Bobcats By the Numbers: #56
7/8/2015 1:54:00 PM | Football
Long snapper Rocky Hogue does his job very well
For every day of the summer we will 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.
#56
Rocky Hogue, LS: Just getting to the game field for the first time last fall as a college football player was a rocky road for Rocky Hogue, but as a redshirt freshman he did his job almost flawlessly. With one less-than-perfect long snap in the entire season, Hogue did his job as well as anyone in the program. Bozeman was not on Hogue's radar in the summer of 2013, when the Bobcat coaching staff ran into an emergency. Losing its long snapper after the spring semester, MSU contacted the Californian when scholarship money came open. Hogue accepted, suddenly ready to head to the northern Rockies, but early in fall camp he suffered a broken collar bone and was lost for the season. After finally hitting the field last fall, Hogue performed very well, and holds down long snapper duties heading into this fall.
Spotlight Player: From the very beginning, MSU's legendary former offensive line coach Jason McEndoo saw something special in Shaun Sampson. And at the end of the day, he was right on the money. Sampson came to MSU as an undersized walk-on in 2008, and spent his first two-and-a-half seasons at MSU mostly watching during games. But when injuries decimated the offensive line in 2010, Sampson's emergence as a reliable center allowed the Cats to move Alex Terrien to guard. That on-the-fly shuffle stabilized MSU's offensive line, and helped key the Bobcats' first Big Sky title run in five years. Sampson started his last 36 games as a Bobcat, was named team captain as a senior, and capped his career fittingly in 2012 earning Fourth Team All-America and First Team All-Big Sky recognition.
Other #56s of Note: Josh Wanago's career as a Bobcat football player was cut short by injuries and a coaching change, but he has spent the last two-and-a-half decades as one of the most respected and popular members of Montana State's athletic administration. Wanago has implemented a long string of initiatives in a variety of fund-raising roles that have not only kept Bobcat Athletics on solid footing fiscally but have been recognized as creative and proactive. From a strong Bobcat family, Josh's brother Jon was a great Bobcat football player and presently leads a company that produces the stadium cabanas such as those found in the north end zone at Bobcat Stadium…
Through the Years: Ed Barefield (1970-71), Bill Hansen (1974), Ed Mutch (1975), Tony Woolery (1976-77), Derek Wunsch (1978-80), Don Torchia (1981-83), Tim Ellinghouse (1984-86), Scott McFarland (1987), Dan Wilson (1988), Josh Wanago (1989-92), Chris Sobonya (1993), Cedric Cooper (1994), Josh Rollins (1998-2000), Travis Busse (2002), Troy O'Connor (2003-04), Jesse Anderson (2005-07), Shaun Sampson (2008-12), Tyler Nesbitt (2013), Rocky Hogue (2014-)
#56
Rocky Hogue, LS: Just getting to the game field for the first time last fall as a college football player was a rocky road for Rocky Hogue, but as a redshirt freshman he did his job almost flawlessly. With one less-than-perfect long snap in the entire season, Hogue did his job as well as anyone in the program. Bozeman was not on Hogue's radar in the summer of 2013, when the Bobcat coaching staff ran into an emergency. Losing its long snapper after the spring semester, MSU contacted the Californian when scholarship money came open. Hogue accepted, suddenly ready to head to the northern Rockies, but early in fall camp he suffered a broken collar bone and was lost for the season. After finally hitting the field last fall, Hogue performed very well, and holds down long snapper duties heading into this fall.
Spotlight Player: From the very beginning, MSU's legendary former offensive line coach Jason McEndoo saw something special in Shaun Sampson. And at the end of the day, he was right on the money. Sampson came to MSU as an undersized walk-on in 2008, and spent his first two-and-a-half seasons at MSU mostly watching during games. But when injuries decimated the offensive line in 2010, Sampson's emergence as a reliable center allowed the Cats to move Alex Terrien to guard. That on-the-fly shuffle stabilized MSU's offensive line, and helped key the Bobcats' first Big Sky title run in five years. Sampson started his last 36 games as a Bobcat, was named team captain as a senior, and capped his career fittingly in 2012 earning Fourth Team All-America and First Team All-Big Sky recognition.
Other #56s of Note: Josh Wanago's career as a Bobcat football player was cut short by injuries and a coaching change, but he has spent the last two-and-a-half decades as one of the most respected and popular members of Montana State's athletic administration. Wanago has implemented a long string of initiatives in a variety of fund-raising roles that have not only kept Bobcat Athletics on solid footing fiscally but have been recognized as creative and proactive. From a strong Bobcat family, Josh's brother Jon was a great Bobcat football player and presently leads a company that produces the stadium cabanas such as those found in the north end zone at Bobcat Stadium…
Through the Years: Ed Barefield (1970-71), Bill Hansen (1974), Ed Mutch (1975), Tony Woolery (1976-77), Derek Wunsch (1978-80), Don Torchia (1981-83), Tim Ellinghouse (1984-86), Scott McFarland (1987), Dan Wilson (1988), Josh Wanago (1989-92), Chris Sobonya (1993), Cedric Cooper (1994), Josh Rollins (1998-2000), Travis Busse (2002), Troy O'Connor (2003-04), Jesse Anderson (2005-07), Shaun Sampson (2008-12), Tyler Nesbitt (2013), Rocky Hogue (2014-)
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