2026 Montana Recruits

[VimSince03]

Kid and family wanted to be a Cat dang it!

Hammond? I’m guessing we just didn’t offer him.

Huge Cat family. Good luck to Dawson. He'll obviously have to grow into a FCS corner physically but arguably has the best ball skills of any corner in the state. Was also the fastest player at one of the camps this summer in Bozeman. Really good student too. Literally no reason not to offer him. This is a miss in my book.

Judging by the corners it’s been getting, MSU probably has other corners higher on their board. I have no idea how it works but MSU has had good luck getting out of state corners recently and has a bunch of young corners on the roster. Kory Boyd is third string and he’s really good. Montana high schools don’t produce a lot of corners. I would say that position is the most difficult to succeed in D1 for Montana players.

I understand why MSU wouldn't offer...but at the same time I don't because to me Dawson is a pretty safe investment at a relatively low cost who will likely earn academic scholarship money anyway. JJ Dolan was an undersized player from Missoula who didn't have Dawson's speed but is now a starting caliber Big Sky safety. Dawson could also compete at receiver but he's good enough to play corner. I really don't care about what Montana has produced in the past at a certain position. If you see it, you recruit it. I mostly just don't like losing recruits to the rival school when you know the kid wanted to come here. Seems like a layup and to me it's a missed one.

[iaafan]

Kid and family wanted to be a Cat dang it!

Hammond? I’m guessing we just didn’t offer him.

Huge Cat family. Good luck to Dawson. He'll obviously have to grow into a FCS corner physically but arguably has the best ball skills of any corner in the state. Was also the fastest player at one of the camps this summer in Bozeman. Really good student too. Literally no reason not to offer him. This is a miss in my book.

Judging by the corners it’s been getting, MSU probably has other corners higher on their board. I have no idea how it works but MSU has had good luck getting out of state corners recently and has a bunch of young corners on the roster. Kory Boyd is third string and he’s really good. Montana high schools don’t produce a lot of corners. I would say that position is the most difficult to succeed in D1 for Montana players.

now to keep them from entering the portal.

Polidore and Powdrell both portaled and we’re better now. I’d love to keep them all here, don’t get me wrong, but if we have a rep for getting dbs to the FBS and they keep coming here that’s fine by me.

[BelligerentBobcat]

Kid and family wanted to be a Cat dang it!

Hammond? I’m guessing we just didn’t offer him.

Huge Cat family. Good luck to Dawson. He'll obviously have to grow into a FCS corner physically but arguably has the best ball skills of any corner in the state. Was also the fastest player at one of the camps this summer in Bozeman. Really good student too. Literally no reason not to offer him. This is a miss in my book.

Judging by the corners it’s been getting, MSU probably has other corners higher on their board. I have no idea how it works but MSU has had good luck getting out of state corners recently and has a bunch of young corners on the roster. Kory Boyd is third string and he’s really good. Montana high schools don’t produce a lot of corners. I would say that position is the most difficult to succeed in D1 for Montana players.

I understand why MSU wouldn't offer...but at the same time I don't because to me Dawson is a pretty safe investment at a relatively low cost who will likely earn academic scholarship money anyway. JJ Dolan was an undersized player from Missoula who didn't have Dawson's speed but is now a starting caliber Big Sky safety. Dawson could also compete at receiver but he's good enough to play corner. I really don't care about what Montana has produced in the past at a certain position. If you see it, you recruit it. I mostly just don't like losing recruits to the rival school when you know the kid wanted to come here. Seems like a layup and to me it's a missed one.

I agree with you, but to play the devils advocate, they're not going to have a lot of scholarship spots available for this class and they likely didn't have one to give one to him. I wish they did, I always want to see good Montana players on the team, but at the same time, I think the staff has earned the benefit of the doubt when it comes to recruiting. If he was willing to walk-on, well, then that's a whole different story I think. Unfortunately for the kid, WR & CB are two spots where they're really young and have plenty of players already.

