PROVO (KSL.com) — BYU football is looking to do something it has never done before in 2025.

The Cougars have whittled the starting quarterback competition down to one, and true freshman Bear Bachmeier will get the nod Aug. 30 in the season opener against Portland State, a source confirmed to KSL.com.

The decision which was first reported by ESPN makes the former four-star recruit by the 247Sports composite ranking the first true freshman to start a season opener in BYU football history. Bachmeier earned the starting job after a three-man competition with a pair of backups and Division I transfers from a year ago in McCae Hillstead and Treyson Bourguet.

Bachmeier enrolled early at Stanford to compete for the starting job with the Cardinal, but transferred alongside older brother Tiger af

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