Lonnie Burt harassed opposing offenses for three years
Bobcats by the Numbers: 59
7/1/2013 4:38:00 PM | Football
Lonnie Burt started for three seasons in the middle of the Bobcat D-Line
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.
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Fletcher Collins, LB: Fletcher Collins joined the Bobcat program a season ago as a walk-on linebacker from Seattle. A Pre-Med major, Collins looks to challenge for an opportunity on kick teams this fall.
Spotlight Player: Great football teams invariably receive contributions from players willing to do the dirty work without much recognition. On the 1984 Bobcat defense, Lonnie Burt was one of those guys. A third-year starter by the time the Bobcats began that magical journey to that season's National Championship, Burt's 76 tackles as a senior stood as sixth-best on the team, a high total for a nose guard. In fact, Burt's productivity belied his position. He logged five tackles-for-loss and two sacks as a senior, and rolled up nine tackles-for-loss the season before. Burt's relentless play gained for the Helena Capital product the nod as MSU's most improved junior in the spring of 1983, foreshadowing of things to come. He earned First Team All-Big Sky and Honorable Mention All-America honors as a senior.
Through the Years: John Wilkinson (1954), Lonnie Burt (1981-84), Kevin Wolf (1985), Matt Mitchell (1986-88), Mark Haberon (1990), Guy Millington (1991-1994), John McDonnell (1995), Dallas Martin (1999-2000), Mike Marini (2001), Ryan Calhoun (2002), Jeff Moore (2005), Tanner Ripley (2006-09), Trey Spirlin (2010), Fletcher Collins (2012-)
#59
Fletcher Collins, LB: Fletcher Collins joined the Bobcat program a season ago as a walk-on linebacker from Seattle. A Pre-Med major, Collins looks to challenge for an opportunity on kick teams this fall.
Spotlight Player: Great football teams invariably receive contributions from players willing to do the dirty work without much recognition. On the 1984 Bobcat defense, Lonnie Burt was one of those guys. A third-year starter by the time the Bobcats began that magical journey to that season's National Championship, Burt's 76 tackles as a senior stood as sixth-best on the team, a high total for a nose guard. In fact, Burt's productivity belied his position. He logged five tackles-for-loss and two sacks as a senior, and rolled up nine tackles-for-loss the season before. Burt's relentless play gained for the Helena Capital product the nod as MSU's most improved junior in the spring of 1983, foreshadowing of things to come. He earned First Team All-Big Sky and Honorable Mention All-America honors as a senior.
Through the Years: John Wilkinson (1954), Lonnie Burt (1981-84), Kevin Wolf (1985), Matt Mitchell (1986-88), Mark Haberon (1990), Guy Millington (1991-1994), John McDonnell (1995), Dallas Martin (1999-2000), Mike Marini (2001), Ryan Calhoun (2002), Jeff Moore (2005), Tanner Ripley (2006-09), Trey Spirlin (2010), Fletcher Collins (2012-)
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