[wbtfg]

Kid and family wanted to be a Cat dang it!

Hammond? I’m guessing we just didn’t offer him.

Huge Cat family. Good luck to Dawson. He'll obviously have to grow into a FCS corner physically but arguably has the best ball skills of any corner in the state. Was also the fastest player at one of the camps this summer in Bozeman. Really good student too. Literally no reason not to offer him. This is a miss in my book.

Judging by the corners it’s been getting, MSU probably has other corners higher on their board. I have no idea how it works but MSU has had good luck getting out of state corners recently and has a bunch of young corners on the roster. Kory Boyd is third string and he’s really good. Montana high schools don’t produce a lot of corners. I would say that position is the most difficult to succeed in D1 for Montana players.

I understand why MSU wouldn't offer...but at the same time I don't because to me Dawson is a pretty safe investment at a relatively low cost who will likely earn academic scholarship money anyway. JJ Dolan was an undersized player from Missoula who didn't have Dawson's speed but is now a starting caliber Big Sky safety. Dawson could also compete at receiver but he's good enough to play corner. I really don't care about what Montana has produced in the past at a certain position. If you see it, you recruit it. I mostly just don't like losing recruits to the rival school when you know the kid wanted to come here. Seems like a layup and to me it's a missed one.

I agree with you, but to play the devils advocate, they're not going to have a lot of scholarship spots available for this class and they likely didn't have one to give one to him. I wish they did, I always want to see good Montana players on the team, but at the same time, I think the staff has earned the benefit of the doubt when it comes to recruiting. If he was willing to walk-on, well, then that's a whole different story I think. Unfortunately for the kid, WR & CB are two spots where they're really young and have plenty of players already.

By opting in to the house settlement, aren't we now allowed to offer more scholarships, or are we still capped?

[BroncoCat]

Kid and family wanted to be a Cat dang it!

Hammond? I’m guessing we just didn’t offer him.

Huge Cat family. Good luck to Dawson. He'll obviously have to grow into a FCS corner physically but arguably has the best ball skills of any corner in the state. Was also the fastest player at one of the camps this summer in Bozeman. Really good student too. Literally no reason not to offer him. This is a miss in my book.

Judging by the corners it’s been getting, MSU probably has other corners higher on their board. I have no idea how it works but MSU has had good luck getting out of state corners recently and has a bunch of young corners on the roster. Kory Boyd is third string and he’s really good. Montana high schools don’t produce a lot of corners. I would say that position is the most difficult to succeed in D1 for Montana players.

I understand why MSU wouldn't offer...but at the same time I don't because to me Dawson is a pretty safe investment at a relatively low cost who will likely earn academic scholarship money anyway. JJ Dolan was an undersized player from Missoula who didn't have Dawson's speed but is now a starting caliber Big Sky safety. Dawson could also compete at receiver but he's good enough to play corner. I really don't care about what Montana has produced in the past at a certain position. If you see it, you recruit it. I mostly just don't like losing recruits to the rival school when you know the kid wanted to come here. Seems like a layup and to me it's a missed one.

I agree with you, but to play the devils advocate, they're not going to have a lot of scholarship spots available for this class and they likely didn't have one to give one to him. I wish they did, I always want to see good Montana players on the team, but at the same time, I think the staff has earned the benefit of the doubt when it comes to recruiting. If he was willing to walk-on, well, then that's a whole different story I think. Unfortunately for the kid, WR & CB are two spots where they're really young and have plenty of players already.

By opting in to the house settlement, aren't we now allowed to offer more scholarships, or are we still capped?

The Big Sky Conference has all teams capped at 63.

[RICO CAT]

I think the House Settlement has to do with roster size trimming it down to 95 players?

[BelligerentBobcat]

Kid and family wanted to be a Cat dang it!

Hammond? I’m guessing we just didn’t offer him.

Huge Cat family. Good luck to Dawson. He'll obviously have to grow into a FCS corner physically but arguably has the best ball skills of any corner in the state. Was also the fastest player at one of the camps this summer in Bozeman. Really good student too. Literally no reason not to offer him. This is a miss in my book.

