated in a stingy battle of field positio n and field goals. Missouri led 9-6 at halftime on three Harrison Mevis field goals. Florida finally broke the touchdown drought on its first drive of the second half. Jones hit Jacob Copeland on a 49-yard pass to set up a Dameon Pierce 2-yard scoring ru n. Missouri answered early in the fourth quarter when Bazelak connected with tight end Niko Hea on a 41-yard touchdown pass. Missouri missed a chance to take the lead with 1:04 left in regulation when Mevis - who had made 17 of 18 field-goal attempts thi s season - pushed a 46-yarder wide right. Florida coach Dan Mullen elected to run out the clock and take his chances in overtime rather than throw the ball. - Missouri/AP College Football
(DS#40 QB) rSr/2025 QB Connor Bazelak, Bowling Green
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Connor Bazelak squeezed a full day of production into one half Saturday as he led Missouri to a 59-28 victory over Southeast Missouri. Bazelak completed 21 of 30 passes for 346 yards and three touchdowns for the Tigers (2-1). He spread the ball to 10 rec eivers and connected on a 46-yard touchdown pass to D'onte Smith and a 52-yard TD pass to Chance Luper. Missouri running back Tyler Badie entered the game as the national leader in yards from scrimmage with 392.He played sparingly Saturday against an overmatched FCS opponent, but he made the most of his limited chances, rushing nine times for 81 yards and two touchdowns and catching two passes for 14 yards and another score. Missouri built a 38-0 halftime lead. In the second half, Brady Cook and Tyler Macon played quarterback for the Tigers. On his first career pass attempt, Macon connected with JJ Hester down the middle on a 65-yard touchdown. Quarterback CJ Ogbonna carried 12 times for 96 yards for SEMO (0-3). Shamenski Rucker scored two rushi ng touchdowns for the Redhawks. - Missouri Football/AP College Football
(DS#40 QB) rSr/2025 QB Connor Bazelak, Bowling Green
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Just about every Missouri football player has answered an interview question about Connor Bazelak over the past few months. That's par for the course of being the starting quarterback for a Southeastern Conference program on the rise, especially for a pl ayer whose personality differs from the head coach responsible for putting Bazelak in that dignified position. Eli Drinkwitz's role in Bazelak's elevation from ACL surgery a little less than 20 months ago to one of the league's top passers will be on dis play from play No. 1 against Central Michigan in the Tigers' season opener Sept. 4.Drinkwitz is the bombastic savant who jokes "Twitter isn't real" at press conferences. Bazelak isn't nearly as outspoken publicly, but his methodical strategy is ef fective. "Just a guy who is in total control," Missouri wide receiver Keke Chism said of Bazelak. "He's already a great leader, being so young. Just for him, it was all about taking that next step, and I feel like he's done that within this offense. He's learned so much in so little time to where he has total control of this offense. "And we're 100% behind him. You look at a guy that's going to be able to go to the line of scrimmage and dissect defenses and be able to make changes on the fly to put us i n the right situations to be successful. So having a quarterback like that ultimately gives you a step ahead of your competition." - Columbia Daily Tribune
(DS#40 QB) rSr/2025 QB Connor Bazelak, Bowling Green
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There's a clear No. 1 quarterback entering camp in Bazelak, which takes the biggest question coach Eli Drinkwitz had to answer last season already off the table. Bazelak showed maturity as the signal-caller, good enough to win co-Southeastern Conference freshman of the year honors in 2020 alongside Auburn's Tank Bigsby. Drinkwitz and Bazelak admitted last year that there was more potential in the team's passing game, as Drinkwitz had limited time with his team because of the coronavirus prior to taking the field against Alabama. That's not the case this season.Bazelak has had a full offseason, now nearly two years removed from ACL surgery, to hone his game and find ways to become a top-tier quarterback in the SEC. Drinkwitz has seen plenty of gr eat signal-callers in-person in his coaching career - Cam Newton, Ryan Finley and Zac Thomas to name a few. He believes Bazelak has the same level of potential. Should the Dayton, Ohio, native show it in 2021, Missouri would reap the benefits. - Columbia Daily Tribune
