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Jersey Number 0
Michael Van Buren Jr.
- Position:
- QB
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Bowie, Md.
- High School/Previous School:
- St. Frances Academy
Bio
Career Honors
2024 SEC Freshman of the Week (Wk 7 at #5 Georgia)
Career Notes
Played in 10 career games with 8 starts … In one season at Mississippi State, threw for 1,886 yards, completing 140 of 256 pass attempts … Threw 11 touchdown passes and seven interceptions … Rushed for five touchdowns … Transferred to LSU following the 2024 season.
2024 (True Freshman Season)
Played in 10 games with 8 starts … Completed 140 of his 256 passing attempts, throwing for 1,886 yards and 11 touchdowns … Averaged 188.6 yards per game … Earned five rushing touchdowns … Made his first career start at No. 1 Texas … Scored first career touchdown (rushing) at No. 1 Texas … First career 300+ yard passing game and touchdown pass at No. 5 Georgia … Started the final eight games of the season following a season-ending injury to Blake Shapen … Ninth true freshman in Mississippi State history to start a game a quarterback … Sixth State true freshman to make first career start against an SEC opponent … Earned first career 300+ yard passing game in just his second career start, becoming the fastest Mississippi State quarterback to accomplish that since at least 2010 (stat based on total career starts both at MSU and/or another school) … First MSU quarterback since 2014 to throw multiple touchdown passes in back-to-back games vs. ranked opponents … Led all SEC quarterbacks in touchdown passes (8) in the month of October … First MSU quarterback to have two rushing touchdowns in a single game since 2019 … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Made his collegiate debut, playing in three snaps ... Did not record any stats … Florida (9/21): Entered the game in the fourth quarter following an injury to starting quarterback Blake Shapen ... Completed seven of his 13 pass attempts for 100 yards ... Made his first collegiate completion to Kelly Akharaiyi ... at Texas (9/28): Made his first collegiate start ... Went 12-23 on pass attempts for 144 yards ... Scored the first touchdown of his career on a 12-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter ... at Georgia (10/12): Went 20 for 37 on pass attempts with 306 yards, three touchdowns, and one interception … Added five rushes for 15 yards … Set season highs in completions, passing attempts, passing yards, passing touchdowns, longest pass, and rushing yards … Threw his first career touchdown pass to Kelly Akharaiyi from 24 yards out … His 306 passing yards are the most by an MSU true freshman quarterback since Will Rogers threw for 336 yards on November 21, 2020 against Georgia … He also became the first MSU true freshman to throw for three touchdowns in a game since Will Rogers on December 19, 2020 against Missouri … By throwing for 300+ yards in his second career start, Van Buren Jr. became the fastest State quarterback to achieve that milestone (2 career starts) since at least 2010 ... Texas A&M (10/19): Completed 22 of 41 pass attempts for 242 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception ... Threw three touchdowns in back-to-back games, the first time a Bulldog has done so since Will Rogers threw three touchdowns against Texas A&M (10/01/2022) and Arkansas (10/08/2022) ... In October, he has thrown six touchdown passes, the most of any SEC quarterback ... Arkansas (10/26): Went 22 for 31 on pass attempts for 309 yards, two touchdowns ... Had one rushing touchdown, the second rushing touchdown of his career ... Threw for a season-high 309 passing yards ... Recorded a career-high 71% completion percentage ... First career multi-interception game ... Second career 300+ yard passing game ... Had a long pass of 54 yards ... Fourth straight game with at least one pass of 35+ yards ... Third straight game with at least 2 touchdown passes ... UMass (10/2): Completed 14 of 25 passing attempts for 222 yards and a touchdown ... Ran the ball nine times for 14 yards and two rushing touchdowns ... Had a career-long 17-yard rush ... This is the first game of his career that he has recorded two rushing touchdowns ... First Mississippi State QB to have a pair of rushing touchdowns in the same game since Nov. 28, 2019 ... at Tennessee (11/9): Completed 10 passes on 26 attempts for 92 yards and an interception ... Missouri (11/23): Completed 16 of 28 pass attempts for 191 and a touchdown … Ran the ball four times for two total yards … Found Jordan Mosley in the endzone for his tenth passing touchdown of the season … at Ole Miss (11/29): Completed 17 of 32 passes for 280 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions … Rushed for one touchdown on eight carries.