Judging by the corners it’s been getting, MSU probably has other corners higher on their board. I have no idea how it works but MSU has had good luck getting out of state corners recently and has a bunch of young corners on the roster. Kory Boyd is third string and he’s really good. Montana high schools don’t produce a lot of corners. I would say that position is the most difficult to succeed in D1 for Montana players.

I understand why MSU wouldn't offer...but at the same time I don't because to me Dawson is a pretty safe investment at a relatively low cost who will likely earn academic scholarship money anyway. JJ Dolan was an undersized player from Missoula who didn't have Dawson's speed but is now a starting caliber Big Sky safety. Dawson could also compete at receiver but he's good enough to play corner. I really don't care about what Montana has produced in the past at a certain position. If you see it, you recruit it. I mostly just don't like losing recruits to the rival school when you know the kid wanted to come here. Seems like a layup and to me it's a missed one.

I agree with you, but to play the devils advocate, they're not going to have a lot of scholarship spots available for this class and they likely didn't have one to give one to him. I wish they did, I always want to see good Montana players on the team, but at the same time, I think the staff has earned the benefit of the doubt when it comes to recruiting. If he was willing to walk-on, well, then that's a whole different story I think. Unfortunately for the kid, WR & CB are two spots where they're really young and have plenty of players already.

By opting in to the house settlement, aren't we now allowed to offer more scholarships, or are we still capped?

To a certain extent it really doesn’t matter. This is a small senior class, and while there can be more scholarships, the roster spots are limited to a set amount and there’s only so much money to spread around.

[tetoncat]

Kids usually post offers ieven if preferred walk on. Doesn't look like he got that from Cats even though he seemed to post a lot of correspondence from both Cats and Griz. Is there a chance they would have or still may offer walk on before signing day. I would think every school pressures you to commit as early as possible hoping to discourage other schools.

[AFCAT]

Kid and family wanted to be a Cat dang it!

Hammond? I’m guessing we just didn’t offer him.

Huge Cat family. Good luck to Dawson. He'll obviously have to grow into a FCS corner physically but arguably has the best ball skills of any corner in the state. Was also the fastest player at one of the camps this summer in Bozeman. Really good student too. Literally no reason not to offer him. This is a miss in my book.

Judging by the corners it’s been getting, MSU probably has other corners higher on their board. I have no idea how it works but MSU has had good luck getting out of state corners recently and has a bunch of young corners on the roster. Kory Boyd is third string and he’s really good. Montana high schools don’t produce a lot of corners. I would say that position is the most difficult to succeed in D1 for Montana players.

I understand why MSU wouldn't offer...but at the same time I don't because to me Dawson is a pretty safe investment at a relatively low cost who will likely earn academic scholarship money anyway. JJ Dolan was an undersized player from Missoula who didn't have Dawson's speed but is now a starting caliber Big Sky safety. Dawson could also compete at receiver but he's good enough to play corner. I really don't care about what Montana has produced in the past at a certain position. If you see it, you recruit it. I mostly just don't like losing recruits to the rival school when you know the kid wanted to come here. Seems like a layup and to me it's a missed one.

I agree with you, but to play the devils advocate, they're not going to have a lot of scholarship spots available for this class and they likely didn't have one to give one to him. I wish they did, I always want to see good Montana players on the team, but at the same time, I think the staff has earned the benefit of the doubt when it comes to recruiting. If he was willing to walk-on, well, then that's a whole different story I think. Unfortunately for the kid, WR & CB are two spots where they're really young and have plenty of players already.

By opting in to the house settlement, aren't we now allowed to offer more scholarships, or are we still capped?

To a certain extent it really doesn’t matter. This is a small senior class, and while there can be more scholarships, the roster spots are limited to a set amount and there’s only so much money to spread around.

And in this age of NIL, teams can get non-scholarship players money in other ways to help them pay for school.

