Bear
Bachmeier
Bear Bachmeier is a sophomore quarterback from Murrieta, California, who wears No. 47 for BYU football. The 2025 Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year has led BYU to a 5-0 start in 2026 and was named Big 12 co-Offensive Player of the Week after passing for 329 yards and rushing for 109 against Iowa State.
Who is Bear Bachmeier?
Bear Bachmeier is a Quarterback for BYU's football program from Murrieta, California. 2026 through 5 games: 1,033 passing yards, 8 TD, 1 INT; 239 rushing yards, 4 TD; Big 12 co-Offensive Player of the Week, Oct. 12
BYU's dual-threat quarterback
Bachmeier wears No. 47 for BYU, whose roster lists him as a 6-foot-2 sophomore quarterback from Murrieta, California, who enrolled at Stanford before arriving in Provo. His biography says that as a true freshman in 2025 he was the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year, a seven-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week and a Davey O'Brien Award semifinalist, threw for 3,033 yards and became the first BYU freshman quarterback to beat Utah as a starter.
His 2026 season has started 5-0. Against Iowa State on October 9 he completed 22 of 30 passes for 329 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 109 yards, including a career-long 39-yard run, in a 24-10 win, per BYU's recap; the Big 12 named him its co-Offensive Player of the Week, his second weekly offensive award of the season.
What the official record shows
BYU's 2026 statistics, read on October 16 through five games, list Bachmeier with 77 completions in 116 attempts for 1,033 yards, eight touchdowns and one interception, plus 239 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns, which BYU says makes him the team's second-leading rusher. Follow the Cougars on the BYU football team page.
At a glance
Key achievements
- Big 12 co-Offensive Player of the Week, Oct. 12, 2026: 329 passing yards and 109 rushing yards in a 24-10 win over Iowa State
- Second Big 12 offensive weekly award of 2026, after the win over Arizona
- 1,033 passing yards, 8 touchdown passes and 239 rushing yards through five games of 2026, with BYU 5-0
- 2025 Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year; 3,033 passing yards as a true freshman (BYU biography)
Official sources
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- BYU Athletics: Bear Bachmeier biography and statisticsbyucougars.com
- BYU: Honors roll in for BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier (Oct. 12, 2026)byucougars.com
- BYU: Bachmeier leads No. 8 BYU past Iowa State 24-10 (Oct. 9, 2026)byucougars.com
- Big 12: Week six football honorees (Oct. 12, 2026)big12sports.com
What each source confirms
- BYU Athletics: Bear Bachmeier biography and statistics
- Read 2026-10-16: #47, Quarterback, Sophomore, 6-2, 230, Murrieta, Calif., previous school Stanford; 2025 Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year, seven-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week, 3,033 passing yards, Davey O'Brien semifinalist, first BYU freshman QB to beat Utah as a starter; 2026 through 5 games: 77-116, 1,033 yards, 8 TD, 1 INT; 36 rushes, 239 yards, 4 TD.
- BYU: Honors roll in for BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier (Oct. 12, 2026)
- BYU's second-leading rusher; second weekly honor after the Arizona win.
- BYU: Bachmeier leads No. 8 BYU past Iowa State 24-10 (Oct. 9, 2026)
- 22 of 30, 329 yards, 2 TD; 109 rushing yards, career-long 39-yard run.
- Big 12: Week six football honorees (Oct. 12, 2026)
- Co-Offensive Player of the Week with Houston's Patrick Overmyer; lists three touchdown passes, where BYU's recap lists two.
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