RED LODGE — Kougar Kappel didn’t need to waste time when it came to figuring out where to play his college football.

“As a Montana kid it's the Bobcats and Griz are always the two big teams. It's always been a goal to go to one of those schools," Kappel said. "The Griz were the first one to offer me, and when I got that I was like I don't really need to wait for anything else, so I committed right there and then."

“He just has really good football speed and awareness. He knows where to be on the field and how to take angles. He's naturally a God-given athlete there," head coach John Fitzgerald said.

Kappel was the second commit of the class for the Griz, and will be joining a few former teammates when he gets to Missoula in former Ram weapons Owen Reynolds and Chase Cook.

“When he gets

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