Bear Bachmeier locked in for 2026 season as BYU's QB1 + Recruiting tidbits from Under Armour camp

About this episode

Bear Bachmeier discusses his upcoming season as BYU's quarterback and insights from recent recruiting events.

BYU football quarterback Bear Bachmeier enters his sophomore season with the Cougars. The reigning Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year discussed how his life has changed since arriving at BYU less than a year ago. He also went into how this offense will change in 2026. Also, in this episode of Cougar Tracks, KSL Sports BYU Insider Mitch Harper discussed BYU basketball's pursuit of a front-court player and the need to get a big man. He also looked at recent trends in terms of size for Final Four teams over the past four years. Then, finally, Mitch attended the Under Armour Next Camp at West High School with some of the top high school football players in the state and the region. He shared some observations and recruiting tidbits. Subscribe to the Cougar Tracks Podcast to stay up-to-date with all the daily episodes. Cougar Tracks is on YouTube and X every weekday at Noon (MT), and KSL NewsRadio at 6:30 p.m. (MT). Apple:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cougar-tracks/id1146971609 YouTube Podcast:  https://kslsports.com/category/podcast_results/?sid=2035&n=Cougar%20Tracks Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/2NCF1KecDsE2rB1zMuHhUh Download the KSL…

People in this episode

Host: Mitch Harper

Topics covered

• BYU football
• quarterback
• recruiting
• basketball
• Under Armour camp

Keywords

• Bear Bachmeier
• Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year
• 2026 season
• front-court player
• Final Four teams
• Under Armour Next Camp
• high school football

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Under Armour

Books & works: Cougar Tracks, the Cougar Tracks Podcast

Places: Utah

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