Mizzou plans to play Cook, Horn at QB in opener

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 20, 2023, 11:36 AM ET

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• Graduate of Auburn University.Missouri prepares to include 2 quarterbacks when it starts the season at home versus South Dakota on Aug. 31. Tigers coach Eliah Drinkwitz informed press reporters after Saturday night’s

  scrimmage that he expects both Brady Cook and Sam Horn to play.”I believe, in this day and age of college football, I think you can extremely quickly see a couple

  quarterbacks play in the very first couple of games and let the play on the field decide it,”Drinkwitz said.” We was familiar with a bit more about a few of our other quarterbacks on Friday when we went cope with them. “Some of the plays that Brady will make when he’s live– very same thing with Sam– there’s a couple of plays he extends and makes tosses down the field that, that he makes just because he’s such a big body. We’ll see both [of them], I expect, the very first game, and after that type of play it from there. “Cook, a junior, began all 13 games for Missouri last season, ending up with 2,724 passing backyards, 14 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He also ran for 585 backyards and 6 scores.Horn, a former four-star prospect, redshirted last season. He appeared in only one game, going 0-for-2 death and rushing once for 10 yards.Drinkwitz applauded Cook’s leadership after he was voted a team captain previously in the week.Although Drinkwitz singled out Cook’s third-down play as a location for improvement, he also stated the quarterback was efficient throughout camp.”He’s really constant, understands the offense, absorbs plays, is a smart and disciplined decision-maker, “Drinkwitz said.In Drinkwitz’s third season as head coach, the Tigers ended up 6-7. In November, he was given a two-year contract extension through the 2025 season.