Hofman makes his choice

Just a couple of days after first reporting on his recruitment, Kyle Hofman has decided to put things to bed. The 6-foot-4, 285-pound offensive lineman from Orcas Island, Wash. had a really strong performance at Washington State's summer camp, but left Pullman without an offer. Being MVP wasn't enough for Hofman to wait around.

"Washington State is dangling a carrot out there with this MVP thing, and I don't want to mess around," he told Scout.com Sunday after verbally committing to Montana. "I don't want to play my senior year and then find out they don't have any offers and my spot at Montana had been filled up."

Hofman earned a scholarship from the Griz after a dominating camp performance. "I gave Coach (Pete) Kaligis a call. I left a message letting him know that I was going to commit.

"I'm still very hopeful for another offer, but I'm very happy to play in the Big Sky. I love Montana. I just got this feeling when I was there that I could play football for four years here and not be miserable. It's just hard to describe, really. I'm not selling myself short at all by playing there, I know that."

But what might happen if a Pac-10 team like Washington State came calling with an offer in hand at some point before signing day? "I'd have to think about it long and hard and go from there," he said.

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