BYU has reportedly selected a beginning quarterback.
According to ESPN, freshman Bear Bachmeier will begin vs. Portland State in Week 1. Bachmeier was competing with Treyson Bourguet and McCae Hillstead to interchange Jake Retzlaff. Bachmeier may also be the primary true freshman to start out a season opener for the Cougars.
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BYU had entered the season assuming that Retzlaff could be the staff’s beginning QB once more. However, he left the school after he was facing a suspension for honor code violations. Retzlaff, now at Tulane, had been sued by a girl who claimed that the QB sexually assaulted her within the fall of 2023.
The suit was dismissed in June and Retzlaff had insisted that what occurred between the 2 was consensual. However, premarital intercourse is an honor code violation at BYU, and Retzlaff would have been suspended for greater than half the season if he stayed. Retzlaff threw for over 2,900 yards and rushed for 417 as BYU began the 2024 season 9-0 earlier than ending it 11-2 after beating Colorado within the Alamo Bowl.
Bachmeier transferred to BYU from Stanford within the spring. He initially dedicated to the Cardinal in February of 2024 and enrolled early to take part in spring practices at Stanford. He transferred from Palo Alto lower than two months after Stanford fired coach Troy Taylor. BYU hosts Stanford in Week 2.
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Bachmeier, the brother of former Boise State, Wake Forest and Louisiana Tech QB Hank Bachmeier, was a three-star recruit within the class of 2025. He ranked because the No. 33 participant within the state of California and the No. 28 quarterback within the nation.
Fans tuning in for BYU and Bachmeier can also do a double-take when he’s on the sector. Bachmeier wears No. 47, a quantity extra typically related to a linebacker or fullback than a quarterback. He wore that quantity whereas in highschool in Murrieta, California.