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ESPN Analyst Ranks Beau Pribula as Best Southeastern Conference Quarterback: The Buzz

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Sep 6, 2025; Columbia, Missouri, USA; Missouri Tigers quarterback Beau Pribula (9) rolls out to pass during the first half against the Kansas Jayhawks at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images
Sep 6, 2025; Columbia, Missouri, USA; Missouri Tigers quarterback Beau Pribula (9) rolls out to pass during the first half against the Kansas Jayhawks at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images

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ESPN college football analyst Bill Connelly recently ranked Beau Pribula as the best quarterback in the Southeastern Conference, having the Penn State transfer climb the mountain top in his first two career starts.

"He left Penn State in search of a starring role, and his first two performances have been outstanding," Connelly wrote. "Pribula is fifth nationally in completion rate (79.1%) and 25th in yards per dropback, and he has more non-sack rushing yards than LaNorris Sellers. And in his first Border Showdown against Kansas on Saturday, he threw for 334 yards and led a 15-point comeback."

Pribula has met and surpassed early-season expectations many had, going undefeated in his first two games with the Tigers, picking up wins over the Central Arkansas Bears and Kansas Jayhawks. Pribula has totaled the second-most passing yards with 617, and third-most passing touchdowns with five.

Despite heading into the season with no starting experience and little experience in big games, Pribula has stepped up in big moments. Pribula completed 15 of his 18 passes for 177 yards and three touchdowns on third and fourth downs against Kansas, showcasing his clutch gene.

While Kansas is a formidable Big 12 opponent, the Jayhawks' secondary is on the weaker side, at least compared to many SEC defenses Pribula will face later in the season. Pribula will have his first taste of SEC action in Week 4, when the Tigers take on the South Carolina Gamecocks.

Monday's Mizzou results:

There are no completed games on Mizzou's schedule.

Tuesday's Mizzou schedule:

Men's golf at Folds of Honor Collegiate
Women's golf at Sam Golden Invitational

SEC News:

Column: Vanderbilt Football Still Has Everything in Front of it After Top-Tier Win of Clark Lea's Tenure

Everything Kane Wommack Said Following ULM Win, Previewing Wisconsin

Did you notice?

  • Missouri football head coach Eliah Drinkwitz shows some playful banter with Pribula on SEC This Morning.

Mizzou women's golfer Ebba Liljeberg shot a program record at the Sam Golden invitational

  • Missouri women's basketball target took a visit to Columbia over the weekend.

Mizzou Quote of the Day

“I know plenty of normal, highly successful, otherwise level headed people that if Jeremy Maclin drops a pass or DeMeco Ryans misses a tackle, will fly into an apoplectic rage as if someone had just killed their mother while simultaneously strangling 7 puppies right in front of them. It is almost Pavlovian. The second there is a bad call, a missed block, a muffed kick, anything, it's like a switch flips and then the entire city turns into Joe Pesci after Billy Bats tells him to get his shine box. It's not pretty.”
Drew Magary in Deadspin on Philadelphia

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Killian Wright
KILLIAN WRIGHT

Originally from Kansas City, Killian Wright joined Missouri Tigers On SI in 2025 as an all-purpose reporter. Along with his work at Missouri Tigers on SI as an intern, he has been a contributor at Thunderous Intentions and a sports editor at The Maneater.

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