#TheProwl19 Culminates with 15 New Bobcat Football Student-Athletes
2/6/2019 2:45:00 PM | Football, General
Bobcats add size and speed, with newcomers ranging from the West Coast to Florida
BOZEMAN, Montana -- Size and speed.
Jeff Choate identified those foundational elements of building a football program as touchstones of Montana State's February signing period, and Wednesday he said the 15 players who signed their National Letters-of-Intent or admissions offers to join the Bobcat program next fall do an excellent job checking those boxes.
"We wanted to improve our size along the line of scrimmage and our speed in the secondary," Choate said of his program's goals for the second signing period of 2018-19. "We feel we've accomplished that. When you look at this year's class as a whole we gained both size and talent in both lines, added versatility to the roster, and increased our speed profile as a program."
Choate said MSU also tapped into an element that doesn't appear on signing day lists. "Recruiting to this university's academic excellence is an important part of our process, and this year a lot of the young men joining us qualified for academic aid," he said. "We've attracted a lot of high academic achievers, and we want our student-athletes to compete in the classroom every day, like they compete in the weight room and on the field."
February High School Signings
Tua Areta, OL (6-3, 380, Fr, Kent, WA/Meridian)
Tylor Bohannon, WR/CB (6-1, 175, Fr, Sacramento, CA/Grant)
Dominic Brown, CB (6-2, 185, Fr, Oxnard, CA/Oxnard)
*Jack Galt, LB/FB (6-0, 210, Fr, White Sulphur Springs, MT/White Sulphur Springs)
*Logan Gilliard, DL/LS/TE (6-3, 205, Fr, Bigfork, MT/Bigfork)
^Jacob Kettels, OL (6-4, 280, Fr, Lynden, WA/Lynden)
Elijah King, ATH (5-10, 175, Fr, Elk Grove, CA/Consumnes Oaks)
Hudson Klundt, OL (6-3, 290, Fr, Twin Falls, ID/Twin Falls)
Jaharie Martin, LB (6-0, 238, Fr, Lakeland, FL/Lakeland)
Jamahd Monroe, WR (6-2, 180, Fr, San Diego, CA/Lincoln)
*Rylan Ortt, S (6-1, 185, Fr, Missoula, MT/Sentinel)
*Justus Perkins, OL/DL (6-0 245 Fr Bozeman, MT/Bozeman)
TJ Session, OL (6-4, 270, Fr, Menifee, CA/Vista Murrieta)
*Brock Spiegelberg, RB/LB (6-0, 210, Fr, Casper, WY/Kelly Walsh)
Eric Zambrano, CB (6-3,190, Fr, Upland, CA/Upland)
*-Confirmed intent to attend by signing offer of admission ^-Greyshirt, will enroll January 2020
Biographical sketches of 2019 MSU Football recruits are attached.
Jeff Choate identified those foundational elements of building a football program as touchstones of Montana State's February signing period, and Wednesday he said the 15 players who signed their National Letters-of-Intent or admissions offers to join the Bobcat program next fall do an excellent job checking those boxes.
"We wanted to improve our size along the line of scrimmage and our speed in the secondary," Choate said of his program's goals for the second signing period of 2018-19. "We feel we've accomplished that. When you look at this year's class as a whole we gained both size and talent in both lines, added versatility to the roster, and increased our speed profile as a program."
Choate said MSU also tapped into an element that doesn't appear on signing day lists. "Recruiting to this university's academic excellence is an important part of our process, and this year a lot of the young men joining us qualified for academic aid," he said. "We've attracted a lot of high academic achievers, and we want our student-athletes to compete in the classroom every day, like they compete in the weight room and on the field."
February High School Signings
Tua Areta, OL (6-3, 380, Fr, Kent, WA/Meridian)
Tylor Bohannon, WR/CB (6-1, 175, Fr, Sacramento, CA/Grant)
Dominic Brown, CB (6-2, 185, Fr, Oxnard, CA/Oxnard)
*Jack Galt, LB/FB (6-0, 210, Fr, White Sulphur Springs, MT/White Sulphur Springs)
*Logan Gilliard, DL/LS/TE (6-3, 205, Fr, Bigfork, MT/Bigfork)
^Jacob Kettels, OL (6-4, 280, Fr, Lynden, WA/Lynden)
Elijah King, ATH (5-10, 175, Fr, Elk Grove, CA/Consumnes Oaks)
Hudson Klundt, OL (6-3, 290, Fr, Twin Falls, ID/Twin Falls)
Jaharie Martin, LB (6-0, 238, Fr, Lakeland, FL/Lakeland)
Jamahd Monroe, WR (6-2, 180, Fr, San Diego, CA/Lincoln)
*Rylan Ortt, S (6-1, 185, Fr, Missoula, MT/Sentinel)
*Justus Perkins, OL/DL (6-0 245 Fr Bozeman, MT/Bozeman)
TJ Session, OL (6-4, 270, Fr, Menifee, CA/Vista Murrieta)
*Brock Spiegelberg, RB/LB (6-0, 210, Fr, Casper, WY/Kelly Walsh)
Eric Zambrano, CB (6-3,190, Fr, Upland, CA/Upland)
*-Confirmed intent to attend by signing offer of admission ^-Greyshirt, will enroll January 2020
Biographical sketches of 2019 MSU Football recruits are attached.
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