PROVO, Utah – The Bear Bachmeier era has arrived for BYU football.

On Tuesday, BYU offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick announced that the true freshman transfer from Stanford would be BYU’s starting quarterback to begin the 2025 season.

Bachmeier will be the first true freshman to start at quarterback to open a season.

He beat out McCae Hillstead and Treyson Bourguet for the starting quarterback role.

Social media reactions to BYU football naming Bear Bachmeier QB1

Here’s how social media reacted to news of Bachmeier, a native of Murrieta, California, landing BYU’s QB1 spot.

QB1. pic.twitter.com/pBVCyEGtOs

— BYU FOOTBALL (@BYUfootball) August 19, 2025

Bear Bachmeier (#47) just became BYU’s QB1 and his aura is on 1000 🔥📈

(h/t @CF_Budge , via @BYUfootball ) pic.twitter

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