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As Missouri's Eli Drinkwitz opens his second preseason camp Friday, he's got one crucial box already checked. "We have a commodity at the quarterback position," he recently said. Only a few peers across the Southeastern Conference can say the same headin g into the start of practices. But at Mizzou, for the first time since 2018, the Tigers return their starter at the game's most important position. Connor Bazelak has appeared in games each of the last two seasons, but thanks to the NCAA's extra year of eligibility for all athletes, Bazelak technically returns as a redshirt freshman again this fall.Last season, when he started the last eight games of MU's Southeastern Conference-only 10-game schedule, Bazelak was named the league's co-freshman of the year. At last month's SEC media days, Drinkwitz joked that Bazelak could win the award again this year. "I don't know if that's possible," he said. "But maybe with COVID exception it is...We're excited about the growth he can show and earn." Few SEC teams have the same luxury. Last year, SEC quarterbacks Mac Jones (Alabama) and Kyle Trask (Florida) finished third and fourth, respectively, in the Heisman Trophy voting. Kellen Mond broke every significant career passing record at Texas A&M. All three have moved onto the NFL, leaving the SEC with a conspicuous void of star power at the position. - Post-Dispatch
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2020 SEC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM (COACHES): QB Connor Bazelak, Missouri,...In his first game as lead signal caller, Bazelak led the Tigers to a 45-41 win over defending national champion LSU (Oct. 10) as he completed 29-of-34 passes for 406 yards and four TDs, earning SEC Freshman of the Week honors. It marked the first of three freshman weekly honors for Bazelak, who also earned the honor against Vanderbilt (Nov. 28) after going 30-of-37 for 318 yards and Arkansas (Dec. 5) after throwing 32-of-49 for 380 yar ds. Bazelak's season mark of 2,366 yards ranks fourth in the league, while his completion percentage (67.3) and QB rating (132.05) rank sixth. All three marks rank first among SEC freshmen signal callers. - Missouri Football
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2020 SEC CO-FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Connor Bazelak, Missouri,...With his top freshman nod, Bazelak becomes the first Tiger to earn offensive Freshman of the Year honors since Jeremy Maclin in 2007. Bazelak has shined since being inserted into the starting quarterback role for the Tigers in week three, as he has earned five wins in eight starts as Mizzou's field general.In his first game as lead signal caller, Bazelak led the Tigers to a 45-41 win over defending national champion LSU (Oct. 10) as he completed 29-of-34 passes for 406 yards and four TDs, earning SEC Freshman of the Week honors. It marked the first of three freshman weekly honors for Bazelak, who also earned the honor against Vanderbilt (Nov. 28) after going 30-of-37 for 318 yards and Arkansas (Dec. 5) after throwing 32-of-49 for 380 yards. Bazelak's season mark of 2,366 yards ranks fourth in the league, while his completion percentage (67.3) and QB rating (132.05) rank sixth. All three marks rank first among SEC freshmen s ignal callers. - Missouri Football
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DEC 7 SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Connor Bazelak, QB, Missouri,...Went 32-for-49 (65.3 percent) for 380 yards, his second straight game over 300 yards, as he improved to 6-1 as a starter in his young career...On Mizzou's game-winning drive with just 43 sec onds remaining, he moved the offense 60 yards in seven plays, going a perfect 4-for-4 for 54 yards and three first downs...He was 8-for-11 for 150 yards in the fourth quarter as he helped rally Mizzou from down 14 points in the final frame, good for the largest fourth-quarter comeback in school history...He's now fourth in the SEC in passing yards per game (250.3) and fifth in completion percentage...He has thrown just two interceptions on the year, the fewest of any SEC quarterback with at least five g ames played. - SEC Football
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NOV 30 SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Connor Bazelak, QB, Missouri,...Was sensational as he improved to 5-1 as a starting quarterback in his young career...Was highly productive and efficient despite not throwing a touchdown Saturday, going 30-of-37 (81%) wit h 318 passing yards...It stood as his second game this season with a completion percentage greater than 81% and 300-plus passing yards...Since 2000, Bazelak and Chase Daniel, a 2007 Heisman finalist, are the only Tiger QBs with multiple contests of 81% o r higher completion percentage...He was the first Mizzou QB to complete 30 passes in a game since Kelly Bryant did so in last year's season-opener at Wyoming...In his six career starts, Mizzou's freshman QB is now 134-for-183 (73.2%) for 1,416 yards and five touchdowns against only one INT, most importantly winning five of those six games. - SEC Football
