Mountain West Football Recruiting. May 2025 team recruiting rankings

It’s another week of the Mountain West recruiting roundup.

Spring practice is over and coaches are now hitting the road to evaluate high school prospects. It is important to note that although this calendar period lasts six weeks, a school can only use four weeks. So if you don’t see a particular school on a given week, that doesn’t mean they won’t visit schools another week.

Coaches can visit high schools and talk to coaches and teachers, and they are only allowed to visit a school once. They can watch workouts, weight training, or other sports.

As for this week’s recruiting updates, the offers were plentiful, with eight teams handing out 89 offers. There was one known official visitor and four new commitments.

San Diego State led the way in offers, and UNLV was right behind them. San Jose State welcomed a recruit for an official visitor. Commitment-wise, Air Force added three to its class and San Diego State also has one. A few different schools were considered but this week it’s the Falcons.

Total Class of 2025 cover photos:

• Air Force: 3
• Boise State: 2
• San Jose State: 2
• San Diego State: 1
• Utah State: 1

Recruitment notes:

Brad Odom, director of player personnel for UNLV, tweets recruiting notes every Tuesday:

Recruitment calendar:

From today until May 25, we are in the contact period. This is also experienced during the spring recruiting period. Coaches may spend time traveling to schools to evaluate players athletically and academically. As seen above, they can only visit a school once and speak with coaches and guidance counselors. Expect lots of deals to be handed out during this time.

Next College Student Athlete defines it as:

The NCAA contact period is exactly what it sounds like: all communication between athletes and coaches is fair. Coaches may email, text, call, direct message, and generally contact athletes and their parents via any NCAA approved method. In-person contact may occur on the college campus, as well as at tournaments, at school, and at the recruit’s home. In other words, the floodgates of communication are open, so take advantage of this opportunity to gain unlimited access to talk to coaches.

Monitoring of Air Force commitments:

Given that the Air Force Academy is consistently and by far the most committed among Mountain West by recruiting classes, it’s fun to follow them throughout the year.

Number of Falcon verbal commitments: 11

Summary of the visit:

Bible LB Sirr (San Jose State)

The visit went very well. I loved everything about it. The head coach is great and the LB coach played in the NFL so he knows what development is needed to get to that level. They plan on playing me at inside linebacker if I go there.

Spotlight on engagement:

TE Campbell Pawlak (Air Force)

“Air Force is a very successful and growing football program. I took an unofficial visit April 4-6 and loved every second of it. I think my skill set is a great fit for Coach Thiessen’s offense, and I think Coach Bacote will be the mentor and coach I need, not only for football, but for my life after soccer. And the strength coach, Coach McGettigan, knows what he is doing and I trust him 100% to develop me to be as fast and strong as possible to elevate my game. But what m What really convinced me was all the benefits and quality of life that joining the Academy offers. No matter what other schools offer me, no school can compare to giving me the opportunity to succeed in life like the Air Force does.

April 2025 Team Recruiting Rankings

There is no change from the April editing. The rankings don’t really start to take shape until around July, but it’s still an interesting exercise each month to show how things are changing, as well as which teams are doing their recruiting work in which months of the year.

1) UNLV

2) Hawaii

3) Boise State

4) Air Force

5) Fresno State

6) San Diego State

7) San Jose State

8) Nevada

9-12) All others

Recruiting Updates:

Offers:

