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Montana State Bobcats add transfer quarterback Justin Lamson

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March 18, 2025

Montana State Bobcats add transfer quarterback Justin Lamson

BOZEMAN — Montana State has added transfer quarterback Justin Lamson, according to a report from ESPN and confirmed by MTN Sports.

Lamson also changed his social media profile to state that he’s a “Montana State Quarterback”.

“Former Stanford and Syracuse quarterback Justin Lamson has committed to Montana State, he tells ESPN,” ESPN’s Pete Thamel posted to X on Tuesday. “He’d planned to attend Bowling Green for the 2025 season, but entered the portal after the head coaching change.”

Thamel added that Lamson told ESPN “Montana State is intriguing to me because Coach (Brent) Vigen has developed something great there and they are consistently in contention for the national title.”

Lamson hails from El Dorado Hills, Calif., and started his college football career at Syracuse. After spending 2021 and 2022 with the Orange, he transferred to Stanford.

During the 2023 and 2024 seasons with the Cardinal, Lamson appeared in 23 games and made four starts. As a junior, he completed 38 of 88 passes for 504 yards and two interceptions while carrying the ball 120 times for 334 yards and five touchdowns. He led Stanford in carries and rushing touchdowns.

As a senior at Stanford, Lamson set the program’s single-season record for rushing TDs by a quarterback. He had eight rushing scores and 94 yards on 68 carries. Lamson completed 24 of 47 passes for 300 yards and four touchdowns.

In January, Lamson announced he was transferring to Bowling Green, but he again entered the NCAA transfer portal after the Falcons underwent a coaching change. Former NFL All-Pro running back and Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George was named the Bowling Green coach on March 9 after previous head coach Scot Loeffler left for a position on the Philadelphia Eagles’ coaching staff.

While in high school in 2020, Lamson was offered a scholarship by Montana State, according to 247sports.com. The recruiting website also said Lamson was offered by Wyoming, where current MSU coach Brent Vigen was then the offensive coordinator.

Lamson will join a Bobcat quarterback group that will try to replace Walter Payton Award winner Tommy Mellott this season. Other QBs on the roster include junior Jordan Reed, sophomores Chance Wilson and Patrick Duchien, and redshirt freshman Thomas Buchanan. Freshmen Grant Vigen and River Warren also signed with the Bobcats in December.

Mellott completed 203 of 300 passes for 2,759 yards, 31 touchdowns and two interceptions during his senior season last fall while also rushing for 1,050 yards and 15 more scores. The Bobcats went 15-1 and lost to North Dakota State in the FCS national championship game.

Montana State begins the 2025 season Aug. 30 at Oregon.

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February 26 recap: Missoula and Western Montana news you may have missed today

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February 27, 2026

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February 26 recap: Missoula and Western Montana news you may have missed today

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Escobar, Jayapal, Members of Congress Call on Camp East Montana to be Shut Down – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal

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February 26, 2026

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Escobar, Jayapal, Members of Congress Call on Camp East Montana to be Shut Down – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) – joined by Representative Pramila Jayapal, the Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, and 22 other Members of Congress – sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons calling for the immediate closure of Camp East Montana in El Paso. They cite urgent humanitarian concerns following multiple deaths in custody, documented unsafe conditions, and serious deficiencies in medical care.

This marks the fourth letter Congresswoman Escobar has sent to DHS and ICE leadership. The previous three letters have gone unanswered.

The letter can be found in its entirety below and here.

“Secretary Noem and Acting Director Lyons:

We are urgently calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS or the Department) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to shut down Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas.

Camp East Montana has been operational for six months, and at least three people have died at the site since December 2025: Francisco Gaspar-Andres, Geraldo Lunas Campos, and Victor Manuel Diaz. The El Paso County Medical Examiner has officially ruled Lunas Campos’ death a homicide, citing “asphyxia due to neck and torso compression.”

