{"id":296502,"date":"2025-11-17T06:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/296502\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T06:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:01:07","slug":"beau-pribula-injury-update-early-optimism-missouri-qb-can-start-vs-oklahoma-per-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/296502\/","title":{"rendered":"Beau Pribula injury update: Early optimism Missouri QB can start vs. Oklahoma, per report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/mizzou-today\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Missouri<\/a> quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/beau-pribula-9533\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beau Pribula<\/a> reportedly escaped the worst-case scenario when he was injured against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/the-dore-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vanderbilt<\/a> on Oct. 25. Could he be in line to return this season?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a topic of conversation that fired up in earnest on Saturday night when Pribula was spotted on the field before the game tossing a football lightly. He didn\u2019t appear to be putting much weight on his ankle, but he didn\u2019t seem bothered by it either.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday evening, CBS Sports\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mzenitz\/status\/1990235872655221077?s=46&amp;t=PIXP7OEmTjUhTXTCrdVaEw\" rel=\"nofollow\">Matt Zenitz reported that there\u2019s \u201cearly optimism\u201d<\/a> that Beau Pribula could be in line to return to action with a start this weekend against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/oklahoma-sooners\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma<\/a>. That would be about four weeks from the time of his injury.<\/p>\n<p>Those early game warmups were certainly a positive sign. Though Pribula wasn\u2019t doing a ton, he was able to stand on both feet and fire passes during a warm-up. That\u2019s certainly a good sign. Check it out here.<\/p>\n<p>Beau Pribula was initially listed as doubtful for the game against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/mississippi-state-bulldogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mississippi State<\/a> on Saturday. He was later ruled out.<\/p>\n<p>The starting quarterback for the Tigers suffered a gruesome injury in the second half of a loss at Vanderbilt. He\u2019s been out ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Pribula\u2019s legs were twisted under him on a tackle near the goal line. He immediately needed medical assistance, and he was ultimately carted off the field, then placed into a wheelchair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeau Pribula has a non-fractured, dislocated ankle, which only occurs in about 1% of ankle injuries,\u201d coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/coach\/eli-drinkwitz-133588\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eli Drinkwitz<\/a> said on Oct. 29 on an SEC teleconference call. \u201cIt\u2019s considered a taekwondo type injury. So his path to recovery is TBD, to be determined. We\u2019re doing everything we can. There is no surgery and there is no broken bones, but there was a dislocation that had to be corrected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re working toward recovery then. Don\u2019t know what his timeline for recovery would be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If he can get back in time for Oklahoma it would be a huge boost for Missouri. Beau Pribula has logged 1,685 passing yards and 11 touchdowns, against seven interceptions this season. He has also run for 220 yards and five touchdowns, totals that rank third and second on the team, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Suffice it to say, he\u2019s a significant piece when healthy. Missouri is still fighting for its life when it comes to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/category\/college-football-playoff\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College Football Playoff<\/a>, but it will almost certainly have to remain perfect the rest of the way to even entertain a shot. Pribula\u2019s return certainly wouldn\u2019t hurt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Missouri quarterback Beau Pribula reportedly escaped the worst-case scenario when he was injured against Vanderbilt on Oct. 25.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[135166,399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-296502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-beau-pribula-22-central-york","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-ncaafootball","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}