Mountain West Recruiting Roundup 5-5-25. 2026 May Team Recruiting Rankings.

It’s another week of the Mountain West Recruiting Roundup.

It is clear teams are taking advantage of the contact period this spring. This is a time when coaches go out on the road to evaluate recruits in person. As one can guess, this process often leads to new offers being handed out to players. That was the case this week, with a total of 61 offers by nine different teams. New Mexico and UNLV led the way with offers, giving out 27 and 12, respectively.

There were also a handful of new commits this week and also a decommit early in the cycle. Air Force, San Jose State, and UNLV gained members in their class, with the Rebels actually adding two. Meanwhile, San Diego State lost another member of their class.

Out of the teams that picked up the new commits, Boise State is the only one that also handed out a new offer. Due to that, the Broncos get a week on the cover photo.

Class of 2026 Cover Photo Total:

• Air Force: 2
• Boise State: 2
• Colorado State: 1
• San Diego State: 1
• San Jose State: 1
• UNLV: 1

Recruiting Calendar:

From now through the last week of May, we are in a contact period. Coaches can contact recruits on campus, at a high school, and at home. This is the time when coaches will go to evaluate high school players in person and hand out offers on a more frequent basis. As always, coaches can still talk to recruits via phone, text, email, or DM.

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 game. Coaches can email, text, call, direct message and generally contact athletes and their parents through any NCAA-approved method. In-person contact can occur on the college campus, as well as at tournaments, at the recruit’s school and home. In other words, the communication floodgates are open, so take advantage of this opportunity to get unlimited access to talk to coaches.

Air Force Commitment Tracker:

Since the Air Force Academy regularly has by far the most commits among Mountain West recruiting classes, it’s fun to track them over the course of the year.

Number of Falcon verbal commits: 3

2026 May Team Recruiting Rankings:

Here is the latest version of these monthly rankings. Keep in mind that the rankings don’t truly start taking shape until around July. Here is last month’s for comparison.

1) UNLV

2) Boise State

3) San Diego State

4) San Jose State

5) Colorado State

6) Nevada

7) Fresno State

8) Utah State

9) Air Force

10) New Mexico

T11) Hawaii/Wyoming

Commitment Spotlight:

QB Samuel Shaughnessy (Air Force)

“I always wanted to play Quarterback for the Air Force Academy. I love the opportunity to play division 1 football, get an excellent education, and serve my country. It was a no brainer and I couldn’t be happier with my decision.”

Visit Recap:

Recruiting Updates:

Offers:

• DL Jesse King was offered by Air Force
• WR Sylas Austin was offered by Air Force
• OL Owen Neill was offered by Air Force
• RB Edward Kelly Jr was offered by Colorado State
• WR Major Pride was offered by Colorado State
• OL/DL Koi Taiese was offered by Colorado State
• 2027 WR/DB Prince Parham was offered by Colorado State
• 2027 ATH Jag Ioane was offered by Colorado State
• 2027 WR/DB Peyton Higginson was offered by Colorado State
• 2027 TE/DE Makai Gordon was offered by Colorado State
• 2027 DE Uhila Matekitonga Finefeuiaki Wolfgramm was offered by Colorado State
• 2028 QB/WR Dennis Tua’one was offered by Colorado State
• 2028 WR Zyren Micah Menor was offered by Colorado State
• OL Isaiah Garcia Perez was offered by Fresno State
• WR Cameron Vasquez was offered by Fresno State
• 2027 LB Maximus Paogofie was offered by Hawaii
• 2027 WR Ty Johnson was offered by Hawaii
• DB Braxton Singleton was offered by Nevada
• EDGE Adel Dorr was offered by New Mexico
• OL Mathyas Olive was offered by New Mexico
• OL Terrence Johnson was offered by New Mexico
• OL Hakeim Smalls was offered by New Mexico
• TE Beckham Hofland was offered by New Mexico
• DB Jacob Arbuckle ll was offered by New Mexico
• LB Ronnell Hewitt Jr was offered by New Mexico
• ATH Asa Thompson was offered by New Mexico
• LB Bastian Vanden Bosch was offered by New Mexico
• DL Federico-Mario Cobarubio was offered by New Mexico
• DE Mickey Williams was offered by New Mexico
• WR Carson Clark was offered by New Mexico
• WR Robert Haynes was offered by New Mexico
• WR Mason Miller was offered by New Mexico
• DL Koi Taiese was offered by New Mexico
• DB Ernest Nunley was offered by New Mexico
• 2027 DB Malakai Taufoou was offered by New Mexico
• 2027 RB A.J. McBean was offered by New Mexico
• 2027 DB Nas Eason was offered by New Mexico
• 2027 OL/DL Lemani Fehoko was offered by New Mexico
• 2027 DB Faruq Muhammad was offered by New Mexico
• 2027 TE Jace Cannon was offered by New Mexico
• 2027 DL Lopeti Malupo was offered by New Mexico
• 2027 TE Max Markofski was offered by New Mexico
• 2028 LB Isaiah Grant was offered by New Mexico
• 2028 TE/DE Tytan McNeal was offered by New Mexico
• 2028 WR Jordan Slye was offered by New Mexico and UNLV
• WR/DB Hudson Lewis was offered by San Diego State
• RB Jayden Fox was offered by San Diego State
• 2027 DL Tevita Nonu was offered by San Diego State
• DB Iroc Cordova was offered by UNLV
• DT Kingston Williams was offered by UNLV
• 2027 DB Darius Johnson was offered by UNLV
• 2027 DB Donte Wright was offered by UNLV
• 2027 OL Derek Gonzalez was offered by UNLV
• 2027 ATH Nathaniel Mensah was offered by UNLV
• 2027 LB Iona Uiagalelei was offered by UNLV
• 2027 DB Evan Mack was offered by UNLV
• 2028 DB Kinley “Kv” Victorian was offered by UNLV
• 2028 RB/LB Jayden Lewis was offered by UNLV
• 2027 WR Quentin Hale was offered by UNLV
• OL Tripp Skewes was offered by Utah State
• WR Dezmyn Hardy was offered by Utah State

Visits:

• UNLV: Las Vegas, Oregon, Washington, Oregon, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, San Bernardino County, Valley, Bay Area
• Wyoming: SoCal, Houston, San Antonio, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas City, Central California, Illinois, St. Louis, Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, Dallas

Commits:

• QB Samuel Shaughnessy committed to Air Force
• QB Daniel Rolovich committed to San Jose State
• WR Jesse Harden committed to UNLV
• QB Derek Garcia committed to UNLV

Decommits

• QB Derek Garcia decommitted from San Diego State

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