Maty Mauk burst onto the college football scene last week going 18-for-36 for 295 yards, a touchdown, an interception, and a rushing score in Missouri’s 36-17 win over Florida. The Tigers are 7-0 and first in the SEC West. With James Franklin out because of a separated shoulder, the redshirt freshman from Ohio will remain the team’s starting quarterback for at least the next few weeks. And based on the early signs, it looks like Mauk will fit in perfectly in the SEC.
Missouri fans have already nicknamed this month after the quarterback, calling it “Mauktober.” And much like Johnny Manziel, Mauk had an outstanding arrest during his redshirt year. In August 2012, he was arrested for fleeing cops on a scooter. With a few women on board.
Here’s the story from the Columbia Tribune:
At 12:17 a.m. MU police spotted Mauk, 19, run a stop sign while driving his scooter east on Kentucky Boulevard — with two female passengers on board. Officers attempted to pull Mauk over, but he drove away. The officers lost track of Mauk but found the scooter abandoned between two cars in a parking lot, both with scratches they determined were caused by the scooter.
Police identified Mauk as the scooter’s owner and later contacted him. He turned himself in at MU police headquarters at 11:18 a.m. yesterday and was arrested on suspicion of four misdemeanor charges: leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident, resisting arrest by fleeing a vehicle stop, operating a vehicle in a reckless manner and failure to observe a traffic control device.
So we have a redshirt freshman starter who had a wild arrest during his first year on campus, is seeing action as a freshman, and is popular with the women on campus.
And how can you beat Mauk’s America f— yeah shirt and hat combo? I think that tops Manziel’s Scooby Doo Halloween costume:
This was probably worn for a themed fraternity party or something, but it’s no less awesome. Keep your eye on Mauk moving forward, because he’s turning the college football world into Mauktober.
