Missouri Lands Former Top-25 Recruit Miami QB

The Missouri Tigers are getting the companies of quarterback Jake Garcia, who’s reportedly transferring to Missouri soccer after a stint with the Miami Hurricanes, in response to Pete Thamel of ESPN.

“Former Miami Hurricanes quarterback Jake Garcia has dedicated to Missouri, sources instructed ESPN. Garcia is a former top-25 recruit within the Class of 2021 who entered the NCAA switch portal on Tuesday. He selected Missouri after a shotgun courtship, and sources stated he’s anticipated to enroll there by the top of this week.”

Garcia began his school soccer profession with the Hurricanes in 2021, which he redshirted. In his sophomore 12 months with Miami, he appeared in eight video games and handed for 803 yards and 5 touchdowns towards 4 interceptions whereas finishing simply 59.7 p.c of his move makes an attempt.

Lengthy earlier than he determined to take his abilities from Miami to Missouri soccer, Garcia had obtained loads of affords from huge school applications when he was nonetheless in highschool. He acquired affords from the likes of the Tennessee Volunteers, Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Texas Longhorns, and the Purdue Boilermakers. He dedicated to the USC Trojans earlier than decommitting and heading to Miami.

There’s no assurance that Garcia will the starter instantly for Missouri soccer in 2023. The Tigers nonetheless have Brady Prepare dinner, who handed for two,734 yards and 14 touchdowns with seven interceptions in 13 video games for the staff within the 2022 school soccer season. Missouri soccer additionally nonetheless has second-year quarterback Sam Horn. Prepare dinner, Garcia, and Horn possible will compete for the beginning quarterback position within the subsequent season for the Tigers, who completed the 2022 season with a 6-7 general document.