[BelligerentBobcat]

Kid and family wanted to be a Cat dang it!

Hammond? I’m guessing we just didn’t offer him.

Huge Cat family. Good luck to Dawson. He'll obviously have to grow into a FCS corner physically but arguably has the best ball skills of any corner in the state. Was also the fastest player at one of the camps this summer in Bozeman. Really good student too. Literally no reason not to offer him. This is a miss in my book.

Judging by the corners it’s been getting, MSU probably has other corners higher on their board. I have no idea how it works but MSU has had good luck getting out of state corners recently and has a bunch of young corners on the roster. Kory Boyd is third string and he’s really good. Montana high schools don’t produce a lot of corners. I would say that position is the most difficult to succeed in D1 for Montana players.

I understand why MSU wouldn't offer...but at the same time I don't because to me Dawson is a pretty safe investment at a relatively low cost who will likely earn academic scholarship money anyway. JJ Dolan was an undersized player from Missoula who didn't have Dawson's speed but is now a starting caliber Big Sky safety. Dawson could also compete at receiver but he's good enough to play corner. I really don't care about what Montana has produced in the past at a certain position. If you see it, you recruit it. I mostly just don't like losing recruits to the rival school when you know the kid wanted to come here. Seems like a layup and to me it's a missed one.

I agree with you, but to play the devils advocate, they're not going to have a lot of scholarship spots available for this class and they likely didn't have one to give one to him. I wish they did, I always want to see good Montana players on the team, but at the same time, I think the staff has earned the benefit of the doubt when it comes to recruiting. If he was willing to walk-on, well, then that's a whole different story I think. Unfortunately for the kid, WR & CB are two spots where they're really young and have plenty of players already.

By opting in to the house settlement, aren't we now allowed to offer more scholarships, or are we still capped?

To a certain extent it really doesn’t matter. This is a small senior class, and while there can be more scholarships, the roster spots are limited to a set amount and there’s only so much money to spread around.

And in this age of NIL, teams can get non-scholarship players money in other ways to help them pay for school.

Yes, but I wouldn’t recommend that route if you want to keep the best players here. There’s only so much money to spread around.

[kwcat]

Kid and family wanted to be a Cat dang it!

Hammond? I’m guessing we just didn’t offer him.

Huge Cat family. Good luck to Dawson. He'll obviously have to grow into a FCS corner physically but arguably has the best ball skills of any corner in the state. Was also the fastest player at one of the camps this summer in Bozeman. Really good student too. Literally no reason not to offer him. This is a miss in my book.

Judging by the corners it’s been getting, MSU probably has other corners higher on their board. I have no idea how it works but MSU has had good luck getting out of state corners recently and has a bunch of young corners on the roster. Kory Boyd is third string and he’s really good. Montana high schools don’t produce a lot of corners. I would say that position is the most difficult to succeed in D1 for Montana players.

I understand why MSU wouldn't offer...but at the same time I don't because to me Dawson is a pretty safe investment at a relatively low cost who will likely earn academic scholarship money anyway. JJ Dolan was an undersized player from Missoula who didn't have Dawson's speed but is now a starting caliber Big Sky safety. Dawson could also compete at receiver but he's good enough to play corner. I really don't care about what Montana has produced in the past at a certain position. If you see it, you recruit it. I mostly just don't like losing recruits to the rival school when you know the kid wanted to come here. Seems like a layup and to me it's a missed one.

Head scratcher! Maybe it’s an academic decision or personal one.
Not sure why we wouldn’t give some sort of offer. Maybe we did and you got a better one

[Hi-Line Bobcat]

It sucks losing Hammond. Last time we had a bobcat family from town that wanted to be a cat and the cats didn’t offer, he went to Missoula and killed it. Lance Spencer, that one still stings bad.

[tetoncat]

It sucks losing Hammond. Last time we had a bobcat family from town that wanted to be a cat and the cats didn’t offer, he went to Missoula and killed it. Lance Spencer, that one still stings bad.

