Missouri State Bears’ Update (Bye Week #1)

Larkdight Studios Missouri State Bears' Program Rebuild (Season 1) August 7, 2025 5:00PM CST

With the Missouri State Bears entering into their first bye week of the season, sitting at a surprising 3-0 record, it is super important to look at where this team sits so that we can really take in what a difference the new head coach is making on this program already. It isn’t just that this team is winning, but two of those games were against big programs like Missouri and SMU; not to mention, on the road. Now, it is only a three-game sample size, but man, are we liking what we see out of the rebuilding Missouri State Bears’ program already.

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RECORD UPDATE

Week 1 @ Missouri Tigers W 31-28 Watch

Week 2 vs Marshall Thundering Herd W 31-15 Watch

Week 3 @ SMU Mustangs W 37-34 (OT) Watch

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STAT PICTURE - INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATS

QB Jacob Clark (Sr): 74/108 (68%), 983 YDS, 9 TD, 172.4 QBR

RB Shomari Lawrence (Sr): 38 CAR, 193 YDS, 5.1 AVG, 2 TD, 5 BTK

RB Josh Joyner (Fr): 10 CAR, 31 YDS, 3.1 AVG, 2 TD, 2 REC TD

WR Jmariyae Robinson (Jr): 20 REC, 344 YDS, 3 TD, 136 RAC, 2 DROPS

WR James BlackStrain (Sr): 11 REC, 154 YDS, 2 TD, 46 RAC, 3 DROPS

WR Liam O’Reilly (Jr): 10 REC, 142 YDS, TD, 54 RAC, 2 DROPS

TE Jeron Askren (Fr): 13 REC, 193 YDS, 34 RAC, DROP

ED Davon Townley Jr (Sr): 7 TKL, 4 TFL, 3.5 SACKS

ED DJ Wesolak (Jr): 6 TKL, 4 TFL, 2 SACKS

LB Jared Lloyd (Jr): 16 TKL

LB Jalen Brooks (Sr): 12 TKL

LB Jashawn Cooper (So): 8 TKL, TFL

CB Camron Williams (Fr): 19 TKL, 2 TFL

CB Thomas Anderson (Sr): 15 TKL, INT

S Gregory Alexis (Sr): 19 TKL, 3 TFL, INT

S Khalil Anderson (Sr): 14 TKL, 2 TFL, .5 SACK

S Keaton Renfro (Sr): 10 TKL, TFL

K Yousef Obeid (So): 3/4 FG (75%), 10/10 XP (100%)

P Stewart McDonald (Fr): 3 PUNTS, 92 YARDS, 30.7 AVG

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STAT PICTURE - TEAM STATS

Total Yards – 1,240 (#53 Nation) (#3 C-USA)

Passing Yards – 983 (#15 Nation) (#2 C-USA)

Rushing Yards – 257 (#108 Nation) (#9 C-USA)

Points/Game – 33.0 (#66 Nation) (#2 C-USA)

Total Yards/Game – 413.3 (#56 Nation) (#3 C-USA)

Pass Yards/Game – 327.7 (#14 Nation) (#2 C-USA)

Rush Yards/Game – 85.7 (#115 Nation) (#9 C-USA)

First Downs/Game – 22.7 (#12 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

Total Yards Allowed – 1064 (#62 Nation) (#3 C-USA)

Passing Yards Allowed – 871 (#113 Nation) (#9 C-USA)

Rushing Yards Allowed – 193 (#7 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

Opp Points Per Game – 25.7 (#60 Nation) (#5 C-USA)

Total Yards Allowed/Game – 354.7 (#59 Nation) (#3 C-USA)

Pass Yards Allowed/Game – 290.3 (#113 Nation) (#9 C-USA)

Rush Yards Allowed/Game – 64.3 (#6 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

Sacks – 6 (#55 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

FRECs – 0 (#125 Nation) (#4 C-USA)

INTs – 2 (#58 Nation) (#6 C-USA)

3rd Down Efficiency – 16/30 (53%) (#36 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

4th Down Efficiency – 7/7 (57%) (#1 Nation) (#1 C-USA)

2-PT Conversions – 1/2 (50%) (#27 Nation) (#4 C-USA)

Redzone Offense – 8TD-3FG/18 ATT (44%) (#118 Nation) (#8 C-USA)

Redzone Defense – 7 TD-1FG/12 ATT (58%) (#60 Nation) (#8 C-USA)

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WEEKLY AWARDS

C-USA Conference DPoTW (Week 3 @ SMU Mustangs) – WR Jmariyae Robinson (Jr)

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RECRUITING

Verbal Commitments

• Currently no recruits have verbally committed to Missouri State for 2026.

  
  

Visits Scheduled

• Week 4 (Bye Week #1)

  • QB Legend Ekuale (3*) (NE) (#1053) (#66 QB) (Position Meeting)

  • WR Antoine Yancey (3*) (MO) (#593) (#125 WR) (Family Visit)

  • G Garrison Yusaf (3*) (KS) (#1432) (#68 G) (Family Visit)

• Week 5 (vs Western Kentucky)

  • ATH Courtland Merchant (3*) (CA) (#605) (#58 ATH) (Position Meeting)

  • DT Darrell Kendricks (3*) (NC) (#1175) (#49 DT) (Position Meeting)

• Week 6 (vs Kent State)

  • ED Rico Dugans (3*) (MO) (#497) (#44 ED) (Attend Practice)