High School
Prepped at Baltimore St. Frances Academy under the direction of head coach Messay Hailemariam … He is a 4-star recruit according to ESPN and Rivals … Considered a 3-star recruit by 247Sports and On3 … Rated inside ESPN’s Top 300 for 2024 at No. 58 … Committed to Mississippi State on Dec. 10, 2023, after flipping his commitment from Oregon … Member of the 2024 Under Armour All-American Game … Played a national high school schedule and guided St. Frances Academy to back-to-back top 10 finishes in the MaxPreps Top 25 in both 2022 and 2021 … Guided St. Frances to the 2022 national championship game against IMG Academy and was ranked as the No. 2 high school program in the country … In a win against eventual Texas 6A Division II State Champion DeSoto, Van Buren completed 13-of-20 passes for 205 yards and 3 touchdowns … After missing 4 games in 2023, Van Buren returned to guide his squad to wins in five of the team’s final seven games … Earned All-Metro honors by the Baltimore Sun in 2022 after passing for 1,707 yards and 18 touchdowns to go along with his 125 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns … Plans to graduate early and enroll at Mississippi State in January 2024.
Personal
Born July 11, 2004 ... Parents are Monique Walker and Michael Van Buren Sr. … Chose Mississippi State over Oregon, Maryland and others.
Social Media
X/Twitter – @mike3k_
Instagram – 3kmike
Career-Highs
Passing Attempts: 41, vs. Texas A&M (10/19/2024)
Completions: 22, vs. Texas A&M (10/19/2024)
Passing Yards: 309, vs. Arkansas (10/26/2024)
Passing Touchdowns: 3, 2x, last vs. Texas A&M (10/19/2024)
Longest Pass: 72 yards, at Georgia (10/12/2024)
Rushing Attempts: 12, at Texas (09/28/2024)
Rushing Yards: 15, at Georgia (10/12/2024)
Rushing Touchdowns: 2, vs. UMass (11/02/2024)
Longest Rush: 17, vs. UMass (11/02/2024)
2024 SEC Freshman of the Week (Wk 7 at #5 Georgia)
Career Notes
Played in 10 career games with 8 starts … In one season at Mississippi State, threw for 1,886 yards, completing 140 of 256 pass attempts … Threw 11 touchdown passes and seven interceptions … Rushed for five touchdowns … Transferred to LSU following the 2024 season.
2024 (True Freshman Season)
Played in 10 games with 8 starts … Completed 140 of his 256 passing attempts, throwing for 1,886 yards and 11 touchdowns … Averaged 188.6 yards per game … Earned five rushing touchdowns … Made his first career start at No. 1 Texas … Scored first career touchdown (rushing) at No. 1 Texas … First career 300+ yard passing game and touchdown pass at No. 5 Georgia … Started the final eight games of the season following a season-ending injury to Blake Shapen … Ninth true freshman in Mississippi State history to start a game a quarterback … Sixth State true freshman to make first career start against an SEC opponent … Earned first career 300+ yard passing game in just his second career start, becoming the fastest Mississippi State quarterback to accomplish that since at least 2010 (stat based on total career starts both at MSU and/or another school) … First MSU quarterback since 2014 to throw multiple touchdown passes in back-to-back games vs. ranked opponents … Led all SEC quarterbacks in touchdown passes (8) in the month of October … First MSU quarterback to have two rushing touchdowns in a single game since 2019 … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Made his collegiate debut, playing in three snaps ... Did not record any stats … Florida (9/21): Entered the game in the fourth quarter following an injury to starting quarterback Blake Shapen ... Completed seven of his 13 pass attempts for 100 yards ... Made his first collegiate completion to Kelly Akharaiyi ... at Texas (9/28): Made his first collegiate start ... Went 12-23 on pass attempts for 144 yards ... Scored the first touchdown of his career on a 12-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter ... at Georgia (10/12): Went 20 for 37 on pass attempts with 306 yards, three touchdowns, and one interception … Added five rushes for 15 yards … Set season highs in completions, passing attempts, passing yards, passing touchdowns, longest