Camp East Montana was constructed in a matter of weeks and opened before construction was complete and it does not have enough federal staff on-site to provide adequate oversight. Over the last several months, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, in whose district this facility is located, has sent multiple letters to DHS and ICE regarding concerns about the conditions at Camp East Montana, and has received no responses.

According to detainees, there have been constant and consistent problems at the facility since it opened, beginning with the facility’s poor construction and poor ambient temperature control. Upon opening, the drinking water at Camp East Montana tasted foul and made some detainees sick. Detainees continue to be served inadequate meals, including food that is rotten or frozen; last fall, the facility was also consistently failing to make dietary accommodations for detainees. Detainees have shared that they have sporadic access to outside spaces and recreational areas, and that their dormitory pods are cleaned only once every eight days, despite pods housing up to 72 people at a time. Laundry services are not consistent, and people are washing their clothes in the facility showers. Additionally, the facility experiences flooding and sewage backups when it rains, leading to stagnant water.

One of the biggest concerns with the Camp East Montana facility is the inadequate medical care being provided to detainees. Our offices have heard that only the most ill detainees are referred to the medical unit and that there are inconsistencies as to how soon after arriving detainees are able to undergo initial medical screenings. Detainees with chronic health issues who rely on regimented medications for their health have had difficulty accessing necessary medications, including blood pressure medication and insulin.

At least one of the deaths that occurred in ICE custody, the death of Francisco Gaspar-Andres, appears to partially be the result of poor medical care by staff at the facility. According to ICE’s own account, Gaspar-Andres sought medical attention from facility staff for increasingly serious symptoms, but was only transferred to an area hospital once his condition had severely deteriorated.

In addition to our concerns about poor medical care, we are also aware that detainees have experienced irregular access to their legal counsel, including instances of detainees having only two minutes allotted per phone call every 8 days, which is contrary to ICE’s Detention Standards on access to counsel, and that the belatedly created law library lacks adequate resources for the amount of people currently held at the facility. In January 2026, ICE announced the on-site death of Geraldo Lunas Campos “after experiencing medical distress.” ICE opened an investigation into the death, but did not provide a cause of death. However, The Washington Post later reported that another man detained at Camp East Montana had witnessed guards choking Lunas Campos when he refused to enter a segregated housing unit. Weeks later, the El Paso County Medical Examiner ruled that Lunas Campos had experienced “asphyxia due to neck and torso compression” and ruled his death a homicide.

Lunas Campos is the first detainee to die at Camp East Montana as a result of a use-of-force incident, but we are strongly concerned that he will not be the last if ICE is allowed to continue operating Camp East Montana.

ICE was given $45 billion in taxpayer dollars in the reconciliation bill, $1.2 billion of which were awarded to Acquisition Logistics, LLC, a company with no previous experience managing immigration detention facilities, to build and oversee Camp East Montana. However, in the wake of three deaths in custody so far, continued concerns about conditions at the facility, and ICE’s apparent disinterest in responding to oversight letters from Congress, we do not believe Camp East Montana is being run professionally or responsibly.

Camp East Montana must be shut down. For the safety of everyone at the facility, for an end to abuses to detainees, and for fiscal responsibility to the American people, the site cannot continue to operate. We are calling on DHS and ICE to move to immediately close operations at Camp East Montana.

We look forward to hearing from the Department promptly on this matter.

The other co-signers include Representatives Yassamin Ansari, Nanette Barragán, Yvette Clarke, Lloyd Doggett, Maxwell Frost, Jesús “Chuy” García, Sylvia Garcia, Daniel Goldman, Jimmy Gomez, Henry Johnson, Stephen Lynch, Seth Moulton, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Delia Ramirez, Andrea Salinas, Janice Schakowsky, Darren Soto, Rashida Tlaib, Paul Tonko, Lauren Underwood, Gabe Vasquez, and Nydia Velázquez.

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Governor’s energy task force continues public discussions on data centers

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February 26, 2026

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Governor’s energy task force continues public discussions on data centers

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