Bobcats By the Numbers: #91
6/4/2015 5:56:00 PM | Football
Joe Schreibeis came to MSU as a D-end and left as part of a great brother act
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.
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Robert Wilcox, DE: Grambling transfer Robert Wilcox has faced all sorts of adversity since transferring to MSU in 2013, but if he can get himself healthy he remains a part of Montana State's future on the defensive line. He sat out the 2013 season after redshirting, suffered a knee injury then another knee injury, then the death of a loved one, all of which cost him 2014. He plans to continue rehabilitating his injury and returning in 2015.
Player Spotlight: Watching Roger Cooper chase down an opposing running back from the weak side was like seeing a lion track prey on the plains of the Serengeti. It was thrilling and exhilarating, with a touch of terror mixed in. Cooper was a big, athletic player who looked every bit of his prep hurdle champion pedigree while playing football. Cooper earned First Team All-Big Sky honors three times, and was the 2004 Big Sky Defensive MVP. Roger Cooper He earned Second Team All-America honors as a senior. Cooper is currently an assistant coach for Mike Kramer at Idaho State.
Notable #91s in the Bobcat Past: One of the great brother acts in Bobcat history began in number 91. Joe Schreibeis arrived at MSU in 2005 as part of a highly-touted class of defensive linemen. The slight-of-build Schreibeis joined D-line mates Ryan Cerise, Brandon Hoffenbacker, Jason Macciola, Joe Rothenberger, and David Siataga. Hoffenbacker, a ballyhooed in-state signee from Kalispell, left the program left the program after a brief time. Siataga proved to be a terrific player and an even better person. Cerise battled injuries, but finished his career strong and proved to be a valuable player. It was a move out of the d-line that benefitted Schreibeis, and a move in that most benefitted the Cats. Schreibeis became a two-year starter, and was a team captain as a senior. Another Treasure State product moving to the defensive line – Dane Fletcher – would become the most noteworthy member of the 2005 recruiting class. Schreibeis was called by Rob Ash, who took over in 2007, one of the finest leaders he'd coached, and he would eventually lead his brother Caleb to Bozeman. The younger Schreibeis came as a walk-on in 2008, and left in 2012 as one of Montana State's greatest players ever. In one memorable moment in the fall of 2009, on a Bobcat kickoff, Joe Schreibeis caused a fumble and his brother Caleb recovered it, a moment celebrated by that great Montana family even today. Joe lived overseas for several years, but has since returned to Montana.
Through the years: Tex Sikora (1982-85), Kevin Wolf (1986-88), Mark Sims (1989-93), Aaron Nava (1996), Nathan Schmidt (1999), Roger Cooper (2000-04), Joe Schreibeis (2005-09), Odin Coe (2011-12), Robert Wilcox (2013-)
Bonus Tidbit: Roger Cooper, the 2004 Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Year, is the only Bobcat to earn All-America honors wearing #91. He was a Second Team All-America choice as a senior.
#91
Robert Wilcox, DE: Grambling transfer Robert Wilcox has faced all sorts of adversity since transferring to MSU in 2013, but if he can get himself healthy he remains a part of Montana State's future on the defensive line. He sat out the 2013 season after redshirting, suffered a knee injury then another knee injury, then the death of a loved one, all of which cost him 2014. He plans to continue rehabilitating his injury and returning in 2015.
Player Spotlight: Watching Roger Cooper chase down an opposing running back from the weak side was like seeing a lion track prey on the plains of the Serengeti. It was thrilling and exhilarating, with a touch of terror mixed in. Cooper was a big, athletic player who looked every bit of his prep hurdle champion pedigree while playing football. Cooper earned First Team All-Big Sky honors three times, and was the 2004 Big Sky Defensive MVP. Roger Cooper He earned Second Team All-America honors as a senior. Cooper is currently an assistant coach for Mike Kramer at Idaho State.
Notable #91s in the Bobcat Past: One of the great brother acts in Bobcat history began in number 91. Joe Schreibeis arrived at MSU in 2005 as part of a highly-touted class of defensive linemen. The slight-of-build Schreibeis joined D-line mates Ryan Cerise, Brandon Hoffenbacker, Jason Macciola, Joe Rothenberger, and David Siataga. Hoffenbacker, a ballyhooed in-state signee from Kalispell, left the program left the program after a brief time. Siataga proved to be a terrific player and an even better person. Cerise battled injuries, but finished his career strong and proved to be a valuable player. It was a move out of the d-line that benefitted Schreibeis, and a move in that most benefitted the Cats. Schreibeis became a two-year starter, and was a team captain as a senior. Another Treasure State product moving to the defensive line – Dane Fletcher – would become the most noteworthy member of the 2005 recruiting class. Schreibeis was called by Rob Ash, who took over in 2007, one of the finest leaders he'd coached, and he would eventually lead his brother Caleb to Bozeman. The younger Schreibeis came as a walk-on in 2008, and left in 2012 as one of Montana State's greatest players ever. In one memorable moment in the fall of 2009, on a Bobcat kickoff, Joe Schreibeis caused a fumble and his brother Caleb recovered it, a moment celebrated by that great Montana family even today. Joe lived overseas for several years, but has since returned to Montana.
Through the years: Tex Sikora (1982-85), Kevin Wolf (1986-88), Mark Sims (1989-93), Aaron Nava (1996), Nathan Schmidt (1999), Roger Cooper (2000-04), Joe Schreibeis (2005-09), Odin Coe (2011-12), Robert Wilcox (2013-)
Bonus Tidbit: Roger Cooper, the 2004 Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Year, is the only Bobcat to earn All-America honors wearing #91. He was a Second Team All-America choice as a senior.
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