BOBCATS BY THE NUMBERS: Kickoff is Two Weeks from Today!
8/16/2018 1:06:00 PM | Football
With 14 days until kickoff, we look at two young Bobcat prospects and a one-time prospect who logged a brilliant career
August 16: Bobcats 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.
#14
Keaton Anderson, S: Keaton Anderson was dealt a tough hand at the outset of his Bobcat career when he suffered an injury early in his first year, but he has turned heads in fall camp. His speed and physicality as a safety make him a likely special teams contributor this season with the opportunity to develop into a leading role.
Ruben Beltran, QB: Ruben Beltran joined the Bobcat program over the summer as an athletic, savvy freshman quarterback, and his performance in August has done nothing to negate that notion. He is agile with a strong arm, doesn't have great size but has shown the ability to make big throws. He is a developmental quarterback who at the same time holds some promise.
Spotlight – Everett Gilbert: Everett Gilbert burst onto the scene brilliantly, leading the Bobcats with 46 catches, 556 receiving yards nad 1,195 all-purpose yards as a true freshman in 2009. Upon his graduation he was second in school history with 3,902 career all-purpose yards (that total is now third), and was fifth with 137 catches and tied for ninth with 10 touchdown catches. He graduated from Montana State with a psychology degree, and will always be remembered as possessing one of the best smiles and most pleasant dispositions of anyone that has passed through the Fieldhouse in recent years.
Chronology: Zadok Hudgins (1926), Jim Ario (1927), Fred Ball (1930), Ed Breeden (1931), Tony Olivers (1934), Donald Martin (1937), Russel Nuckols (1940), Kenneth Nuckolls (1941), Phillip Lunday (1946), Clyde Fox (1947-49), Dean Kennedy (1951), Howard Ruby (1953-54), Don Brinkman (1955), Bob Jenkins (1956), Gary Davies (1958-59), Bill Mulcahy (1960-61), Ray Foley (1963-65), Dennis Erickson (1966-68), Bobby McGill (1969-70), Larry Eyer (1971), Mike Dunbar (1972-74), Dennis Dunn (1975-76), Brent Leibach (1977), Mike Dahl (1978), Mike Godfrey (1979-83), Greg Andal (1984-85), Grady Bennett (1986), Terry Duncan (1987), Jim Everto (1988-89), Brent McNeil (1990), Bryan Nixon (1991-92), Mark Grimmer (1993-95), Kasey Harte (1996-99), David Aupiu (2000-01), Travis Lulay (2002-05), Everett Gilbert (2009-12), Quinn McQueary (2013-14), Toti Moeakiola (2014), Brady McChesney (2015-17), Keaton Anderson (2017-)
Other #14 Notes: Among the notable #14s in Bobcat history, Travis Lulay is second in school history with 12,205 career yards of total offense, Dennis Erickson's 3,945 is eighth, and Mike Godfrey is ninth (3,941).
Random Travis Lulay Story: It would be easy to just throw Travis Lulay in the spotlight permanently, and appropriate, too, but that would cost us a look at some other deserving players. So instead let's throw a cool Travis stories into one category and be done with it… it was the fall of 2005, and the Cats had won a thriller at Weber State, 27-24. The hard-working BBTN staff, as it liked to do, stopped at a certain Pocatello steakhouse for the traditional post-game prime rib grinder, and after grabbing the grub play-by-play man Kris Atteberry stepped out of the facilities with a laugh. When pressed to explain himself, he replied that a gentleman who had enjoyed Idaho State's home game that day (and likely some post-game libations) sidled up next to him, asked how the Cats had done, and when informed that MSU had won on a last-second field goal replied after mulling the information over for a moment: "It was that (censored, because we are a family-friendly operation) Lulay, wasn't it?" Indeed it was. It always was. And it was a great drive home.
#14
Keaton Anderson, S: Keaton Anderson was dealt a tough hand at the outset of his Bobcat career when he suffered an injury early in his first year, but he has turned heads in fall camp. His speed and physicality as a safety make him a likely special teams contributor this season with the opportunity to develop into a leading role.
Ruben Beltran, QB: Ruben Beltran joined the Bobcat program over the summer as an athletic, savvy freshman quarterback, and his performance in August has done nothing to negate that notion. He is agile with a strong arm, doesn't have great size but has shown the ability to make big throws. He is a developmental quarterback who at the same time holds some promise.
Spotlight – Everett Gilbert: Everett Gilbert burst onto the scene brilliantly, leading the Bobcats with 46 catches, 556 receiving yards nad 1,195 all-purpose yards as a true freshman in 2009. Upon his graduation he was second in school history with 3,902 career all-purpose yards (that total is now third), and was fifth with 137 catches and tied for ninth with 10 touchdown catches. He graduated from Montana State with a psychology degree, and will always be remembered as possessing one of the best smiles and most pleasant dispositions of anyone that has passed through the Fieldhouse in recent years.
Chronology: Zadok Hudgins (1926), Jim Ario (1927), Fred Ball (1930), Ed Breeden (1931), Tony Olivers (1934), Donald Martin (1937), Russel Nuckols (1940), Kenneth Nuckolls (1941), Phillip Lunday (1946), Clyde Fox (1947-49), Dean Kennedy (1951), Howard Ruby (1953-54), Don Brinkman (1955), Bob Jenkins (1956), Gary Davies (1958-59), Bill Mulcahy (1960-61), Ray Foley (1963-65), Dennis Erickson (1966-68), Bobby McGill (1969-70), Larry Eyer (1971), Mike Dunbar (1972-74), Dennis Dunn (1975-76), Brent Leibach (1977), Mike Dahl (1978), Mike Godfrey (1979-83), Greg Andal (1984-85), Grady Bennett (1986), Terry Duncan (1987), Jim Everto (1988-89), Brent McNeil (1990), Bryan Nixon (1991-92), Mark Grimmer (1993-95), Kasey Harte (1996-99), David Aupiu (2000-01), Travis Lulay (2002-05), Everett Gilbert (2009-12), Quinn McQueary (2013-14), Toti Moeakiola (2014), Brady McChesney (2015-17), Keaton Anderson (2017-)
Other #14 Notes: Among the notable #14s in Bobcat history, Travis Lulay is second in school history with 12,205 career yards of total offense, Dennis Erickson's 3,945 is eighth, and Mike Godfrey is ninth (3,941).
Random Travis Lulay Story: It would be easy to just throw Travis Lulay in the spotlight permanently, and appropriate, too, but that would cost us a look at some other deserving players. So instead let's throw a cool Travis stories into one category and be done with it… it was the fall of 2005, and the Cats had won a thriller at Weber State, 27-24. The hard-working BBTN staff, as it liked to do, stopped at a certain Pocatello steakhouse for the traditional post-game prime rib grinder, and after grabbing the grub play-by-play man Kris Atteberry stepped out of the facilities with a laugh. When pressed to explain himself, he replied that a gentleman who had enjoyed Idaho State's home game that day (and likely some post-game libations) sidled up next to him, asked how the Cats had done, and when informed that MSU had won on a last-second field goal replied after mulling the information over for a moment: "It was that (censored, because we are a family-friendly operation) Lulay, wasn't it?" Indeed it was. It always was. And it was a great drive home.
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