• DT Dominic Macon was offered by Boise State
• OL Arion Williams was offered by Boise State
• WR/DB Harold Duvall was offered by Boise State
• LB Cyrus Polu was offered by Boise State
• 2026 WR Kai Meza was offered by Boise State
• DB Bryce Smith was offered by Colorado State
• TE/DE Beckam Featherstone was offered by Colorado State
• 2026 DB Aisa Jonacani Galea’i was offered by Colorado State
• 2026 TE Bryton Niu was offered by Colorado State
• DB Ishmael Gibbs was offered by Fresno State
• 2026 DE Dabe Nwude was offered by Fresno State
• DL LeBron Williams was offered by Hawaii
• LB Nate Clifford was offered by Nevada
• RB/DB Jamar Searcy was offered by Nevada
• WR Harold Duvall was offered by Nevada
• LB Cody Wells was offered by Nevada
• RB Sylas Alaimalo was offered by Nevada
• 2026 TE/LB Chase Cahoon was offered by Nevada
• 2026 WR Brayden Stevenson was offered by Nevada
• 2026 DB Tyree Sams was offered by Nevada
• 2026 WR Langdon Horace was offered by Nevada
• 2027 WR/DB Demaje Riley was offered by Nevada
• 2027 WR/DB Braylon Pope was offered by Nevada
• DB JJ Buchanan was offered by San Diego State
• RB Cale Breslin was offered by San Diego State
• LB Christian Thatcher was offered by San Diego State
• OL Daniel Boyd was offered by San Diego State
• DB Christopher Solis-Lumar was offered by San Diego State
• DB Jeremiah Richardson was offered by San Diego State
• DB Kobi Foreman was offered by San Diego State
• DE Logan Knapp was offered by San Diego State
• DB Kaimana Lafaele Tufaga was offered by San Diego State
• LB Joseph Fuavai was offered by San Diego State
• DL Leander Parrish was offered by San Diego State
• DL Nazheer Freeman was offered by San Diego State
• OL Austin Pay was offered by San Diego State
• 2026 WR Jaylen Stokes was offered by San Diego State
• 2026 LB Jamarion Phillips was offered by San Diego State
• The 2026 DB Markel Ford was donated by San Diego State
• 2026 WR/DB Toray Davis was offered by San Diego State
• OL 2026 Brison Brooks offered by San Diego
• 2026 OL/DL John Turntine lll was offered by San Diego State
• 2026 DB Alonzo Welch was offered by San Diego State
• 2026 DB Jayden Nicholas was offered by San Diego State
• 2026 ATH Demari Nunley was offered by San Diego State
• 2026 LB Timothy Ioane Jr. was offered by San Diego State
• The 2026 OL Jett Washington was offered by San Diego State
• 2026 TE/DE Jesse Ford was offered by San Diego State
• 2026 WR Zion Robinson was offered by San Diego State
• OL Pupungatoa Katoa 2026 was offered by San Diego State
• 2026 DB Dabe Nwude was offered by San Diego State
• 2026 QB Quinn Murphy was offered by San Diego State
• 2026 ATH Jaden Jefferson was offered by San Diego State
• 2026 TE/DE Crosby Kelly was offered by San Diego State
• 2026 ATH Jackson Stoner was offered by San Diego State and UNLV
• 2027 WR/DB Damani Warren was offered by San Diego State
• 2027 DB Hayden Stepp was offered by San Diego State
• 2027 DB Josiah Molden was offered by San Diego State
• 2027 DB Khalil Terry was offered by San Diego State
• 2027 DL Jaxson Wilson was offered by San Diego State
• OL 2027 Jasper Ngokwere offered by San Diego State
• OL 2027 Brian Swanson offered by San Diego State
• 2027 OL Jeremiah Williams was offered by San Diego State
• 2026 OL Cortavious Tisaby was offered by San Diego State and UNLV
• 2026 DB Marcell Gipson Jr was offered by San Diego State and UNLV
• 2026 WR/DB Ernest Nunley was offered by San Diego State and UNLV
• 2027 DL Trason Haley was offered by San Diego State and UNLV
• DB Tobias Gary was offered by UNLV
• DB Zach Parish was donated by UNLV
• DB Drew Cofield was offered by UNLV
• DE Jackson Doman was offered by UNLV
• DB Charger Doty was offered by UNLV
• WR/DB Dylan Robinson was offered by UNLV
• 2026 DL Kordaé Houston was offered by UNLV
• 2026 WR Kai Meza was offered by UNLV
• 2026 LB Donnie Vercher III was offered by UNLV
• 2026 DB Clarence Tucker was offered by UNLV
• 2026 QB Owen Lansu was offered by UNLV
• 2026 TE Bryton Niu was offered by UNLV
• 2026 TE Andreas Nicolaidis was offered by UNLV
• OL 2027 Brian Swanson offered by UNLV
• 2027 WR Trenton Yancey was offered by UNLV
• 2027 WR/DB Maurice Williams was offered by UNLV
• QB Mason Drube was offered by Wyoming

Visits:

• LB Sirr Bible visited San Jose State
• Boise State: Millennium HS, Katy Tompkins HS, Archbishop Murphy HS, Hanford HS, Southern California, Central Valley, Texas, Utah, Oregon, Washington, Nevada
• Colorado State: Folsom HS, Lubbock-Cooper HS, Copperas Cove HS, Archbishop Murray HS, Rainier Beach HS
• Nevada: Rodriguez HS, Mitty HS, Folsom HS, West Park HS, Mountain House HS, Vacaville HS, Copperas Cove HS, East Bay, Bakersfield, Fresno, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Mateo, Napa, Solano, Marin, Sonoma
• San Diego State: Mitty HS, Narbonne HS, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Dallas-Fort Worth
• UNLV: Narbonne HS
• Wyoming: Folsom HS, Newbury Park HS. Chaparral Puma HS, Wellington HS

Undertakes:

• TE Dominic Henning joins the Air Force
• TE Campbell Pawlak enlisted in the Air Force
• DE Ryan Lippe enlisted in the Air Force
• Quarterback JP Mialovski commits to San Diego State

Commitments

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