ALL-TIME BOBCATS: Troy Andersen
5/25/2019 4:00:00 PM | Football
Entering his junior season, Troy Andersen has already posted some legendary numbers
MAY 25: Each day until Montana State's 2019 season opener the staff of Bobcats By The Numbers will offer a look at one of the players to make one of the school's all-time teams, in alphabetical order. On November 21, 1933, The Exponent announced 37 players selected by a panel of former players and coaches, divided into three teams that comprised Montana State's "mythical" all-time team. In 1969, the Billings Gazette's Norm Clarke conducted a poll to select the school's all-time team, and again in 2000 Bobcat Athletics and the Billings Gazette selected a third all-time team. The BBTN staff added players from the 21st century.
Troy Andersen, UT, 2017-
ALL-TIME TEAM: 21st Century Selection
HONORS: Unanimous 1st Team All-Big Sky, 2018. Big Sky Freshman of the Year, 2017.
A CLOSER LOOK: On the surface, the first two seasons of Troy Andersen's Bobcat football career have been impressive. He is already 12th in school history in rushing with 1,927 career yards. His 21 rushing touchdowns last season set a school record, and his 1,412 yards was third-most in Bobcat history. Those are the facts, and that's a good story. What makes it great is that Andersen moved into the starting quarterback role in June, 2018, and posted those numbers in spite of missing a game with an injury, and returned from that absence to lead the Cats to the FCS Playoffs for the first time since 2014. He engineered Montana State's win over the Grizzlies in Missoula by pounding the UM defense until it finally relented – barely – late in the game. Andersen rushed for 107 yards and threw for 158 on that day, then led MSU to its first post-season victory in six years a week later. And on top of all that, many believe Andersen's best position is linebacker. He's likely to play both running back and linebacker this season as a junior, and don't be shocked to see him lined up in shotgun behind the center on occasion.
FROM MSU HEAD COACH JEFF CHOATE: "Someday Bobcat football fans will remember Troy Andersen like he's Paul Bunyan. The things he's doing will become legend."
Troy Andersen, UT, 2017-
ALL-TIME TEAM: 21st Century Selection
HONORS: Unanimous 1st Team All-Big Sky, 2018. Big Sky Freshman of the Year, 2017.
A CLOSER LOOK: On the surface, the first two seasons of Troy Andersen's Bobcat football career have been impressive. He is already 12th in school history in rushing with 1,927 career yards. His 21 rushing touchdowns last season set a school record, and his 1,412 yards was third-most in Bobcat history. Those are the facts, and that's a good story. What makes it great is that Andersen moved into the starting quarterback role in June, 2018, and posted those numbers in spite of missing a game with an injury, and returned from that absence to lead the Cats to the FCS Playoffs for the first time since 2014. He engineered Montana State's win over the Grizzlies in Missoula by pounding the UM defense until it finally relented – barely – late in the game. Andersen rushed for 107 yards and threw for 158 on that day, then led MSU to its first post-season victory in six years a week later. And on top of all that, many believe Andersen's best position is linebacker. He's likely to play both running back and linebacker this season as a junior, and don't be shocked to see him lined up in shotgun behind the center on occasion.
FROM MSU HEAD COACH JEFF CHOATE: "Someday Bobcat football fans will remember Troy Andersen like he's Paul Bunyan. The things he's doing will become legend."
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