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Name: Bear Bachmeier (Transfer from Stanford)
College: Brigham Young
Number: 47
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Height: 6-1 Weight: 220
Position: Pos2: FB/ATH
Class/Draft Year: Fr/2029
40 Low: 4.55 40 Time: 4.64 40 High: 4.73
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Data Scout Notes: X-Gritty QB1 in 25/65%-14-4/137-529-3.9-11TD Rush/First True freshman to start QB in BYU history **2025: ROYC/HMC...04-21-25 Transfer from Stanford
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Bear Bachmeier, Brigham Young, Player News
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Jovesa Damuni scored on a 4-yard run with two minutes remaining and No. 12 BYU rallied from an 11-point deficit in the second half for a 25-21 win over No. 24 Georgia Tech on Saturday in the Pop-Tarts Bowl. Damuni's scoring run capped a nine-play, 70-yar d drive by the Cougars (12-2), who were led by freshman quarterback Bear Bachmeier. Bachmeier passed for 57 yards in the drive. Bachmeier was 27 for 38 passing for 325 yards with a touchdown and an interception as the Cougars piled up 426 total yards. It was the freshman's third 300-yard passing game of the season.Georgia Tech (9-4) had a chance to tie the game when senior quarterback Haynes King found Eric Rivers down the sideline with a 66-yard pass on fourth-and-15 to the BYU 18-yard line with 35 seconds to play. Facing fourth down, King threw to the end zone for Jamal Haynes, but BYU's Evan Johnson intercepted the pass in the end zone to secure the victory. King was 23 for 41 passing for 254 yards, two touchdowns and the game-ending intercep tion. The Cougars fell 11 points behind due to a 10-second scoring binge by the Yellow Jackets. Georgia Tech took a 14-10 lead on a King pass to Rivers with 5:28 to play in the first half. Cody Hagen muffed the ensuing kickoff and the Yellow Jackets reco vered the fumble. One play later, King found tight end J.T. Byrne for a six-yard TD pass. - BYU/AP College Football
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2025 BIG 12 OFFENSIVE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Bear Bachmeier, QB, BYU,...After becoming the first true freshman to start at quarterback in BYU history, Bear Bachmeier led the Cougars to an 11-1 record and a berth in Saturday's Edward Jones Big 12 Football Championship. The Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year is the only FBS player this season with at least 2,500 passing yards, 10 rushing touchdowns with four or fewer interceptions. - Big 12 Football
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Bear Bachmeier threw for 289 yards and a touchdown to help No. 11 BYU beat UCF 41-21 on Saturday. LJ Martin added 95 yards and three touchdowns on the ground for the Cougars (11-1, 8-1 Big 12, No. 11 CFP) who clinched a spot in the Big 12 championship ga me next Saturday. Parker Kingston added 181 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns. Tayven Jackson threw for 232 yards and two touchdowns to lead UCF. The Knights (5-7, 2-7 Big 12) did not qualify for a bowl game for a second straight season after giving u p 31 unanswered points to the Cougars. Jackson picked apart BYU's secondary in the first quarter, throwing for 110 yards while completing 10 of his first 12 passes. He tossed a 4-yard touchdown pass to Dylan Wade to put the Knights on the board and follo wed with a 20-yard strike to Agyeman Addae, giving UCF a 14-0 lead.Both receivers were wide open on their respective scoring plays. BYU rallied before halftime after allowing UCF to gain only 16 total yards during the second quarter. The Cougars f orced an interception on a trick play and allowed only minus 4 yards on the ground. Meanwhile, Martin punched it into the end zone twice from a yard out to level the score. Will Ferrin then gave BYU its first lead at 17-14, connecting on a 26-yard field goal right before halftime. The Cougars extended their lead to double digits on Martin's third touchdown carry. Martin dragged several would-be tacklers to the goal line with him on a 4-yard run off a direct snap. Kingston made it 31-14 midway through th e third quarter after returning a punt 55 yards for a touchdown. - AP College Football
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WEEK 13 BIG 12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Bear Bachmeier, QB, BYU,...Bachmeier has now earned Freshman of the Week honors six times this season after leading BYU to a 26-14 win at Cincinnati on Saturday. He completed 15 of his 25 passes for 127 yards while ru shing for 54 yards and a score. His 11 rushing scores in 2025 break BYU's season record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback held by Steve Young, Taysom Hill and Zach Wilson. Bachmeier is one of three FBS players this season with at least 2,300 passin g yards and 10 rushing touchdowns, with four or fewer interceptions. - Big 12 Football
