Analysis

Bobcats’ recruiting strategy continues to evolve under new regime

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Jeff Choate and his coaching staff dove head first into recruiting season when Choate was hired as the 32nd head football coach at Montana State in December. The Bobcats had 10 verbal commitments from potential prospects at the time with National Signing Day two months away.

The first Wednesday of February, Montana State signed 19 players. On that day, Choate emphasized that MSU had not used all its recruiting budget. Instead, the staff wanted to use a five-week spring session to evaluate the roster and then search for more talent. At the end of spring drills, Choate again said recruiting season was not finished, adding the Bobcats would hit the transfer market hard in an effort to round out its 94-man roster heading into fall camp set to open the first week of August

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About Colter Nuanez

Colter Nuanez is the co-founder and senior writer for Skyline Sports. After spending six years in the newspaper industry with stops at the Missoulian, the Ellensburg Daily Record and the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the former Washington Newspaper Association Sportswriter of the Year and University of Montana Journalism School graduate ('09) has cultivated a deep passion for sports journalism during his 13-year career covering the Big Sky Conference. In August of 2014, Colter and brother Brooks merged their passions of writing and art to found Skyline Sports.

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