This kid will be a junior this fall, but wow. Watch his highlight reel and see how many of his biggest plays were against the Glacier team that went undefeated and buried most teams2028 HS Senior
WR/DB- Westdon Kelley 6'0" 200 (West HS) Billings, MT (T 6/15/26) 2028 HS Senior
So the fact that he's only a rising junior brings up a really interesting point. A cursory search tells me that June 15th was the first day that 2028 recruits were allowed to be contacted by coaches. But this kid posted that he received an offer from the cats on May 31st. Wouldn't that be a recruiting violation?
You see kids get scholarship offers in 8th grade. They tell the coach who tells the player, or something similar to that. Not uncommon at all. Also, the players can reach out to the coach. Coach just can't reach out to the player.
Maybe not uncommon at all with weak programs like Montana State but it is uncommon with good programs.
Off the top of my head, I know of Alabama, LSU, USC, and UCLA all verbally offering kids in 8th grade.
So you're admitting that they broke the rules but it's okay because everybody does it? Hmm.
Wow. That's pretty crazy. What's the point of the contact rules when there's obviously a zillion ways around them anyway?
Saban offered 8th graders several times. It's definitely common.
It's like paying taxes. Lots of rules and just as many ways to get around them.
It’s not breaking the rules. If they wanted to curtail stuff like this, they would.
Do you actually pay attention to football outside of Montana? It’s common and it’s been common for a long time.
Without doing any research, I'm guessing the rule maybe specifies which coaches cant contact or doesn't specifically state zero contact from anyone at the school so there's certainly avenues around it that aren't necessarily breaking the rules, but yes, it does seem pointless to have the rule if your going to allow these other avenues which are obviously just as effective.
