{"id":99239,"date":"2025-06-02T23:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T23:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/99239\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T23:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T23:30:13","slug":"4-star-qb-matt-ponatoski-names-top-4-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/99239\/","title":{"rendered":"4-star QB Matt Ponatoski names top 4 schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati (Ohio) Archbishop Moeller four-star quarterback Matt Ponatoski<\/a> is down to four schools in his recruitment, he told On3\u2019s Hayes Fawcett on Monday.<\/p>\n

Among the remaining contenders for Ponatoski are Alabama, Oregon, Arkansas and Kentucky. In addition to football, he also plans to play baseball at the college level, another factor in his ultimate commitment decision. <\/p>\n

He has seen his recruitment on the gridiron heat up significantly in recent months, with the Ducks offering him on early May followed by an offer from the Crimson Tide a week later. <\/p>\n

Last month, he locked in an official visit with the Ducks for June 20. And they looked to be the biggest threat to land him. But Alabama has come on strong and also locked in an official visit, which will take place this coming weekend. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of the best programs ever when it comes to football,\u201d Ponatoski said. \u201cIt\u2019s an offer you dream about so it was really cool when I got the call unexpectedly!\u201d<\/p>\n

And while he has primarily been focused on playing baseball at the next level, Ponatoski is now considering the opportunity to do both. Arkansas and Kentucky have been pursuing him in both sports for some time now, and they are strong contenders as well. <\/p>\n

Ponatoski\u2019s recruitment just beginning to heat up <\/p>\n

Even in the midst of all the new attention, he has largely been away from football since his high school season ended. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019m pretty raw,\u201d Ponatoski told On3\u2019s Steve Wiltfong last month<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t really work with anybody, so I think there\u2019s a lot of improvement that can be done. And, you know, just trying to balance. You know, throwing the baseball and throwing the football is kind of why I feel like the development is still raw, just because I can\u2019t throw as much as I want to. But I think there\u2019s a lot of room for growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a junior, he led Moeller to the state championship game and threw for over 4,000 yards and 56 touchdowns to just three interceptions.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-2, 190-pounder is the No. 282 overall prospect and No. 20 QB in the 2026 class, according to the On3 Industry Ranking<\/a>, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.<\/p>\n

On3 meanwhile, is higher on him than the other services. In the most recent On300 rankings, he was tabbed as the country\u2019s No. 100 overall recruit and No. 9 passer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cincinnati (Ohio) Archbishop Moeller four-star quarterback Matt Ponatoski is down to four schools in his recruitment, he told…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,25700],"class_list":{"0":"post-99239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-matt-ponatoski-26-archbishop-moeller"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114616377666080038","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}