COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Football freshman QB Connor Bazelak (Akron, Ohio) is the SEC Freshman of the Week, announced Monday by the Southeastern Conference office. This marks the second time this season that he has taken home the award after also doing so on Oct. 12 following Mizzou’s win over LSU.
Bazelak was sensational as he improved to 5-1 as a starting quarterback in his young career – he was highly productive and efficient despite not throwing a touchdown Saturday, going 30-of-37 (81%) with 318 passing yards. It stood as his second game this season with a completion percentage greater than 81% and 300-plus passing yards. Since 2000, Bazelak and Chase Daniel, a 2007 Heisman finalist, are the only Tiger QBs with multiple contests of an 81% or higher completion percentage.
Bazelak was the first Mizzou QB to complete 30 passes in a game since Kelly Bryant did so in last year’s season-opener at Wyoming.
In his six career starts, Mizzou’s freshman QB is now 134-for-183 (73.2%) for 1,416 yards and five touchdowns against only one INT, most importantly winning five of those six games.
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Mizzou will return home next Saturday for a Dec. 5 tilt with SEC West Division rival Arkansas at 11 a.m. (CT) on SEC Network.
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