LSU Signs Standout Quarterback Michael Van Buren

by Staff Reporter

December 16, 20249 Comments

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BATON ROUGE – Standout quarterback Michael Van Buren Jr. has signed with LSU and will join the Tigers for the 2025 season.

Van Buren recently completed his first season at Mississippi State where he started the final eight games of the season for the Bulldogs.

In 10 appearances as a true freshman in 2024, Van Buren completed 140-of-256 passes for 1,886 yards and 11 touchdowns. He added another five rushing TDs for the Bulldogs.

He was named SEC Freshman of the Week against Georgia when he completed 20-of-37 passes for 306 yards and three touchdowns.

The Georgia contest began a three-game stretch for Van Buren where he threw for eight touchdowns. He followed the Georgia game with 242 passing yards and three touchdowns against Texas A&M and then threw for a career-best 309 yards and two scores against Arkansas.

He closed his rookie season at Mississippi State with 280 passing yards and two TDs (1 rushing, 1 passing) against Ole Miss.

Van Buren was a four-star recruit from St. Frances Academy in Baltimore, choosing Mississippi State over Oregon. He helped St. Frances Academy to back-to-back national Top 10 finishes in 2021 and 2022.

Van Buren becomes the fifth transfer portal signee for the Tigers for the 2025 season.

(Release via LSU Athletics)

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Recoveringcajun•6 months

He looks really unhappy in that uniform.

Supermoto Tiger•6 months

IF Nuss would run the ball say once every other possession, it would totally change the opposing defensive scheme. The fact that he does not do this, makes his job at QB, extremely difficult to be successful
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mallardhank•6 months

I believe he will give Nuss a run for his money. Has anyone been anointed as the starter? This guy throws and runs.

BlackPot•6 months

Odd to me to come to a school where he knows he's not going to be the starter right away when he already has that lined up. Looking for the competition? Wants to build something?

burreauxxx•6 months

Standout? Standout Larry?

LSUmudman•6 months

????????wonder what “standout” gettin’ paid?
Amazing… all you git to do is sign with LSU and you become a standout.

Masonburden67•6 months

Did you read the article lol ? The reasons are in the article. Freshman QB playing in the sec . Can you name another true freshman QB ever in the sec who has comparable numbers?

MONROE•6 months

You do realize that he was a freshman playing with very little talent around him in the SEC, don’t you?

fierysnowman•6 months

He threw for 309yds and 3 TD’s against Georgia. He played really well as a FRESHMAN in the SEC. Does that not ‘standout’ to you

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