BOBCATS BY THE NUMBERS: 96 Days until the Gold Rush Game!
5/26/2018 12:02:00 PM | Football
'War-daddy' Zach Wright helps anchor the middle of the MSU D-Line
Bobcat by the Numbers takes a look at current and past Bobcats whose jersey numbers correspond to the number of days remaining before Montana State opens the 2018 football season against Western Illinois in Bobcat Stadium's annual Gold Rush game on August 30.
#96
Zach Wright, DT: No one will dispute that Zach Wright has squeezed everything he can out of his experience at Montana State. In his first four years at MSU the rising senior from New Braunfels, Texas, has begun a business venture with several teammates, worked on a farm operation in the northeast section of the state, and started MSU's most recent 22 games. Regularly referred to as a 'war-daddy' by defensive coordinator Ty Gregorak, Wright registered 4.5 tackles-for-loss last season. He was named the program's Joe Tiller Defensive Co-MVP with Tucker Yates, next to whom he has lined up for the last two seasons.
Spotlight: Zach Minter had a lot of fans in Bobcat country during his playing days – and still does – but you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who loved Minter more than the rank-and-file here at Bobcats by the Numbers. Everyone could see the explosiveness, the ability to blow plays up before they began, the freakish athleticism. Many even knew the back story of his dunks during warmups of a high school basketball game when his dunks piqued the interest of MSU coach Rob Ash. But it is Minter's wry look at things, his enthusiasm, his infectious and engaging spirit that makes him so well-loved. In spite of an injury-marred senior season Minter was twice named First Team All-Big Sky, and earned 2nd Team All-America honors as a junior. With linemates Caleb Schreibeis, Brad Daly, Dan Ogden and others, Minter helped drive one of the most star-studded Bobcat defenses of all-time.
Chronology: Boyd Burtsch (1983), Ron Hanson (1984-87), Larry Keltner (1988), Walter Sampson (1989-90), Pat Call (1991), Rob Brandland (1992-94), Jeremy Curry (1995-96), Kevin Kimball (1997-98), Dusty Daws (2000-04), Jason Macciola (2005), Paul Bartsch (2006-08), Zach Minter (2009-12), Monte Folsom (2013-14), Zach Wright (2014-)
Other 96 Notes: Eleven-and-a-half revolutions, laces up, every time. That's how Bobcat coach Mike Kramer described the long snaps of his first Bobcat recruit, Dusty Daws. Daws played tight end for the Cats, and was pressed into action at offensive tackle when circumstances called for it, but it was as the team's starting long snapper for four seasons that this second generation Bobcat gridder truly made his mark. He was a National I-AA Special Teams Player of the Week and a Big Sky Special Teams Player of the Week as a senior, and I-AA.org honored Daws as an All-America long snapper. It's hard to pinpoint a Bobcat football player who did his primary job better, while finding more ways to help, than Dusty Daws.
#96
Zach Wright, DT: No one will dispute that Zach Wright has squeezed everything he can out of his experience at Montana State. In his first four years at MSU the rising senior from New Braunfels, Texas, has begun a business venture with several teammates, worked on a farm operation in the northeast section of the state, and started MSU's most recent 22 games. Regularly referred to as a 'war-daddy' by defensive coordinator Ty Gregorak, Wright registered 4.5 tackles-for-loss last season. He was named the program's Joe Tiller Defensive Co-MVP with Tucker Yates, next to whom he has lined up for the last two seasons.
Spotlight: Zach Minter had a lot of fans in Bobcat country during his playing days – and still does – but you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who loved Minter more than the rank-and-file here at Bobcats by the Numbers. Everyone could see the explosiveness, the ability to blow plays up before they began, the freakish athleticism. Many even knew the back story of his dunks during warmups of a high school basketball game when his dunks piqued the interest of MSU coach Rob Ash. But it is Minter's wry look at things, his enthusiasm, his infectious and engaging spirit that makes him so well-loved. In spite of an injury-marred senior season Minter was twice named First Team All-Big Sky, and earned 2nd Team All-America honors as a junior. With linemates Caleb Schreibeis, Brad Daly, Dan Ogden and others, Minter helped drive one of the most star-studded Bobcat defenses of all-time.
Chronology: Boyd Burtsch (1983), Ron Hanson (1984-87), Larry Keltner (1988), Walter Sampson (1989-90), Pat Call (1991), Rob Brandland (1992-94), Jeremy Curry (1995-96), Kevin Kimball (1997-98), Dusty Daws (2000-04), Jason Macciola (2005), Paul Bartsch (2006-08), Zach Minter (2009-12), Monte Folsom (2013-14), Zach Wright (2014-)
Other 96 Notes: Eleven-and-a-half revolutions, laces up, every time. That's how Bobcat coach Mike Kramer described the long snaps of his first Bobcat recruit, Dusty Daws. Daws played tight end for the Cats, and was pressed into action at offensive tackle when circumstances called for it, but it was as the team's starting long snapper for four seasons that this second generation Bobcat gridder truly made his mark. He was a National I-AA Special Teams Player of the Week and a Big Sky Special Teams Player of the Week as a senior, and I-AA.org honored Daws as an All-America long snapper. It's hard to pinpoint a Bobcat football player who did his primary job better, while finding more ways to help, than Dusty Daws.
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