Beau Pribula’s path this offseason ran through Tennessee, but his next stop is Virginia - and now he’s the one holding the quarterback job.
The ACC program announced that Pribula has won its quarterback battle after bringing him in as a transfer and putting him through a competition. The news comes shortly after he represented Virginia at ACC Football Kickoff, where he made it clear what he expects from the season ahead.
“Expectations are high,” Pribula said at ACC Football Kickoff last week. “That’s just the way we want it.
That’s the way the standard should be. Every time we take the field, the expectation should be to win.
We need Wahoo Nation. We need Scott Stadium rocking this fall.
I can’t wait to see what home atmosphere is like, especially week one, NC State, a big game for us. I can’t wait to see the fan base pop out.”
Pribula was one of two transfer quarterbacks Tennessee brought to campus for visits this offseason after Joey Aguilar was denied a preliminary injunction for an additional year of eligibility. The Vols also hosted Arizona State’s Sam Leavitt, but Leavitt ended up choosing LSU and Lane Kiffin. Tennessee and Pribula, meanwhile, never got to the point of a fit on Rocky Top, and he moved on to Virginia.
His stop in Charlottesville comes after a season as Missouri’s starter. Pribula started 10 games for the Tigers, missing two because of injury, and finished with 1,914 passing yards, 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions. He also added 297 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns.
Before Missouri, Pribula spent time at Penn State under James Franklin. He wasn’t the full-time starter for the Nittany Lions, but he still put together 424 passing yards, nine touchdown passes, one interception and 10 rushing scores from 2023-24. He was also on the roster in 2022, redshirting without seeing game action.
This is Pribula’s final year of eligibility.
Tennessee, for its part, filled out its quarterback room with Colorado transfer Ryan Staub. Staub joins a three-man battle with second-year George MacIntyre and freshman Faizon Brandon, and while he’s widely viewed as the least likely of the three to win the job, he’ll still get a real look in fall camp.
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