2019 MSU Recruiting (37 Signees)

[iaafan]

Vim: in your opinion what was it about Ekern that caught Choate and Cole’s attention?

[VimSince03]

Vim: in your opinion what was it about Ekern that caught Choate and Cole’s attention?

By watching his film, he didn't look like a bad quarterback by any means. Threw a good ball and showed the ability to run. I thought he had position versatility as a safety. Overall, if the coaches thought he had potential, they believed he was worth the offer. Their opinion trumps everyone elses in my opinion. Obviously, his senior season didn't go as expected.

[CelticCat]

Vim: in your opinion what was it about Ekern that caught Choate and Cole’s attention?

By watching his film, he didn't look like a bad quarterback by any means. Threw a good ball and showed the ability to run. I thought he had position versatility as a safety. Overall, if the coaches thought he had potential, they believed he was worth the offer. Their opinion trumps everyone elses in my opinion. Obviously, his senior season didn't go as expected.

He actually looks decent in his HUDL. He only played a few games last year, I'm thinking maybe he switched to QB last year? It could just be that Cole saw a lot of raw talent at QB even though his stats weren't impressive. Seems comfortable in the pocket, keeps his eyes down field, good size and decent speed. I'm just guessing Cole thought he was a diamond in the rough and could execute the kind of offense we've been running for 3 years now.

[Montanabob]

hurry up Dec 19......

[Colter_Nuanez]

Gave an update on recruiting yesterday during the Montana Football Hour

[Hawks86]

Gave an update on recruiting yesterday during the Montana Football Hour

Really happy for you and the show getting on TV. I hope, as the coverage expands to the whole state, that the time allotted to the Cats expands also.

[Colter_Nuanez]

Gave an update on recruiting yesterday during the Montana Football Hour

Really happy for you and the show getting on TV. I hope, as the coverage expands to the whole state, that the time allotted to the Cats expands also.

Thank you very much! If you've been monitoring, our show went from 0 percent Cats when I first joined to about 40 percent Cats this football season to about 75 percent Cats in terms of college football the last month with the Griz out of the playoffs. We will strive to be statewide and balanced in every aspect, from Big Sky to Frontier to preps upon the TV launch. We are also working hard to get the radio broadcast itself syndicated in all the major markets around Montana.

[Hawks86]

Gave an update on recruiting yesterday during the Montana Football Hour

Really happy for you and the show getting on TV. I hope, as the coverage expands to the whole state, that the time allotted to the Cats expands also.

Thank you very much! If you've been monitoring, our show went from 0 percent Cats when I first joined to about 40 percent Cats this football season to about 75 percent Cats in terms of college football the last month with the Griz out of the playoffs. We will strive to be statewide and balanced in every aspect, from Big Sky to Frontier to preps upon the TV launch. We are also working hard to get the radio broadcast itself syndicated in all the major markets around Montana.

[Hawks86]

[VimSince03]

Joe is one of the best players in the state and some fans may have forgotten just how good his senior season was progressing until he broke his arm in Week 6. Through his first five games, he had 971 rushing yards (only 53 yards behind Blake Counts). These two backs were well on their way to have a Sosa/McGuire battle to see who could break the AA rushing record first. The two advantages Joe has had over Blake since the beginning is speed and position versatility. I feel Blake has better vision and patience but Joe can break one to the house when he hits the open field. Joe mostly played offense his senior season but he was my top rated LB after an outstanding junior campaign. I also still feel Blake has been tremendously under recruited due to that lack of speed because he has everything else. But Cat fans should be very excited Joe decided to stay home and play for his hometown college. He is an excellent football player.

[Hawks86]

[TomCat88]

2019 Signees (1 Signee):

Amandre Williams (University of Washington) - DE/LB - 6'2", 225 lbs. - Covington, WA - https://www.hudl.com/profile/1474501/Am ... ams/videos