pass, and rushing yards … Threw his first career touchdown pass to Kelly Akharaiyi from 24 yards out … His 306 passing yards are the most by an MSU true freshman quarterback since Will Rogers threw for 336 yards on November 21, 2020 against Georgia … He also became the first MSU true freshman to throw for three touchdowns in a game since Will Rogers on December 19, 2020 against Missouri … By throwing for 300+ yards in his second career start, Van Buren Jr. became the fastest State quarterback to achieve that milestone (2 career starts) since at least 2010 ... Texas A&M (10/19): Completed 22 of 41 pass attempts for 242 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception ... Threw three touchdowns in back-to-back games, the first time a Bulldog has done so since Will Rogers threw three touchdowns against Texas A&M (10/01/2022) and Arkansas (10/08/2022) ... In October, he has thrown six touchdown passes, the most of any SEC quarterback ... Arkansas (10/26): Went 22 for 31 on pass attempts for 309 yards, two touchdowns ... Had one rushing touchdown, the second rushing touchdown of his career ... Threw for a season-high 309 passing yards ... Recorded a career-high 71% completion percentage ... First career multi-interception game ... Second career 300+ yard passing game ... Had a long pass of 54 yards ... Fourth straight game with at least one pass of 35+ yards ... Third straight game with at least 2 touchdown passes ... UMass (10/2): Completed 14 of 25 passing attempts for 222 yards and a touchdown ... Ran the ball nine times for 14 yards and two rushing touchdowns ... Had a career-long 17-yard rush ... This is the first game of his career that he has recorded two rushing touchdowns ... First Mississippi State QB to have a pair of rushing touchdowns in the same game since Nov. 28, 2019 ... at Tennessee (11/9): Completed 10 passes on 26 attempts for 92 yards and an interception ... Missouri (11/23): Completed 16 of 28 pass attempts for 191 and a touchdown … Ran the ball four times for two total yards … Found Jordan Mosley in the endzone for his tenth passing touchdown of the season … at Ole Miss (11/29): Completed 17 of 32 passes for 280 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions … Rushed for one touchdown on eight carries.
High School
Prepped at Baltimore St. Frances Academy under the direction of head coach Messay Hailemariam … He is a 4-star recruit according to ESPN and Rivals … Considered a 3-star recruit by 247Sports and On3 … Rated inside ESPN’s Top 300 for 2024 at No. 58 … Committed to Mississippi State on Dec. 10, 2023, after flipping his commitment from Oregon … Member of the 2024 Under Armour All-American Game … Played a national high school schedule and guided St. Frances Academy to back-to-back top 10 finishes in the MaxPreps Top 25 in both 2022 and 2021 … Guided St. Frances to the 2022 national championship game against IMG Academy and was ranked as the No. 2 high school program in the country … In a win against eventual Texas 6A Division II State Champion DeSoto, Van Buren completed 13-of-20 passes for 205 yards and 3 touchdowns … After missing 4 games in 2023, Van Buren returned to guide his squad to wins in five of the team’s final seven games … Earned All-Metro honors by the Baltimore Sun in 2022 after passing for 1,707 yards and 18 touchdowns to go along with his 125 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns … Plans to graduate early and enroll at Mississippi State in January 2024.
Personal
Born July 11, 2004 ... Parents are Monique Walker and Michael Van Buren Sr. … Chose Mississippi State over Oregon, Maryland and others.
Social Media
X/Twitter – @mike3k_
Instagram – 3kmike
Career-Highs
Passing Attempts: 41, vs. Texas A&M (10/19/2024)
Completions: 22, vs. Texas A&M (10/19/2024)
Passing Yards: 309, vs. Arkansas (10/26/2024)
Passing Touchdowns: 3, 2x, last vs. Texas A&M (10/19/2024)
Longest Pass: 72 yards, at Georgia (10/12/2024)
Rushing Attempts: 12, at Texas (09/28/2024)
Rushing Yards: 15, at Georgia (10/12/2024)
Rushing Touchdowns: 2, vs. UMass (11/02/2024)
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