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WEEK 12 BIG 12 CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Bear Bachmeier, QB, BYU,...Bachmeier was named Offensive Player of the Week for the first time after winning freshman honors on five different occasions. He completed 22 of his 33 pass attempts for 296 yard s and a touchdown through the air in BYU's 44-13 win over TCU. Bachmeier also rushed for 59 yards and a score in the victory. The freshman is one of three FBS quarterbacks to rush and throw for a touchdown in seven games this season. - Big 12 Football
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The Big 12 has five teams in the Top 25 for the first time this season, Vanderbilt earned its highest ranking in 88 years and LSU dropped out of The Associated Press college football poll Sunday following its third loss in four games. The top six was unc hanged, with Ohio State holding the No. 1 spot for a ninth straight week followed by Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama, Georgia and Oregon. The idle Buckeyes received 53 first-place votes and the Hoosiers got 11, six more than last week. Texas A&M was No. 1 on one ballot. No. 7 Mississippi and No. 8 Georgia Tech swapped spots, as did No. 9 Vanderbilt and Miami, which is tied at No. 10 with BYU. The Big 12's five ranked teams are BYU, No. 13 Texas Tech, No. 17 Cincinnati, No. 22 Houston and No. 24 Utah. The Bi g 12 last had five Top 25 teams in the Sept. 22, 2024, poll.Houston, which knocked off then-No. 24 Arizona State 24-16 for its first road win against a ranked opponent since 2017, is in the Top 25 for the first time since the first two polls in 20 22. Vanderbilt's 17-10 win over then-No. 15 Missouri gave the Commodores a 7-1 start for the first time since 1941 and, at No. 9, its highest ranking since it was No. 7 for one week in 1937. Vandy has a program-record three regular-season wins over Top 2 5 opponents. LSU was ranked as high as No. 3 for three weeks in September and in the top 10 for the first five polls. Road losses to Mississippi and Vanderbilt and this weekened's 24-point home loss against Texas A&M put the Tigers on the outside looking in. It's the second straight year the Tigers have taken a fast fall. They were No. 8 a year ago and dropped out after three straight losses. - AP College Football
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BYU safety Faletau Satuala returned an interception for a touchdown to help 11th-ranked BYU pull away in the fourth quarter, and the Cougars stayed unbeaten with a 41-27 win over Iowa State on Saturday. Bear Bachmeier threw for 307 yards and two touchdow ns and ran for another, and Chase Roberts and Parker Kingston each had over 100 yards receiving for BYU. Iowa State's Rocco Becht threw three interceptions, the last one coming with 1:14 left and allowing BYU to run out the clock. BYU (8-0, 5-0 Big 12) d rove 79 yards in the third quarter to take its first lead, converting two fourth downs before Bachmeier dashed 9 yards up the middle for a touchdown.After Iowa State (5-3, 2-3) tied it 27-all, BYU looked as if it would go three and out on its ensu ing possession. As the Cougars were preparing to down the punt, the ball touched Iowa State's Eli Green and BYU recovered. Three plays later Bachmeier, under pressure, threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Kingston. It was 41-27 less than a minute later when safety Satuala, who made a game-high 10 tackles, pulled a short pass away from Gabe Burkle and ran it back 40 yards for a touchdown. Bachmeier led the Cougars in rushing with 12 carries for 49 yards. Kingston had seven catches for 133 yards and two touc hdowns, all career highs, and Roberts caught eight balls for 128 yards. Carson Hansen ran 16 times for 152 yards and two TDs for the Cyclones. - BYU/AP College Football
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WEEK 8 BIG 12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Bear Bachmeier, QB, BYU,...Bachmeier earned his fourth consecutive Big 12 Freshman of the Week award, and fifth of the season, as he guided BYU to a 24-21 victory over then-No. 23 Utah. He threw for 166 yards and a sco re while rushing for 64 yards and a touchdown without committing a turnover. Facing 3rd-and-11 late in the rivalry game, Bachmeier scored on a 22-yard run, breaking a number of tackles on his way to the endzone. - Big 12 Football
