Garrett Shrader, former Mississippi State QB, reportedly named starter for new team in Friday night game

Former Mississippi State quarterback Garrett Shrader is reportedly a starting QB again.

Stephen Bailey of 247Sports is reporting, per a source, that Shrader has been named Syracuse’s starter for Friday night’s game against Liberty.

Breaking: Syracuse is expected to start QB Garrett Shrader against Liberty tonight, per a source.

The Mississippi State transfer gets the nod over Tommy DeVito after appearing as the backup in SU’s first three contests: https://t.co/uFXqyJzWRa pic.twitter.com/II1vsBGDz4

— Stephen Bailey (@Stephen_Bailey1) September 24, 2021

Shrader played in 10 games, including 4 starts, for Mississippi State in 2019, going 88-of-153 passing for 1,170 yards, 8 touchdowns and 5 interceptions while rushing 113 times for 587 yards and 6 TDs. After the coaching change to Mike Leach, Shrader appeared in only one game for MSU in 2020, not registering any other statistics.

Shrader has played in 3 games for Syracuse so far, going 15-of-21 passing for 232 yards with a touchdown and an interception, and rushing 14 times for 44 yards and 2 TDs.