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BYU head coach Kalani Sitake celebrates an interception during the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
The Cougars are adding a Bear and a Tiger to the fold.
Bear and Tiger Bachmeier are transferring from Stanford to BYU, ESPN’s Pete Thamel first reported.
The news came one day after Bear Bachmeier shared on social media that he went on a visit to BYU’s campus. Thamel had reported that Tiger Bachmeier was also on the visit.
“There’s an expectation the brothers want to play together,” Thamel wrote Friday.
The Bachmeiers are the younger brothers of former Boise State quarterback and Cougars opponent Hank Bachmeier.
Bear Bachmeier held a 4-star rating from 247 Sports as the No. 28 high school quarterback prospect in the country for the class of 2025. He enrolled early at Stanford and participated in spring ball with the program before entering the transfer portal in April.
“Bachmeier is an exciting dual-threat quarterback who can beat a defense with his arm or his legs,” wrote Greg Biggins of 247 Sports. “At 6-2, 225 pounds, he’s built like a tank and can take off and run for big yards and does a nice job escaping initial pressure and extending plays.
“He can also beat you from the pocket and is a very competent thrower. He has a strong arm, quick release and can throw form different arm angles. He’s comfortable throwing rolling out to either direction, is a tough kid and a fierce competitor.”
Tiger Bachmeier, a wide receiver who played the past two seasons at Stanford, caught 46 passes for 476 yards and two touchdowns during that time. He was also a 4-star prospect out of high school, ranking as the No. 30 recruit in California in 2023.
As for Bear Bachmeier, he’ll likely compete with McCae Hillstead and Treyson Bourguet to back up Jake Retzlaff in 2025 while working towards someday becoming the Cougars’ starting QB.
“The ability to come in and win games and OC Aaron Roderick’s scheme and the pedigree of quarterbacks they have produced in history and recently is enticing,” Bachmeier told Thamel.
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