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Bear Bachmeier had 229 yards of offense while throwing for a touchdown and running for another score to rally No. 15 BYU to a 24-21 victory over No. 23 Utah on Saturday night. LJ Martin added 122 yards on the ground to help the Cougars (7-0, 4-0 Big 12) remain unbeaten and beat their Holy War rivals for a third straight time. BYU has won three straight in the rivalry series for the first time since winning four straight from 1989 to 1992. "I've been a part of all three of those wins," senior safety Tann er Wall said. "To be able to say, leaving this place, I never lost to Utah, I'll wear that with a lot of pride for the rest of my life." Devon Dampier threw for 244 yards and two touchdowns for Utah (5-2, 2-2). Daniel Bray added a career-high 121 yards a nd a touchdown on 10 carries. The Utes surrendered 14 straight points after taking their first lead less than a minute into the fourth quarter. "Did some really good things tonight," Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said. "Outrushed them, outthrew them, out f irst downed them, but we didn't score more points than they did."Utah went up 14-10 when Bray cut to the sideline and raced 49 yards untouched. BYU charged back in front on its ensuing drive, going up 17-14 when Parker raced in from 12 yards out o n a jet sweep. Dampier threw an interception to Wall on Utah's ensuing drive. Bachmeier turned the turnover into points when he dragged three would-be tacklers into the end zone at the end of a 22-yard run, giving the Cougars a 24-14 lead with 4:22 left. "We're not happy," Dampier said. "We know what our team is capable of. We had aspirations to be undefeated after our first loss, so it hurts us right now." BYU scratched out a 10-7 halftime lead after the Utes turned it over on downs twice and muffed a punt. "We knew it would take all three phases to do this, and we knew it would be a fight to the end," BYU coach Kalani Sitake said. - BYU/AP College Football
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MIDSEASON AP BIG 12 TOP FIRST-YEAR FRESHMAN: Bear Bachmeier, the first true freshman QB to start an opener for BYU, has thrown for 1,220 yards with eight TDs, and run for 295 yards and seven scores. Baylor's Robert Griffin in 2008, three years before his Heisman Trophy, had been the last Big 12 player with at least five passing and five rushing TDs in his first five career games. - AP College Football
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WEEK 7 BIG 12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Bear Bachmeier, QB, BYU,...Bachmeier received Freshman of the Week honors for the third consecutive week, and fourth time this season, after guiding BYU to a 33-27 double-overtime victory at Arizona. The quarterback co mpleted 12 passes for 172 yards and a touchdown, while rushing for 89 yards and two more scores. His first rushing touchdown tied the game with just 19 seconds left in regulation and the second one proved to be the game winner in the second overtime. - B ig 12 Football
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Freshman quarterback Bear Bachmeier ran for a 7-yard touchdown in the second overtime, BYU's defense stopped Arizona on the ensuing drive and the 18th-ranked Cougars stayed undefeated with a 33-27 win over the Wildcats on Saturday night. Bachmeier's run up the middle gave BYU a 33-27 lead, but the 2-point conversion attempt was deflected and fell incomplete. Arizona had a chance to tie the game, but Noah Fifita's fourth-down pass bounced off the hands of Javin Whatley, who was trying to make a tough cat ch in the end zone. "There's no better feeling than winning, especially winning in double overtime on the road against a really good team," BYU receiver Parker Kingston said. "It was awesome." BYU (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) has won its first six games for a secon d straight season and seventh time in program history.Arizona (4-2, 1-2) has dropped two of its past three games. BYU fought back from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter, tying the game at 24 with 19 seconds left in regulation when Bachmeier ran for a 2-yard touchdown. Kedrick Reescano gave Arizona a 24-14 lead with 11:14 left in the game after a powerful 36-yard touchdown run that went right through the middle of the BYU defense. The 214-pound back met resistance at the line of scrimmage, but broke through a few tackles and dashed toward the end zone. BYU's LJ Martin ran for a career-high 162 yards and a score. Linebacker Siale Esera finished with a team-high 16 tackles. Bachmeier threw for 172 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions w hile also running for 89 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries. - BYU/AP College Football
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WEEK 6 BIG 12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Bear Bachmeier, QB, BYU,...Bachmeier was named Big 12 Freshman of the Week for the second straight week, and the third time this season, after guiding BYU to a 38-24 win versus West Virginia. He completed 72% of his 25 pass attempts for 351 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 43 yards and a score. His 351 passing yards were the second-most by a freshman QB in school history and included an 85-yard pass to Chase Roberts, which was BYU's longest completed pass since 1996. - Big 12 Football
