Glacier High School standouts Tadan Gilman and Jaxen Hashley verbally committed to play football at Montana State University last week, continuing a pipeline from north Kalispell to Bozeman.

Both the sons of former college standouts, the two have played key roles on a Glacier team that has made at least the state semifinals every year they’ve been in the program.

Hashley, who checks in at 6-foot-6, 260 pounds, was one of the state’s top recruits and drew interest from Pacific-12 programs Arizona and Utah before committing to MSU last weekend.

“We would always be going to Montana State games, whether it’s football or basketball,” Hashley said. “Every time I walked into the Fieldhouse, I’d see my dad’s picture up on the wall. I’ve always wanted to be in a Bobcat jersey just like him.”

Hashley’s father, Doug, was an all-Big Sky Conference basketball player at MSU from 1978-82 and was inducted into the MSU Hall of Fame in 2008.

Jaxen, who will likely play defensive line for the Bobcats, had 49.5 tackles his sophomore year and had 43.5 tackles, an 3.5 sacks and an interception in his junior year before tearing his anterior cruciate ligament midway through the season. Even with the injury, he was named an all-state honorable mention at defensive end.

For their part, the Bobcats never wavered because of the knee.

“MSU from the beginning talked to me and said they wanted me,” Hashley said. “They knew I’d be back 100 percent. That means something knowing that they believe in me.”

Glacier coach Grady Bennett said Hashley will likely be playing both sides of the ball, moving from tight end to offensive tackle while reprising his role on the defensive line.

Gilman committed two days before Hashley, the 6-0, 205-pound athlete likely to play defense as either a linebacker or safety. He picked up 57 tackles at outside linebacker in 2015 on the way to first-team all-state honors.

And while that may be his future position, he’ll likely stay away from that side of the ball in his senior season, picking up quarterback duties for the Wolfpack this fall.

“Working him now singularly at that position all (offseason), watching him grow into that and really accept it is neat,” Bennett said. “I’m excited for him. They project him to play at outside linebacker, which is right, but he can have a fun year playing quarterback for us. Just being an athlete for us this year.”

Gilman’s father, Mark, was a standout tight end and national champion at Nebraska from 1991-95, catching a 19-yard touchdown pass in the Cornhuskers title-clinching win over Miami in the 1995 Orange Bowl. Before that, he too played quarterback, setting a Flathead High then-single-season passing record with 1,596 yards in 1990.

The duo continues a strong trend as the ninth and 10th players to sign with the Bobcats in nine senior classes at Glacier. The two will be joining five former Glacier players currently on the roster, with the Wolfpack currently the biggest feeder program for the Bobcats. Dillon has three players currently on the roster and one in this recruiting class after Beavers quarterback Troy Anderson committed last week.