Mountain West Recruiting Wrap-Up

The day has come and gone, and the only real surprises were with Utah, who did not get local recruit Xavier Su’a Filo, and when BYU allowed Kyle Van Noy to sign on even though he had a DUI, which was his second alcohol-related offense. However, Van Noy will not play football this year and will enroll at BYU in January of 2010.

ESPN’s Tom Luginbill feels that Steve Fairchild and the Colorado State Rams will be a big player in the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Their recruiting class was nothing great, but Luginbill feels that Fairchild has a great eye for talent, and that the Rams filled needs.

Below is how Rivals rated the Mountain West recruiting classes.

Rank	School	Commits	Commits	Commits	Avg Stars	Points
1	Utah	24	1	2	14	2.88	886
2	TCU	20	0	4	12	3.00	827
3	BYU	21	0	2	13	2.81	616
4	UNLV	22	0	0	8	2.36	179
5	Wyoming	24	0	0	4	2.17	154
6	New Mexico	19	0	0	4	2.21	149
7	Colorado State	20	0	0	5	2.25	85
8	San Diego State	20	0	0	4	2.10	77
9	Air Force	18	0	0	0	2.00	54

Here is how ESPN Scouts Inc. felt about some of the Mountain West classes, and they believed that TCU had the best class out of all the non-BCS schools.

TCU

The Horned Frogs restocked their linebacker depth, with Justin Isadore (Beaumont, Texas/Ozen) and Tanner Brock (Copperas Cove, Texas). Although these two OLBs are physically different, they both have good range and play well in space. Don’t think that the Horned Frogs ignored offensive talent. Arguably, their very best prospect in the class is Josh Boyce (Copperas Cove, Texas), one of Brock’s high school teammates. Boyce is an explosive athlete with excellent speed and outstanding ball skills.

BYU

BYU produced another solid recruiting class, with four of its top five recruits coming from outside the state of Utah. It comes as no surprise that the Cougars’ top two recruits line up on the offensive side of the ball. Richard Wilson (Spanish Fork, Utah) is the fourth-ranked tight end nationally. He is equally effective from the traditional tight end alignment or when flexed out wide. Wilson has tremendous concentration and can go up to catch the ball in a crowd.

Another fourth-ranked positional prospect, center Terry Alletto (Parker, Colo./Ponderosa), is a big grab for the Cougars. Alletto is an undersized but quick center. He is consistent with his snaps when the quarterback is lined up under center or in a shotgun.

Utah

Finishing as college football’s second-best team has been instrumental in helping the Utes round up a very good class in terms of quantity and quality. Their top three signees are linemen—two offensive and one defensive. Huge offensive guard Kapua Sai (Honolulu/St. Louis School) is a powerful run-blocker, while offensive tackle Percy Taumoelau (Salt Lake City, Utah/Cottonwood) is a stout pass protector.

Here is how Scout rates the league's recruiting.

Rk.	School	Commits	Conf.	Points	Top 100				Off.	Def.
40.	BYU	22	MWC	2113	0	0	4	9	15	7
54.	Utah	25	MWC	1637	0	1	1	8	13	12
56.	TCU	20	MWC	1617	0	0	1	11	10	10
84.	UNLV	20	MWC	806	0	0	0	4	10	10
88.	New Mexico	17	MWC	682	0	0	0	3	10	6
96.	Wyoming	22	MWC	593	0	0	0	1	11	11
102.	San Diego State	15	MWC	504	0	0	0	0	8	7
106.	Colorado State	20	MWC	470	0	0	0	0	9	10
118.	Air Force	12	MWC	331	0	0	0	0	3	8

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