Missouri football officially names starting quarterback for 2026 season

If fall camp quarterback intrigue is your thing, you’re out of luck. Austin Simmons has been named Mizzou’s QB1. Missouri football officially announced Thursday that Simmons, who is a left-handed transfer from Ole Miss, will be the Tigers’ starting quarterback in the 2026 season. The news comes as Mizzou wraps up its spring camp practices this week. Seventh-year head coach Eli Drinkwitz said at the start of spring that he was planning to let his room of quarterbacks compete for the job. That meant Simmons was going toe-to-toe with returning sophomore...