2025 On3 4-star QB Cutter Boley embracing growth in early stages of recruitment

Right after the end of his freshman season, 2025 Hodgenville (Ky.) Lexington Christian Academy four-star quarterback Cutter Boley received his first offer. Even though he threw around 110 passes, Ole Miss still offered the 6-foot-5, 210 pound signal-caller.

“They saw a lot of workout videos of me,” Boley told On3. “I didn’t go to their camp, but I had been to a lot of camps and I think some of that film got shared with them and they just really liked my talent.”

Other programs were impressed with Boley as well. Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky and West Virginia offered him the next day. Alabama, Michigan, Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech followed suit later in the summer.

Boley has spent the past few months attending camps and showcasing his talent to numerous college coaches. His stops have included Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Kentucky and Virginia Tech. After some of them, he walked away with offers.

Now in the beginning of his sophomore season, Boley is embracing the recruiting process. So far, the feedback on his play has been positive.

“A lot of kids have really good arm talent,” said Boley, a member of On3’s 2025 Football Prospect Watch List. “But what sets me apart is, like, the way I move for a kid my size. I move really well in the pocket. I move around really well. I ran like a 4.65(-second) and a 4.7 (-second) this year for my 40 (yard-dash). So, I can move. So I think they really liked that a lot. I’m definitely not what you describe as a dual-threat, but I can extend plays and make plays with my legs also.”

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Michigan, Jim Harbaugh standing out early to Boley

Boley told On3 that all the schools recruiting him are showing a lot of interest. But he added that Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee are giving off “a lot of love.”

Regarding the Wolverines, the quarterback has been to Ann Arbor twice, most recently for the Michigan’s BBQ at the Big House on July 31. One of the key things that impressed Boley about Michigan most was Jim Harbaugh. The Wolverines’ head coach personally extended an offer to the quarterback. Boley also got to spend time with Harbaugh during his first visit to Michigan on June 15.

“He took us around the whole tour,” Boley said. “He did everything with us. And the people there were like, they’d never seen that happen before. They’d never seen coach Harbaugh actually take a recruit himself out on, like, a tour and stuff like that.”

Boley also bonded with co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Matt Weiss, who came to Michigan from the Baltimore Ravens.

“He showed me a lot of film, how they run their offense,” Boley said. “All that was really intriguing to me, how he also came from the pros. He came there from the Ravens. So all that type of stuff was really interesting to me.”

Boley is intrigued by the offenses at Kentucky and Tennessee

Heading into the recruiting process, Boley was very familiar with the Wildcats since he rooted for them growing up. He has already visited their campus in Lexington “three of four times” as a recruit.

Boley had established a relationship with offensive coordinator Liam Coen, but Coen left to take the same position with the Los Angeles Rams this offseason. However, his successor, Rich Scangarello, and Boley have already built a strong connection.

“Coming from the league, coming from the pros, (Scangarello’s) pro-style type of offense definitely is intriguing to me,” Boley said. “It definitely feel(s) like that’s an offense that I feel like I can be comfortable in and I can excel in.”

Boley has a similar feeling with Tennessee. The quarterback was impressed by the Volunteers’ ability to to find the end zone under head coach Josh Heupel. Last season, Tennessee had the seventh-highest scoring offense in college football, averaging 39.3 points per game.

Regarding the Volunteers, Boley has appreciated “the love they show me.” He pointed out his bond with offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Alex Golesh, as well as quarterbacks coach Joey Halzle. Additionally, he has taken a few trips to Knoxville.

“They’re fast,” Boley said of Tennessee’s offense. “They move the ball. They throw it a lot. They (have) a lot of (run-pass option) stuff. A lot of stuff that their offense, I feel like I can definitely be comfortable in, reads and stuff like that, RPO, a lot of RPO, a lot of pro-style stuff. That’s the first thing that jumped out to me about them, and definitely coach Heupel’s philosophy of the game and stuff like that.”

Following the summer, Boley is excited to improve

Boley is next-in-line in a family of college athletes. His dad played college basketball at Western Kentucky, his sister — Erin Boley — played three years of college basketball at Oregon following a season at Notre Dame, and his brother played tight end for a year at Wyoming.

“When I started getting my first offers, it was kind of surreal for me,” said Boley, who has also received offers from Kansas and Missouri. “But it’s been amazing. I couldn’t ask for anything better.”

He still has a long time until his college decision, but Boley is looking to get better at every opportunity. On the camp circuit this summer, Boley tried to take away one lesson from each location. Boley felt like a global lesson was improving his footwork.

Today, he calls it “the best it’s ever been.” Other aspects of his game, such as timing, drops and movement in the pocket, have grown as well.

“They’re coaching some of the highest guys in college football, some of the best QBs in college football,” Boley said. “So I tried to take at least one or two things from each camp and just put that into the game. You know, not making big changes in my game, but just improving myself overall. You know, if I’m gonna be looked at as one of the top QBs in the nation, I gotta play like one. So I gotta take one thing from each coach and just play my best as I can.”