Former Penn State Quarterback Beau Pribula in a Duel at Missouri

Former Penn State quarterback Beau Pribula transferred to Missouri for a better opportunity to start this season. So far, Pribula is in a heated competition for the Tigers' starting job.

Missouri has held two scrimmages during its first two weeks of training camp, and Pribula continues to duel with redshirt junior Sam Horn for the job. Tigers coach Eliah Drinkwitz opened training camp saying that he had "no timetable on deciding the quarterback," which practice so far hasn't altered.

"[I] was really looking to see if we had some separation today, and I honestly just didn’t see it," Drinkwitz told reporters in Columbia after a scrimmage this week. "They’re both playing really good football right now, so we’ll go into next week and keep the battle going."

Pribula spent three seasons at Penn State before transferring to Missouri in January. He joined a quarterback roster that included Horn, a 6-4 baseball player who has played in four career football games, and true freshman Matt Zollers, a highly ranked recruit from Spring-Ford High in eastern Pennsylvania.

Pribula appeared to hold an advantage in the quarterback competition based on experience and health. Horn, a pitcher for the Missouri baseball team who was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers, missed last season after having Tommy John surgery. But so far, Horn is keeping the competition close.

"They’ve all done some really good things and some really dumb things," Drinkwitz said of all three quarterbacks early in practice. "And that’s kind of the quarterback position. Now, it's about seeing, do they continually make that same mistake or can they self-correct?"