We got the Saco kid Downing, last year and I would guess they had plenty of chances to see Hammond then and in the camps the last few years. Maybe just not a fit? Do you know if he was offered nothing at all or maybe just straight walk on? Good athlete. Is he a Dowler or Bergan type kid to make an early special teams impact or 2 to 3 year prospect for playing time.

[Hi-Line Bobcat]

It sucks losing Hammond. Last time we had a bobcat family from town that wanted to be a cat and the cats didn’t offer, he went to Missoula and killed it. Lance Spencer, that one still stings bad.

We got the Saco kid Downing, last year and I would guess they had plenty of chances to see Hammond then and in the camps the last few years. Maybe just not a fit? Do you know if he was offered nothing at all or maybe just straight walk on? Good athlete. Is he a Dowler or Bergan type kid to make an early special teams impact or 2 to 3 year prospect for playing time.

Don’t think they offered him anything, maybe a walk on. He was at the sdsu game, but the recruitment wasn’t that hard on him. I know Bobby came to Malta multiple times last spring, and Vegen didn’t come to Malta. That isn’t to say they didn’t send guys to Malta, I just know Bobby was personally there a few times. From a coach on Malta’s team, he said the griz recruited him way harder than the cats.

[tetoncat]

It sucks losing Hammond. Last time we had a bobcat family from town that wanted to be a cat and the cats didn’t offer, he went to Missoula and killed it. Lance Spencer, that one still stings bad.

We got the Saco kid Downing, last year and I would guess they had plenty of chances to see Hammond then and in the camps the last few years. Maybe just not a fit? Do you know if he was offered nothing at all or maybe just straight walk on? Good athlete. Is he a Dowler or Bergan type kid to make an early special teams impact or 2 to 3 year prospect for playing time.

Don’t think they offered him anything, maybe a walk on. He was at the sdsu game, but the recruitment wasn’t that hard on him. I know Bobby came to Malta multiple times last spring, and Vegen didn’t come to Malta. That isn’t to say they didn’t send guys to Malta, I just know Bobby was personally there a few times. From a coach on Malta’s team, he said the griz recruited him way harder than the cats.

All comes down to needs, location on board and how coaches judge a player for position they see them at. They both miss on some who end up NAIA, some who go NAIA and move up, or some who end up leaving football. We won't know for a few years. Heck who was the kid from Drummond who was on Cats a couple years, left 2 years ago I think and has gotten some time at safety there this year.

[BelligerentBobcat]

It sucks losing Hammond. Last time we had a bobcat family from town that wanted to be a cat and the cats didn’t offer, he went to Missoula and killed it. Lance Spencer, that one still stings bad.

We got the Saco kid Downing, last year and I would guess they had plenty of chances to see Hammond then and in the camps the last few years. Maybe just not a fit? Do you know if he was offered nothing at all or maybe just straight walk on? Good athlete. Is he a Dowler or Bergan type kid to make an early special teams impact or 2 to 3 year prospect for playing time.

Don’t think they offered him anything, maybe a walk on. He was at the sdsu game, but the recruitment wasn’t that hard on him. I know Bobby came to Malta multiple times last spring, and Vegen didn’t come to Malta. That isn’t to say they didn’t send guys to Malta, I just know Bobby was personally there a few times. From a coach on Malta’s team, he said the griz recruited him way harder than the cats.

All comes down to needs, location on board and how coaches judge a player for position they see them at. They both miss on some who end up NAIA, some who go NAIA and move up, or some who end up leaving football. We won't know for a few years. Heck who was the kid from Drummond who was on Cats a couple years, left 2 years ago I think and has gotten some time at safety there this year.

Kade Cutler

[AFCAT]

[grizzh8r]

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[BelligerentBobcat]

Congrats @PapaG!

[PapaG]

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That’s family for me and he’s excited. Stellar senior season at safety for Glacier. We are happy for him and will see Cohen next weekend against Rocky here in Billings.