Neal Smith wore #48 with great distinction
Photo by: R. Dean Hendrickson
Bobcats By the Numbers: #48
7/17/2015 10:10:00 AM | Football
Neal Smith was a great defensive end in the mid-1990s
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.
#48
Vacant: Entering the 2015 season, no one is assigned #48.
Spotlight Player: Neal Smith was a beast. He was part of the amazing run of great Bobcat defensive linemen, perhaps standing as one of the best. The Polson product's senior season was one of the finest in school history, as he piled up 19 sacks in 1997, and three others behind the line of scrimmage. He earned All-Big Sky and All-America honors that season, and his 35.5 sacks remains second-highest in school history.
Through the Years: George Vogt (1926), Art Dougan (1940), George Ahlquist (1941), John McLellan (1946-48), LeRoy Albrecht (1949), LeRoy Albrecht (1950), Ron Geraty (1953), Dick Tomcheck (1954), Darrell Hueth (1955), Bryan Compton (1980-81), Gary Sturm (1982-83), Frank Goettlich (1984-88), Ernie Boyd (1989), Trent Castleberry (1990), Shawn Kraft (1991-92), Neal Smith (1993-97), Cory Robinson (1999-00), EJ Cochrane (2001), Claude Boiteau (2002-04), Dustin O'Connell (2006-10), Conner Verlanic (2011-13), John Gonzalez (2014)
#48
Vacant: Entering the 2015 season, no one is assigned #48.
Spotlight Player: Neal Smith was a beast. He was part of the amazing run of great Bobcat defensive linemen, perhaps standing as one of the best. The Polson product's senior season was one of the finest in school history, as he piled up 19 sacks in 1997, and three others behind the line of scrimmage. He earned All-Big Sky and All-America honors that season, and his 35.5 sacks remains second-highest in school history.
Through the Years: George Vogt (1926), Art Dougan (1940), George Ahlquist (1941), John McLellan (1946-48), LeRoy Albrecht (1949), LeRoy Albrecht (1950), Ron Geraty (1953), Dick Tomcheck (1954), Darrell Hueth (1955), Bryan Compton (1980-81), Gary Sturm (1982-83), Frank Goettlich (1984-88), Ernie Boyd (1989), Trent Castleberry (1990), Shawn Kraft (1991-92), Neal Smith (1993-97), Cory Robinson (1999-00), EJ Cochrane (2001), Claude Boiteau (2002-04), Dustin O'Connell (2006-10), Conner Verlanic (2011-13), John Gonzalez (2014)
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