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Bear Bachmeier threw for a career-high 351 yards and a touchdown to lead No. 23 BYU to a 38-24 victory over West Virginia on Friday night. BYU (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) rolled up 517 total yards and had two takeaways. Chase Roberts had a career-high 161 yards on four catches, and Parker Kingston added a career-high 111 yards and a touchdown on four receptions. Khalil Wilkins totaled 170 yards on offense and had two interceptions in his first career start. West Virginia (2-4, 0-3) forced three turnovers but also got burned repeatedly by big plays from BYU.Kingston scored on back-to-back first-quarter drives to put BYU up 14-0. Therrian Alexander III jumped a route near midfield and returned an interception 49 yards to set up Kingston's first TD on a 1-yard run. Kingston followed up by reeling in a short pass, weaving through traffic, and sprinting 54 yards for his second touchdown. Roberts raced downfield on an 85-yard catch-and-run late in the second quarter, setting up L.J. Martin's 4-yard TD run that extend ed BYU's lead to 21-3. West Virgina threatened briefly after Fred Perry recovered a fumbled pitch to set the stage for a 3-yard TD run from Diore Hubbard. Bachmeier answered with a 2-yard run 19 seconds before halftime to keep the Mountaineers from drawi ng closer. - BYU/AP College Football
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WEEK 5 BIG 12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Bear Bachmeier, QB, BYU,...Winning Big 12 Freshman of the Week for a second time in a month, BYU's Bachmeier was efficient in a 24-21 victory at Colorado. He completed 70.4% of his 27 pass attempts for 179 yards and tw o touchdowns while rushing for 98 yards in Boulder. Bachmeier's 98 yards on the ground are the second most in a single game by a BYU freshman QB, only behind Taysom Hill versus Hawaii in 2012. The Murrieta, California native is one of 12 FBS starting qua rterbacks without an interception thrown this season. - Big 12 Football
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WEEK 1 BIG 12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Bear Bachmeier, QB, BYU,...As the first freshman to start at quarterback in BYU history, Bachmeier guided the Cougars to a dominant 69-0 win over Portland State. The Murrieta, California native scored a total of five t ouchdowns, which were the most ever by a BYU freshman. Bachmeier was 7-for-11 passing for 97 yards while running for 32 yards in just two quarters of action as the Cougars scored the second most points in FBS over the weekend. - Big 12 Football
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Bear Bachmeier threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more to lead BYU to a 69-0 victory over Portland State in his collegiate debut on Saturday night. Bachmeier, a Stanford transfer, became the first true freshman to start at quarterback in a season opener for the Cougars. He totaled 129 yards on offense and completed 64% of his passes in one half of play. BYU (1-0) churned out 468 yards and five touchdowns on the ground. The Cougars averaged 9.8 yards per carry and 14 different players had at leas t one rush. LJ Martin led the way with 131 yards on eight carries. Portland State (0-2) has been outscored 111-0 in eight quarters this season. The Vikings mustered minus-nine total yards over the second and third quarters. CJ Jordan led Portland State w ith 58 yards on 8-of-14 passing.The Cougars scored touchdowns on all five of their second-quarter drives to stake out a 49-0 lead. Bachmeier threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for two more scores during that stretch. Cody Hagen also scored o n a 57-yard reverse – his first career carry. BYU racked up 267 yards and three touchdowns on just 19 carries by halftime. On the other side, the Cougars' defense held Portland State to minus-two yards rushing on 19 carries in the first half. Jack Kell y returned a blocked field goal 54 yards to put BYU on the board with 3:58 left in the first. Kelly's touchdown helped the Cougars overcome a special teams gaffe a few plays earlier when Parker Kingston fumbled at the end of a 15-yard punt return. BYU ex tended the lead to 14-0 on the final play of the quarter when Bachmeier tossed a 4-yard pass to Chase Roberts for his first career passing touchdown. Martin set up the score by dragging several defenders on a 49-yard gallop to get the Cougars into the re d zone. - BYU/AP College Football
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