Brady Cook

Brady Cook (born October 12, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the Missouri Tigers.

Brady Cook
Missouri Tigers – No. 12
PositionQuarterback
Class
Redshirt
Redshirt
Sophomore
MajorBusiness
Personal information
Born: (2001-10-12) October 12, 2001
St. Louis, Missouri
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolChaminade (Creve Coeur, Missouri)

High school career

Cook attended Chaminade College Preparatory School in Creve Coeur, Missouri. As a senior, Cook threw for 33 touchdowns and 3,194 yards.[1] Cook was rated as a three-star recruit and the number one quarterback in Missouri, and committed to play college football at University of Missouri.[2]

College career

In 2020, Cook would redshirt and appear in three games. Cook would record 72 yards passing and one touchdown.[3] Cook entered the 2021 season as the backup to Connor Bazelak. After Bazelak would struggle and eventually get injured, Cook would receive his first major playing time against Georgia. Cook would throw for 78 yards in a 43-6 loss.[4] Cook would make his first career start against Army in the 2021 Armed Forces Bowl. Cook would tally 238 passing yards and a touchdown while rushing for 53 yards and a touchdown.[5] Entering the 2022 season, Cook would be named the starting quarterback.[6][7] Cook would lead Missouri to a 2-2 start including a three touchdown performance against Abilene Christian.[8] Cook would then lead Missouri to a 22-12 lead over No. 1 Georgia in the fourth quarter. Despite this, Georgia would score 14 unanswered points to win 26-22. Cook would finish the game with 192 yards and a touchdown.[9] Cook finished the season throwing for 2,739 yards, 14 touchdowns, and seven interceptions, while also rushing for 585 yards and six touchdowns, leading Missouri to the 2022 Gasparilla Bowl.[10]

Statistics
Season Games Passing Rushing
GPRecordCompAttPctYardsAvgTDIntRateAttYardsAvgTD
Missouri Tigers
2020 20–06785.77210.310219.31-10-10.0
2021 50–1465879.33455.920140.722924.21
2022 136–724838364.82,7397.2147133.21395854.26
2023 –
Career20−29944766.93,1517.0177135.51626674.17


Personal life

Cook is the son of Jim and Amy Cook and he grew up a fan of the Missouri Tigers.[11] Cook was named to the 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll.[12]

References
  1. Matter, Dave. "Chaminade's Brady Cook driven to prove to St. Louis that he belongs at Mizzou". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  2. Mayes, Warren. "Chaminade's Cook leaves high school to enroll early at Mizzou". WestNewsMagazine.com. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  3. "Eliah Drinkwitz Tabs Brady Cook Early in Fall Camp to be Missouri's Starting Quarterback". www.bcsnn.com. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  4. Press, Charles Odum, Associated (2021-11-06). "QB Daniels returns as No. 1 Georgia dominates Missouri, 43-6". WJXT. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  5. Blum, Eric. "Mizzou's Brady Cook dazzles in Armed Forces Bowl, sets up possible 2022 preview". Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  6. "Drinkwitz names Chaminade's Brady Cook as Missouri's starting quarterback". ksdk.com. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  7. Greenwald, Dan. "Chaminade grad Brady Cook named Mizzou's starting QB". kmov.com. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  8. "Brady Cook propels Missouri past Abilene Christian". Reuters. 2022-09-17. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  9. Weiszer, Marc. "Show Me State Scare: No. 1 Georgia survives Missouri upset bid, 26-22. Here are 5 takeaways". Online Athens. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  10. "Is Brady Cook leading Mizzou's quarterback battle? Here's what Eli Drinkwitz said". Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  11. Stahl, Matt. "Building Brady: How Brady Cook rose from young Mizzou fan to starting quarterback". Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  12. "2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll". www.secsports.com. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
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