Jon Borchardt, with the Seattle Seahawks (action) and Cats (inset)
Bobcats by the Numbers: 70
6/21/2013 10:48:00 AM | Football
Taking a look at a Bobcat legend, with 70 days remaining until opening day
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.
#70
Joel Horn OL: A lot of people in Montana off-handedly refer to the northwestern part of the state as 'Grizzly country', which may be true in terms of wildlife but because of the work by Rob Ash and his staff is no longer a unilateral statement in terms of college football recruiting. Joel Horn is one of eight current Bobcats from the Flathead region on the 2013 preseason roster, and Horn enters fall camp in competition for starting honors at a guard spot. Horn played all 13 games on special teams in 2012, and his future in the Bobcat program is bright.
Spotlight Player: In an era when Montana State's football team steamrolled teams with a bruising ground game, Jon Borchardt was one of the program's primary steamrollers. He was a fast and physical player who dominated opponents physically early in his career, and often. He enjoyed a long NFL career after leaving Bozeman. But former MSU athletic trainer Chuck Karnop remembers Borchardt for something quite different. An aspiring medical professional before the NFL draft changed his career path, Karnop describes long, quiet conversations about the human body and its anatomical functions. Borchardt was a tremendous student, carrying a GPA better than 3.35 through his course of study in microbiology, but at the end of the day football was his calling card. He was a two-time First Team All-Big Sky selection, earning First Team All-America honors after his senior season.
Through the years: Gene Beekman (1956), Arjay Godston (1957), John Bietenduefel (1959-60), Purnal Whitehead (1966-68), Alan Bone (1969), Kelly Adams (1971), Gary Egerton (1972-73), Jeff Conley (1974), Jon Borchardt (1975-78), Jeff Bedey (1979-80), Mark Baker (1982), Steve Vestman (1983-4), Shawn Stump (1985-89), Travis Savage (1991), Tony Vico (1992), Tom Brinan (1994-95), Greg Kapitzke (1996-97), Jesse Miller (1999), Justin Garrett (2000-01), Chris Haynes (2003), Dominic Sonsini (2005-07), Anthony Patterson (2008), Killian Fitzpatrick (2010), John Weidenaar (2011), Joel Horn (2012-)
#70
Joel Horn OL: A lot of people in Montana off-handedly refer to the northwestern part of the state as 'Grizzly country', which may be true in terms of wildlife but because of the work by Rob Ash and his staff is no longer a unilateral statement in terms of college football recruiting. Joel Horn is one of eight current Bobcats from the Flathead region on the 2013 preseason roster, and Horn enters fall camp in competition for starting honors at a guard spot. Horn played all 13 games on special teams in 2012, and his future in the Bobcat program is bright.
Spotlight Player: In an era when Montana State's football team steamrolled teams with a bruising ground game, Jon Borchardt was one of the program's primary steamrollers. He was a fast and physical player who dominated opponents physically early in his career, and often. He enjoyed a long NFL career after leaving Bozeman. But former MSU athletic trainer Chuck Karnop remembers Borchardt for something quite different. An aspiring medical professional before the NFL draft changed his career path, Karnop describes long, quiet conversations about the human body and its anatomical functions. Borchardt was a tremendous student, carrying a GPA better than 3.35 through his course of study in microbiology, but at the end of the day football was his calling card. He was a two-time First Team All-Big Sky selection, earning First Team All-America honors after his senior season.
Through the years: Gene Beekman (1956), Arjay Godston (1957), John Bietenduefel (1959-60), Purnal Whitehead (1966-68), Alan Bone (1969), Kelly Adams (1971), Gary Egerton (1972-73), Jeff Conley (1974), Jon Borchardt (1975-78), Jeff Bedey (1979-80), Mark Baker (1982), Steve Vestman (1983-4), Shawn Stump (1985-89), Travis Savage (1991), Tony Vico (1992), Tom Brinan (1994-95), Greg Kapitzke (1996-97), Jesse Miller (1999), Justin Garrett (2000-01), Chris Haynes (2003), Dominic Sonsini (2005-07), Anthony Patterson (2008), Killian Fitzpatrick (2010), John Weidenaar (2011), Joel Horn (2012-)
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