Jan. 4—NASHVILLE — The truth that Justin Lamson has been such a superb match at Montana State does not actually shock Bobcat coach Brent Vigen, who clocked his quarterback again when Lamson was in highschool.
“That goes again from 2019 into ’20,” Vigen stated Saturday, in a press convention forward of Monday’s Division I Soccer Championship between MSU and Illinois State. “Justin was a excessive goal of ours, and I had an opportunity to go to Sacramento, to his highschool, speak to his coach, see him throw, get to know him.”
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On the time Vigen was quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator on the College of Wyoming in Laramie. And by the spring 2020 the nation was within the throes of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“So when Justin did come to Laramie I could not have any contact with him aside from severely, searching my second-floor workplace window and form of waiving to him,” Vigen stated. “However he was severe about us.”
Till he wasn’t.
“I used to be actually excessive on Wyoming,” Lamson, who dedicated to Syracuse out of highschool, stated Saturday. “I visited all of the locations throughout Covid and on the time I simply did not really feel like Laramie was the spot for me.
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Then the junior smiled. “I made a decision to go throughout the nation, all the way in which to upstate New York. I am proud of my determination out of highschool; I had a good time in Syracuse, realized quite a bit.”
Lamson then transferred to Stanford in 2023 and performed some as a backup quarterback — he had 4 TD passes in 2024. Then he was again within the portal once more, which led him to… Bowling Inexperienced.
“He was clearly our goal by the month of December,” Vigen stated. “He had performed at Stanford and had carried out some good issues. … It was simply disappointment that we could not make it work.”
On Jan. 15, Lamson dedicated to the Falcons.
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“Then March got here round they usually all left,” Lamson stated. The Falcons’ head coach, Scot Loeffler, left to be the Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks coach.
“A brand new employees (led by head coach Eddie George) got here in and that is actually troublesome for a university quarterback, as a result of they introduced in their very own man.”
Earlier than March ended Lamson was watching the tail finish of MSU’s spring drills. By the tip of fall camp he’d been named the starter, although it was a course of.
“I actually felt like I had a difficult fall camp,” he stated. “Sort of a humbling expertise, in a means. I truly did not really feel like in the beginning of fall camp I used to be taking part in my greatest soccer; I felt like our protection was difficult me quite a bit. You understand how good they’re.
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“As we form of acquired into the swing of issues I began doing properly. Oregon prep — as soon as I used to be named the starter I felt like I might really feel like I used to be a real chief inside the offense. That is when it began clicking for me I assume.”
Heading into Monday’s sport, which kicks off at 5:30 p.m. Mountain on ESPN, Lamson has 24 touchdowns passing (in opposition to three interceptions) for the 13-2 Bobcats. He has one other 14 TDs dashing. He is without doubt one of the most effective QBs within the FCS.
“It was the way in which the story was meant to be written,” Vigen stated. “Loopy story and a relationship that, between us, has gone again fairly a methods. For it to come back again to fruition the way in which it has, I am simply grateful that issues work out the way in which they do.”
