Missouri quarterback Beau Pribula is entering the NCAA transfer portal for the second consecutive year, and coach Eli Drinkwitz said freshman backup Matt Zollers would start in the team’s final game of the 2025 season.
The 25th-ranked Tigers (8-4) of the Southeastern Conference face No. 20 Virginia (10-3), the Atlantic Coast Conference runner-up, in the Gator Bowl on Dec. 27 at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida.
Pribula transferred after the 2024 season from Penn State, where he was behind returning starter Drew Allar on the depth chart for the Nittany Lions. The 6-foot-2, 215-pound redshirt junior led the Tigers to a 6-1 start to the season, but then dislocated his ankle in a 17-10 loss to Vanderbilt the final weekend of October.
Pribula returned for a 17-6 loss to Oklahoma before playing in a 31-17 win over Arkansas to close the regular season at the end of November. He wound up throwing for 1,941 yards with 11 touchdown passes and nine interceptions this year, and he ran for 297 yards with six scores.
Zollers started the two games Pribula missed, both in SEC play: a loss to Texas A&M and a victory over Mississippi State.