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Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz was proud his team wouldn't let the obstacles they've faced this season keep them from success. And he happily congratulated them, COVID-19 worries and all, after the Tigers' 17-10 victory over South Carolina on Saturday nigh t. "Can you grab me hand sanitizer? I've been touching a lot of players," he said. Coronavirus has severely impacted the Tigers this year: they had just 52 scholarship players available this week and defensive coordinator Ryan Walters remained at home be cause of contact tracing concerns. Still, Missouri and quarterback Connor Bazelak opened a 17-0 lead in the first half and defense held on to defeat the Gamecocks 17-10 on Saturday night.The Tigers hadn't played since Oct. 31 because of a bye week and a postponement of their game last week with Georgia. Drinkwitz wasn't sure he'd get this one either with his dwindling roster. "That's a (Division) I-AA roster right now," Drinkwitz said. Instead, they played like a winning SEC team as Bazelak threw for 203 yards and a touchdown and the defense, under substitute coordinator David Gibbs, choked off the Gaemcocks when it mattered most. "I'm really excited we got the win and (the defense) really took us home," Bazelak said. Larry Rountree III rushed f or a score and became the Tigers all-time time rushing leader among running backs for the Tigers (3-3 Southeastern Conference). - Missouri/AP College Football
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OCT 12 SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Connor Bazelak, QB, Missouri,...In his second career start, Bazelak engineered an unbelievable day for the Mizzou offense as the Tigers defeated No. 17 and defending national champion LSU, 45-41, Saturday at Mizzou's Memo rial Stadium...The win marked Mizzou's first over a ranked opponent since Nov. 3, 2018, at No. 13 Florida and it was Mizzou's first win over a defending national champion since Sept. 9, 1978, when Mizzou defeated fifth-ranked Notre Dame, 3-0...It was als o Mizzou head coach Eliah Drinkwitz's first win since taking over the program...At 85.3 percent (29-of-34), Bazelak posted Mizzou's best-ever completion percentage against a ranked opponent or FBS opponent, a mark that is also a Mizzou freshman record an d ranks second in school history.The only performance better than Bazelak's was Chase Daniel's 94.1 completion percentage against Southeast Missouri during his senior season in 2008...He is just the fourth Mizzou QB to have an .830 completion perc entage or better when passing at least 30 attempts; the other three - Drew Lock, Blaine Gabbert and Chase Daniel - played in the NFL...Bazelak's passer rating of 242.4 was the sixth-best mark in program history, with the other five coming against SEMO, I owa State, Missouri State, Nevada and Idaho as it was the best-ever rating against a ranked team for a Mizzou QB...Before Bazelak's performance Saturday, the previous best rating by a Mizzou QB in an SEC game was Drew Lock's 210.3 at Florida in 2018...Th e redshirt freshman passed for over 406 yards and four touchdowns - the first Mizzou freshman to pass for four touchdowns in a game since Maty Mauk against Kentucky in 2013...Only five Mizzou QBs have ever thrown for more yards than Bazelak did Saturday - keep in mind it was his second career start. - SEC Football
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Missouri has settled on a quarterback. Connor Bazelak, coming off a promising day at Tennessee on Saturday, is the Tigers' starter heading into Saturday's game against No. 17 Louisiana State, coach Eli Drinkwitz said Tuesday. Bazelak, a redshirt freshman , will make his second career start - he started last year's finale at Arkansas before suffering a torn ACL - but he received his most extensive playing time in Saturday's loss at Tennessee in relief of Shawn Robinson. MU's new depth chart reflects the c hange: There's no longer an OR listed between the two quarterbacks."Well, he got in and we moved the ball offensively," Drinkwitz said. "He moved the ball on third downs. He made good decisions in the pocket. There are some things that he missed a nd some things that he's got to improve on, but I just felt like he handled the situation well and he gave us a chance. And we're gonna stick with him." Through two games, Bazelak has been much more aggressive attempting to throw the ball downfield. He s howed that again Saturday, when he completed 13 of 21 passes for 218 yards. For the season he's averaged 8.2 yards per attempt compared to 6.4 for Robinson. Bazelak has attempted far more passes beyond 10 yards, completing 7 of 17 for 162 yards, compared to Robinson, who's attempted just 3 of 4 for 81 yards, 54 coming on one touchdown pass to running back Tyler Badie. - Post-Dispatch
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