Bobcats By the Numbers: #57
7/8/2015 10:07:00 AM | Football
J.C. Murray led a parade of Montana prep products to O-line glory in #57
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.
#57
None: To the untrained eye, Tyrone Fa'anono's 2014 season was pretty solid. The true freshman defensive end played in 12 games, starting once, and he logged 13 tackles. His three quarterback hurries and one forced fumble speak to how hard the Oxnard, Calif., product plays. But MSU's defensive line coach Bo Beck saw something more than just a freshman finding his way through a season. "If I asked him to go jump off a building," Beck said through his usual smile, "Tyrone would say, 'Ok, I'll be right back.'" Fa'anono, who moves from #98 to #57 this year, and is one of the reasons that those inside the Bobcat football program maintain a sense of calm about
Spotlight Player: It's still kind of funny to see Jack Clayton Murray, better known as J.C., dressed in baker apparel, sporting a suit and tie. An anchor of MSU's offensive line in the mid-1990s, Murray was country strong, and he applied that trait regularly. Murray started for three seasons after moving across the line of scrimmage as a freshman, and earned Second Team All-Big Sky honors as a senior. In the spring of 1995, Murray picked up the shot put for the first time since high school and won the Big Sky Outdoor Championship. Murray remains active in Bobcat Athletics' M Club, serving as one of those former MSU student-athletes who help raise funds to provide letter jackets for all current MSU student-athletes.
Other #57s of Note: The #57 seems to attract really good players from Montana high schools who began their career on the defensive line and moved to offense. Like Murray, Brant Birkeland and Casey Dennehy followed a similar career path, and like Murray each became terrific players for the Cats. Birkeland and Dennehy each helped lead MSU to Big Sky Championships.
Through the Years: Mark Eibner (1980-81), Zach Peters (1982-84), Mychal Kempt (1985-89), Stan Campbell (1990), J.C. Murray (1992-95), Dan Noll (1996), Dennis Morris (2000), Travis Busse (2001), Brant Birkeland (2002-06), Justin Hill (2007-08), Casey Dennehy (2009-11), Cale Howells (2012), Tyrone Fa'anono (2015-)
#57
None: To the untrained eye, Tyrone Fa'anono's 2014 season was pretty solid. The true freshman defensive end played in 12 games, starting once, and he logged 13 tackles. His three quarterback hurries and one forced fumble speak to how hard the Oxnard, Calif., product plays. But MSU's defensive line coach Bo Beck saw something more than just a freshman finding his way through a season. "If I asked him to go jump off a building," Beck said through his usual smile, "Tyrone would say, 'Ok, I'll be right back.'" Fa'anono, who moves from #98 to #57 this year, and is one of the reasons that those inside the Bobcat football program maintain a sense of calm about
Spotlight Player: It's still kind of funny to see Jack Clayton Murray, better known as J.C., dressed in baker apparel, sporting a suit and tie. An anchor of MSU's offensive line in the mid-1990s, Murray was country strong, and he applied that trait regularly. Murray started for three seasons after moving across the line of scrimmage as a freshman, and earned Second Team All-Big Sky honors as a senior. In the spring of 1995, Murray picked up the shot put for the first time since high school and won the Big Sky Outdoor Championship. Murray remains active in Bobcat Athletics' M Club, serving as one of those former MSU student-athletes who help raise funds to provide letter jackets for all current MSU student-athletes.
Other #57s of Note: The #57 seems to attract really good players from Montana high schools who began their career on the defensive line and moved to offense. Like Murray, Brant Birkeland and Casey Dennehy followed a similar career path, and like Murray each became terrific players for the Cats. Birkeland and Dennehy each helped lead MSU to Big Sky Championships.
Through the Years: Mark Eibner (1980-81), Zach Peters (1982-84), Mychal Kempt (1985-89), Stan Campbell (1990), J.C. Murray (1992-95), Dan Noll (1996), Dennis Morris (2000), Travis Busse (2001), Brant Birkeland (2002-06), Justin Hill (2007-08), Casey Dennehy (2009-11), Cale Howells (2012), Tyrone Fa'anono (2015-)
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