{"id":2004,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2004","headline":"Missouri locks up QB Austin Simmons through 2027","dek":"The Tigers signal-caller, fourth in the SEC in passing yards per game, will stay in Columbia even as his NFL draft stock climbs.","body":"Missouri has re-signed quarterback Austin Simmons for the 2027 season, according to ESPN's Pete Thamel, giving coach Eli Drinkwitz a building block for the program's future.\n\nSimmons has been one of the SEC's more productive passers this year, sitting fourth in the conference at 244 passing yards per game, and his play has drawn enough attention that his NFL draft stock has reportedly been rising. That makes the decision to stay notable: rather than treating this season as a springboard out of Columbia, Simmons is betting on building something longer term with the Tigers.\n\nThe timing lines up with a pivotal stretch for Missouri, which sits at 6-2 and tied for fifth in the SEC, a half-game behind Ole Miss and Alabama for fourth. The Tigers are slight underdogs heading into a Week 10 matchup against Arch Manning and Texas, a game that doubles as a stage for Simmons to show he belongs in the national conversation.\n\nWith his future settled, the focus now shifts to what Missouri builds around him. CBS Sports noted the Tigers can start constructing a roster with higher expectations for 2027 now that their quarterback situation is no longer a question mark.","published_at":"2026-11-06T23:35:32.075124+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Missouri’s Austin Simmons set to return for 2027 in massive move","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/missouri-austin-simmons-set-return-213705581.html"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Austin Simmons re-signs with Missouri: Tigers set for high expectations in 2027 with star QB returning","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/austin-simmons-re-signs-missouri-2027-season-expectations/"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Sources: QB Simmons re-ups with Missouri for 2027 as NFL draft stock rises","url":"https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/50400199/sources-qb-austin-simmons-re-signs-missouri-2027"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Austin Simmons reportedly re-signs with Missouri for next season but could still enter 2027 NFL Draft instead","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/austin-simmons-reportedly-re-signs-with-missouri-for-next-season-but-could-still-enter-2027-nfl-draft-instead-225338021.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Missouri QB Austin Simmons reportedly makes 2027 decision amid NFL draft buzz","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/missouri-qb-austin-simmons-reportedly-233843959.html"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}