Bears Preseason Preview: Quarterbacks

Bears Preseason Preview: Quarterbacks

Letterwinners returning/lost: 2/0
Starters returning/lost: 1/0

Brodie Lambert and Breck Ruddick, who combined to make all 11 starts at quarterback last fall, return to lead the offense.
Lambert made nine starts in 2015, ranking eighth in the MVFC and 80th nationally in completion percentage (.531); also ranked sixth in the Valley in completions per game (9.36).
Against Indiana State, Lambert turned in career highs for completions (26) and passing yards (197), while tossing his first TD pass as a Bear.
Ruddick started the first two games of the 2015 season as a redshirt freshman, completing 14 passes, including one for a touchdown, in his collegiate debut at Memphis.
Ruddick also racked up 197 yards of total offense in his first start at Plaster Stadium vs. Chadron State, marking the biggest single-game output by a freshman QB since Cody Kirby totaled 278 yards of offense vs. SEMO on Nov. 10, 2007; Ruddick's 55-yard scoring run represented the longest rush by a Missouri State freshman since the 2009 season, when Mikael Cooper-Falls ripped off a 57-yarder; it also marked the longest for a Bears signal-caller in 22 years.
Redshirt freshman Michael Briggs could also factor into MSU's plans, while redshirt freshman transfer Brett Geisz and true freshman Sam Hall will provide additional depth at the poistion.

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