Bobcats By the Numbers: #95
6/1/2015 4:24:00 PM | Football
Zach Hutchins is MSU's current #95
Every day we look at players who donned the jersey number corresponding to the number of days until the Bobcats open the 2015 season on September 3 against Fort Lewis College. 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 will be welcomed enthusiastically via e-mail at: blamberty@msubobcats.com. Complaints about featured players also welcome, but possibly with less enthusiasm.
#95
Zach Hutchins, DE: Zach Hutchins' Bobcat career has seen its rocky patches, but he is on a path to a solid finish. Hutchins came to MSU from the powerful Bishop Gorman program in Las Vegas and redshirted as a freshman, but was ineligible academically the next season. Even as a third-year sophomore his initial varsity action was delayed a couple games by injury, but he posted a strong 2014 season once it got underway. He logged 19 tackles with two for a loss, and 1.5 sacks. He had a season-high five tackles against Portland State, and four with a sack against the Grizzlies.
Spotlight Player: Kevin Donovan was a rangy defensive end/linebacker from 1978-80. He was known for his intelligence, as long-time Bobcat Athletic Trainer Chuck Karnop explains: "He was a linebacker type of guy, very smart, would play really hard. Again, he sort of was one of those guys that maybe questioned the game a little, in a way that he questions things still. He's a tremendously interesting guy. He was affected with a neck problem. He was a good student, he was into the arts-type of stuff." Donovan's brother Pat starred at Stanford and for the Dallas Cowboys, and Kevin gained considerable fame for his work producing movies and television commercials. He remains close to the Bobcat program, and remains one of the most interesting people around.
Notable #95s in the Bobcat Past: At any roster number you could find, it would be hard to do better than Jon Montoya. He was a productive defensive end who was a starting defensive end for four seasons, an All-America and First Team All-Big Sky choice twice each, and a First Team Academic All-America. But when discussing Montoya with defensive coaches, they would go on and on about his technique and the force which with he played. He was consistently lauded for being a coach's player – someone who always did the right thing and was always in the right place. Since his graduation he has raised a family and worked in the ministry at a Bozeman church. Elliott Barnhart may be one of the most academically-accomplished Bobcats of all-time, drawing national acclaim for his undergraduate research. Since graduating he has attained his advanced degree and become a researcher at MSU.
#95
Zach Hutchins, DE: Zach Hutchins' Bobcat career has seen its rocky patches, but he is on a path to a solid finish. Hutchins came to MSU from the powerful Bishop Gorman program in Las Vegas and redshirted as a freshman, but was ineligible academically the next season. Even as a third-year sophomore his initial varsity action was delayed a couple games by injury, but he posted a strong 2014 season once it got underway. He logged 19 tackles with two for a loss, and 1.5 sacks. He had a season-high five tackles against Portland State, and four with a sack against the Grizzlies.
Spotlight Player: Kevin Donovan was a rangy defensive end/linebacker from 1978-80. He was known for his intelligence, as long-time Bobcat Athletic Trainer Chuck Karnop explains: "He was a linebacker type of guy, very smart, would play really hard. Again, he sort of was one of those guys that maybe questioned the game a little, in a way that he questions things still. He's a tremendously interesting guy. He was affected with a neck problem. He was a good student, he was into the arts-type of stuff." Donovan's brother Pat starred at Stanford and for the Dallas Cowboys, and Kevin gained considerable fame for his work producing movies and television commercials. He remains close to the Bobcat program, and remains one of the most interesting people around.
Notable #95s in the Bobcat Past: At any roster number you could find, it would be hard to do better than Jon Montoya. He was a productive defensive end who was a starting defensive end for four seasons, an All-America and First Team All-Big Sky choice twice each, and a First Team Academic All-America. But when discussing Montoya with defensive coaches, they would go on and on about his technique and the force which with he played. He was consistently lauded for being a coach's player – someone who always did the right thing and was always in the right place. Since his graduation he has raised a family and worked in the ministry at a Bozeman church. Elliott Barnhart may be one of the most academically-accomplished Bobcats of all-time, drawing national acclaim for his undergraduate research. Since graduating he has attained his advanced degree and become a researcher at MSU.
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