One of Idaho’s most coveted young football players is set to get a look at Boise State this fall.
Moses Irwin, a wide receiver at Bishop Kelly High School and one of the top prospects in the class of 2030, will visit Albertsons Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 19 for the Broncos’ game against South Dakota. Chris Van Sickle of 247Sports first reported the visit.
Irwin is still just an incoming freshman, but the recruiting buzz around him is already loud. The 5-foot-10, 158-pound receiver has more than a dozen Division I offers, with Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Florida State, South Carolina, Texas A&M and Washington all in the mix. Back in May, as an eighth-grader, he ran the 100 meters in 10.8 seconds.
Boise State will have to make its impression during a crowded stretch of game day trips. Irwin also has visits lined up for Washington on Sept.
12, Washington State on Sept. 26, Oregon on Oct. 10 and Alabama on Oct.
While On3 and 247Sports have not yet published their class of 2030 rankings, Irwin is expected to land as a five-star prospect and the No. 1 player in Idaho.
That would put him in rare company for the Broncos, who have not signed Idaho’s top recruit since 2019. That year, four-star Declo athlete Keegan Duncan chose Boise State despite plenty of competition, though he later transferred to Utah State after one season.
The state’s recent recruiting history has not been kind to Boise State. Idaho’s top two prospects in the class of 2026 both headed out of state, with five-star Fruitland offensive lineman Kelvin Obot signing with Utah and four-star Rocky Mountain lineman Jax Tanner going to BYU. The No. 3 player in that class, Rocky Mountain receiver Rasean Jones, could still make an immediate impact for Boise State as a true freshman.
The pattern stretches back through the last several classes. Eagle offensive lineman Sione Perkins, Idaho’s top player in the class of 2025 according to the 247Sports composite, signed with Iowa State and is now at Northern Arizona.
The class of 2024 saw all three of the state’s top prospects leave as well. Five-star receiver Gatlin Bair had committed to Boise State under Andy Avalos, but after Avalos was fired, Bair reopened his recruitment and signed with Oregon.
He is expected to be a true freshman this season after completing a Latter-day Saints mission. Also from that class, Bishop Kelly’s Rakeem Johnson signed with Michigan State and Coeur d’Alene’s Camden DeGraw-Tryall signed with Washington State.
The same story played out in 2023, when Skyline athlete Kenyon Sadiq signed with Oregon, Rocky Mountain tight end CJ Jacobsen went to Utah and Rocky Mountain offensive lineman Jackson Fullmer signed with Kansas State. Sadiq was later selected No. 16 overall by the New York Jets in the 2026 NFL Draft.
Idaho’s top player in the class of 2022, Gooding tight end Colston Loveland, also left the state for Michigan. Loveland, another first-round pick, is entering his second season with the Chicago Bears.
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