Matt Devereux
Photo by: Daryn Hendrickson
Bobcats By The Numbers: 74
6/20/2013 3:39:00 PM | Football
The #74 brings to mind a future great, and a couple of former greats
Every day we look at players who donned the jersey number corresponding to the number of days until the Bobcats open the 2013 season on August 29 against Monmouth. The list of MSU football players by the jersey number is based on preseason rosters. The set of available rosters is complete from 1946-81 and '83-present. Only the 1926-27, 1934, 1937 and 1941 rosters are available in the pre-WWII years. Corrections, additions, or rosters that fill out the set are welcome to blamberty@msubobcats.com.
#74
Matthew Devereux, C: Matthew Devereux may have missed a chunk of his redshirt freshman season with injuries, but that didn't dim his star within the Bobcat program. He grabbed a starting spot at guard in the spring of 2012, and at center in the spring of 2013. His intelligence and athleticism makes him a strong successor to All-America Shaun Sampson.
Spotlight Player: Great football programs produce great players, but they also produce good very good players whose careers are fun to unearth and appreciate years later. Phil Bruneau is one of those guys. Phil Bruneau was a big, rangy defensive tackle from Minnesota who anchored the interior of the D-line in the early -80s, earning First Team All-Big Sky and honorable mention All-America honors as a senior in 1982. Bruneau and a physical Bobcat defense helped lead MSU to a share of the 1982 Big Sky Championship. Bruneau's father-in-law is noted Treasure State author A.B. Guthrie, who former Voice of the Cats Kris Atteberry once called "Montana Royalty".
Notable #74s in the Bobcat Past: If productive junior college offensive linemen are difficult to find at the FCS level, Lawrence Figueroa is the exception that proves the rule. Figgy came to Bozeman in 2003 and earned a starting spot at guard, but his season ended in disappointment not long after that with a broken ankle. Undeterred – and with a medical hardship that granted a do-over on that season – Figgy won the job again the next season. He earned First Team All-Big Sky honors in 2004, and second team honors in '05. Figueroa was a terrific player who was rarely without a smile.
Through the years: Phil Kirk (1956), Russ Yarnell (1957), Gene Schilling (1958-59), Cliff Haven (1960-61), Gene Carlson (1964), Howie Hahn (1965-66), Scott Dean (1967), Max Erickson (1969),Max Erickson (1970-71), Don Wilson (1973), Bert Markovich (1972, '74), Lee Washburn (1975-77), John Janosko (1978), Phil Bruneau (1979-82), Don Leake (1983-86), Pat Harmon (1987), Marty Milton (1988), Wade Rademacher (1990), Sean Sanger (1991), Mike Widmer (1992), Aaron Horpestead (1993), Masson Riddle (1994), Ed Hwang (1995-96), Mike White (1997-98), James Terry (1999-2000), Anthony Hardgraves (2001-02), Lawrence Figueroa (2003-05), Jeff Miller (2006-09), Matt Devereux (2011-)
#74
Matthew Devereux, C: Matthew Devereux may have missed a chunk of his redshirt freshman season with injuries, but that didn't dim his star within the Bobcat program. He grabbed a starting spot at guard in the spring of 2012, and at center in the spring of 2013. His intelligence and athleticism makes him a strong successor to All-America Shaun Sampson.
Spotlight Player: Great football programs produce great players, but they also produce good very good players whose careers are fun to unearth and appreciate years later. Phil Bruneau is one of those guys. Phil Bruneau was a big, rangy defensive tackle from Minnesota who anchored the interior of the D-line in the early -80s, earning First Team All-Big Sky and honorable mention All-America honors as a senior in 1982. Bruneau and a physical Bobcat defense helped lead MSU to a share of the 1982 Big Sky Championship. Bruneau's father-in-law is noted Treasure State author A.B. Guthrie, who former Voice of the Cats Kris Atteberry once called "Montana Royalty".
Notable #74s in the Bobcat Past: If productive junior college offensive linemen are difficult to find at the FCS level, Lawrence Figueroa is the exception that proves the rule. Figgy came to Bozeman in 2003 and earned a starting spot at guard, but his season ended in disappointment not long after that with a broken ankle. Undeterred – and with a medical hardship that granted a do-over on that season – Figgy won the job again the next season. He earned First Team All-Big Sky honors in 2004, and second team honors in '05. Figueroa was a terrific player who was rarely without a smile.
Through the years: Phil Kirk (1956), Russ Yarnell (1957), Gene Schilling (1958-59), Cliff Haven (1960-61), Gene Carlson (1964), Howie Hahn (1965-66), Scott Dean (1967), Max Erickson (1969),Max Erickson (1970-71), Don Wilson (1973), Bert Markovich (1972, '74), Lee Washburn (1975-77), John Janosko (1978), Phil Bruneau (1979-82), Don Leake (1983-86), Pat Harmon (1987), Marty Milton (1988), Wade Rademacher (1990), Sean Sanger (1991), Mike Widmer (1992), Aaron Horpestead (1993), Masson Riddle (1994), Ed Hwang (1995-96), Mike White (1997-98), James Terry (1999-2000), Anthony Hardgraves (2001-02), Lawrence Figueroa (2003-05), Jeff Miller (2006-09), Matt Devereux (2011-)
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