Mizzou lands four-star 2023 QB, misses out on ex-Baylor QB | Mizzou Athletics News

COLUMBIA, Mo. – It was a glass 50 percent-whole, 50 %-vacant Sunday for Missouri’s pursuit of future quarterbacks.

First, Gabarri Johnson, a four-star 2023 prospect from Tacoma, Washington, announced his verbal motivation to Mizzou, choosing the Tigers around almost half the Pac-12 Conference. Johnson, rated the nation’s No. 14 quarterback in future year’s course by 247Sports activities.com, also holds features from Pac-12 packages Arizona Condition, Oregon, Oregon State, Utah, Washington and Washington Point out, furthermore Arkansas. He’ll be a senior this slide at Lincoln Substantial College. In 10 games very last time Johnson threw for 2,222 yards and 28 touchdowns whilst rushing for 737 yards and 15 scores. He’s MU’s fourth motivation for 2023.

That was Sunday’s excellent news for Mizzou. In the meantime, the program’s short-term quarterback research hit a setback. Previous Baylor starter Gerry Bohanon, who frequented MU final week, declared his motivation to South Florida. Bohanon commenced 12 of Baylor’s 14 games past calendar year when the Bears received the Massive 12 championship. He entered the transfer portal before this month.

“It was USF simply because I thought in Mentor (Jeff) Scott, I feel in that workers, I think in everything they are performing right now,” Bohanon told the Tampa Bay Situations on Sunday.

Bohanon is the third transfer target from a Electricity 5 to visit Mizzou this offseason and later select a further program, following former Arizona Point out QB Jayden Daniels, who picked Louisiana Point out, and J.T. Daniels, who went from Georgia to West Virginia. 

With Bohanon’s decision, Mizzou is positioned to enter the summertime with three scholarship quarterbacks, sophomore Brady Cook, redshirt freshman Tyler Macon and freshman Sam Horn, who is anticipated to go to campus at the close of the thirty day period following graduating from Collins Hill Significant in Georgia. The four-star QB is also an Significant League Baseball prospect and could be chosen in July’s novice draft.