2019 Verbals (14 Verbals):

Blake Thelen (Great Falls High) - QB - 6'3", 185 lbs. - Great Falls, MT - https://www.hudl.com/profile/6983169/Bl ... len/videos
Ethan Bullock (Sweet Grass) - TE/DE - 6'6", 220 lbs. - Big Timber, MT - https://www.hudl.com/profile/3342166/Et ... ock/videos
Cole Oster (Castle View) - LB - 6'1", 210 lbs. - Castle Rock, CO - http://www.hudl.com/profile/6167100/Cole-Oster/videos
Marcus Wehr (Billings Central) - DL - 6'3", 225 lbs. - Billings, MT - https://www.hudl.com/profile/8614291/Marcus-Wehr/videos
Alex Johnson (Helena High) - LB/S - 6'2", 185 lbs. - Helena, MT - https://wwww.hudl.com/profile/7057249/A ... son/videos
Jack Vering (Capital) - OL - 6'6", 250 lbs. - Boise, ID https://www.hudl.com/profile/5591101/Jack-Vering/videos
Tanner Trafton (Fergus) - WR - 6'5", 190 lbs. - Lewistown, MT - https://www.hudl.com/profile/9356428/Ta ... ton/videos
DeMareus Hosey (Northwest) - RB - 6'0", 190 lbs. - Fort Worth, TX - https://www.hudl.com/profile/6599191/De ... sey/videos
Jaden Smith (Kennedale) - WR - 6'6", 186 lbs. - Kennedale, TX - https://www.hudl.com/profile/2769452/Jaden-Smith/videos
Hayden Isenhart (Grandview) - DE - 6'4", 230 lbs. - Aurora, CO - http://www.hudl.com/profile/5297028/Hay ... art/videos
Joe Olson (Bozeman) - RB - 6'0", 195 lbs. - Bozeman, MT - https://www.hudl.com/profile/8651350/Joe-Olson/videos
Blake Schmidt (Monte Vista) - DL - 6'3", 250 lbs. - Spring Valley, CA - http://www.hudl.com/profile/6472314/Bla ... idt/videos
Ryan Lonergan (Bozeman) - TE - 6'4", 220 lbs. - Bozeman, MT - http://www.hudl.com/profile/7614694/Rya ... gan/videos
Holden Sampson (Helena High) - OL - 6'3", 250 lbs. - Helena, MT - http://www.hudl.com/profile/8112959/Hol ... son/videos

That’s a very solid group of recruits.

[Catsrgrood]

@Colter_Nuanez

On your Montana football hour a few weeks ago you were talking about QB’s making campus visits in Bozeman. You had mentioned it was Gresch Jensen and a Power 5 transfer that you couldn’t name at the time. I’m assuming that was Modster? Are you able to confirm now that he’s committed to Cal? Or was it possibly someone else?

[VimSince03]

@Colter_Nuanez

On your Montana football hour a few weeks ago you were talking about QB’s making campus visits in Bozeman. You had mentioned it was Gresch Jensen and a Power 5 transfer that you couldn’t name at the time. I’m assuming that was Modster? Are you able to confirm now that he’s committed to Cal? Or was it possibly someone else?

It was Modster and he committed to Cal.

[Catsrgrood]

@Colter_Nuanez

On your Montana football hour a few weeks ago you were talking about QB’s making campus visits in Bozeman. You had mentioned it was Gresch Jensen and a Power 5 transfer that you couldn’t name at the time. I’m assuming that was Modster? Are you able to confirm now that he’s committed to Cal? Or was it possibly someone else?

It was Modster and he committed to Cal.

Thanks, that’s what I was assuming.

[Colter_Nuanez]

@Colter_Nuanez

On your Montana football hour a few weeks ago you were talking about QB’s making campus visits in Bozeman. You had mentioned it was Gresch Jensen and a Power 5 transfer that you couldn’t name at the time. I’m assuming that was Modster? Are you able to confirm now that he’s committed to Cal? Or was it possibly someone else?

It was Modster and he committed to Cal.

Thanks, that’s what I was assuming.

Yup it was Modster. I actually had it from a good source he was committing to Montana State. So when I said that on my show, I didn't want to spoil the story I already had written haha. Instead, like Vim said, he's going to Cal.

[Cat4LifeHouseDivided]

Check out @booneabb7’s Tweet:

New qb offer. Not sure if I posted thr tweet correctly.

[iaafan]

Abbott is prolific if nothing else. 4438 yards. 47 tds. Ran for another 436 and 8 tds.

[91catAlum]

Check out @booneabb7’s Tweet:

New qb offer. Not sure if I posted thr tweet correctly.

3 star QB from Utah. Also has an offer from Hawaii, and getting interest from Utah, but no offer yet that I can find.

[Montanabob]

Check out @booneabb7’s Tweet:

New qb offer. Not sure if I posted thr tweet correctly.

3 star QB from Utah. Also has an offer from Hawaii, and getting interest from Utah, but no offer yet that I can find.

Actually pretty interesting that he posted the offer as he could have already committed to Hawaii this morning but hasn't...