Being a Group of 5 conference, the Mountain West recruits any player who can help to complete their recruiting classes. However, not every player ends up playing for a team in the Mountain West. There are a few factors that make a recruit a “Mountain West” type of player. Geography, for instance, plays a big role in a conference that resides in the western part of the country. However, like anything, there are always exceptions.
With that being said, this post looks at four main categories most players in the Mountain West Conference fit into: High Profile, Highly Targetted, Undersized, Underrecruited.