Missouri football’s commitment list continued to grow Thursday after the team gained a verbal pledge from Springdale, Ark., quarterback Ashton Glaser.

Glaser, a 6-foot-2, 210-pound dual-threat quarterback, completed almost 60 percent of his passes for 2,495 yards and 22 touchdowns, and rushed for 788 yards and 12 touchdowns in 10 games last season.

“I watched them play Oklahoma and Arkansas, of course, but I never expected that I would be playing for them or committing there,” Glaser said. “I felt like the coaches were family and they were the kind of people that I wanted to be around for five years.”

Verbal commitments are non-binding. A student-athlete can change his commitment before he signs his letter of intent on National Signing Day on Feb. 4, 2009.

Glaser received his offer from Mizzou after performing well at the Tigers’ camp in Springfield, Mo., in early June. Glaser admitted that prior to that camp he knew very little about Mizzou and vice versa. Glaser said he wasn’t even entered into the Rivals.com database until a week ago and is currently unranked.

Glaser said his high school team at Springdale (Ark.) runs a similar offense to Missouri’s. His team finished 4-6 last season, but averaged almost 26 points per game.

Glaser becomes the second quarterback for the 2009 class, joining Blue Springs South gunslinger Blaine Dalton. Glaser is the 13th known commitment for the Tigers, more than any other Big 12 North team.

Glaser had just one other offer - from Arkansas State - but had received interest from Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, SMU and Tulsa.

“I’m solid,” Glaser said. “There are no other trips that I’m going to take except my official back up to Mizzou… I really just felt like I was at home.”