MLB Pitcher’s First College Football Outing Ends in Nasty Injury

Sam Horn didn’t even get a full drive to show off that 4-star pedigree. Subbed in during Missouri’s second series against Central Arkansas, the plan was supposed to be simple. Let Beau Pribula run the first half, ease the MLB star in later. Instead, he checked in early, took a designed QB run up the gut, gained six yards and stayed down.

According to an X report on August 28, “Sam Horn came in for a play for #Mizzou and took a hard hit down low. Trainers came out to look at him and he was just helped off the field.” That’s a hard SEC debut. 

Sam Horn came in for a play for #Mizzou and took a hard hit down low

Trainers came out to look at him and he was just helped off the field @STLSprtsCntrl

— Grant (@Grant_salsman) August 29, 2025

Sam Horn was eventually helped into the injury tent, his right leg under question, and Columbia held its breath. Because this 6-foot-4 slinger who already caught the Dodgers’ eye in July’s MLB Draft despite logging just 15 college innings after Tommy John surgery. 

Even as we worry about what’s going on now with this talented star, we’re at a loss for clarity. As Mizzou Radio posted, “Chris Gervino reports from the Mizzou sideline there’s no official update yet on the status of Sam Horn, who left after an apparent leg injury in the first quarter.”  

Meanwhile, Beau Pribula kept the offense afloat, firing a 49-yard strike to Marquis Johnson and setting up Blake Craig for a booming 49-yard field goal. Missouri built a 9-0 lead, but the story on every fan’s feed wasn’t the score. It was Sam Horn, the phenom, stuck in the tent instead of under center. 

This is a developing story…

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