Every now and then, you see an interception and you think, "What was the plan here?" Former Wisconsin and now current Sam Houston quarterback Mabrey Mettauer just had one of those. He had an impressive dance in the pocket to evade pressure, signaled to his receiver to get open, stepped over the line of scrimmage, and threw it directly to a defender.
UNLV then took it to the house for the worst pick-six of the season so far. Here's the video:
PICK. SIX. 47 YARDS. There goes @unlvfootball 🔥 pic.twitter.com/SXGGQzAVH5
— CBS Sports College Football 🏈 (@CBSSportsCFB) August 30, 2025
Mabrey Mettauer is having a rough debut for Sam Houston
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Mettauer followed former Wisconsin offensive coordinator Phil Longo to Sam Houston with the hopes of starting, but he couldn't win the quarterback competition. The initial depth chart listed them as co-starters, but in game one, Mettauer never made it onto the field. In the second game, this one against UNLV, it only got worse for him.
He came in when UNLV was already up 24-7 and, after handing the ball off a couple of times, went incompletion, sack, completion for no gain that was called back due to a penalty, incompletion, pick-six. Yikes.
The former 4-star recruit for the Badgers has yet to live up to his billing, and Longo, who was the primary recruiter for Mattauer to both Wisconsin and to Sam Houston, hasn't been able to get him up to college speed. The tools are there, but there are series and moments like this that leave you baffled. He would later go in during garbage time and get a touchdown for Sam Houston.
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Mettauer moving on was good for Wisconsin too as they could retool their quarterback room around what Jeff Grimes likes in a quarterback and not some shotgun/spread style system signal caller. It also looks like it may have been good for another reason. He's struggling so far in his college career.