Former Bobcat All-America Jason Hicks
Photo by: R. Dean Hendrickson
#58 - 58 Days til Kickoff 2012
7/3/2012 3:29:00 PM | Football
The number belongs to a promising, young linebacker - by for 20 years was dominated by dominant defensive linemen
Bobcat by the Numbers takes a look at current and past Bobcats that correspond to the number of days remaining before Montana State opens the 2012 football season against Chadron State in Bobcat Stadium's first night game on August 30.
#58
Rhett Young, LB, Augusta: Kane Ioane, Montana State's most decorated and some say greatest football player, has insisted all along that Rhett Young is a great-linebacker-in-the-making, in spite of a career hampered by injuries for its first year or so. But last spring, those outside the program finally got to see what Ioane, MSU's linebackers coach, has seen all along. Young posted an outstanding spring, combining size and speed with a nose for the football. He enters the fall in competition for starting honors at the Sam linebacker spot.
Spotlight: Montana State football didn't enjoy an enormous amount of team success in the 1990s, but it still managed to crank out great individual players, especially on defense. One of the best was Jason Hicks, an undersized and athletic defensive whose lightning quickness confounded Big Sky defenses during the early '90s. Hicks' 14 sacks in 1993 remains the fourth-highest total in school history, and his 29 career sacks is tied for fourth. Presumably Hicks made good use of his down time when battling injuries, as he is presently a Bozeman architect. He is married to former MSU track and field star Angelette Cormier Hicks.
Chronology: Todd Vasey (1982-83), Tom Jacobs (1984), Joel Long (1985-89), Jason Stene (1990), Mike Kenny (1991), Jason Hicks (1992-95), Nate O'Brien (1996), Brian Lutz (1998-99), Ray Sebestyen (2000-04), Ryan Cerise (2005-09), Rhett Young (2010-)
Bonus Note for #58: The youthful football player stood with the gentleman in a military uniform. The older man did all of the talking. Mike Kramer walked by and offered to a bystander, “Kid wants to go home. Dad won't let him.” It turned out to be a fantastic decision both for Ray Sebestyen and for the Bobcats. Sebestyen became an outstanding defensive lineman for the Bobcats, moving from end to tackle in the middle of his career and flourishing on the inside. Sebestyen was a two-time First Team All-Big Sky selection, 2003 and '04.
Double-Bonus Note for #58: From 2000-09, only two players – Ray Sebestyen and Ryan Cerise – donned #58 for the Cats.
#58
Rhett Young, LB, Augusta: Kane Ioane, Montana State's most decorated and some say greatest football player, has insisted all along that Rhett Young is a great-linebacker-in-the-making, in spite of a career hampered by injuries for its first year or so. But last spring, those outside the program finally got to see what Ioane, MSU's linebackers coach, has seen all along. Young posted an outstanding spring, combining size and speed with a nose for the football. He enters the fall in competition for starting honors at the Sam linebacker spot.
Spotlight: Montana State football didn't enjoy an enormous amount of team success in the 1990s, but it still managed to crank out great individual players, especially on defense. One of the best was Jason Hicks, an undersized and athletic defensive whose lightning quickness confounded Big Sky defenses during the early '90s. Hicks' 14 sacks in 1993 remains the fourth-highest total in school history, and his 29 career sacks is tied for fourth. Presumably Hicks made good use of his down time when battling injuries, as he is presently a Bozeman architect. He is married to former MSU track and field star Angelette Cormier Hicks.
Chronology: Todd Vasey (1982-83), Tom Jacobs (1984), Joel Long (1985-89), Jason Stene (1990), Mike Kenny (1991), Jason Hicks (1992-95), Nate O'Brien (1996), Brian Lutz (1998-99), Ray Sebestyen (2000-04), Ryan Cerise (2005-09), Rhett Young (2010-)
Bonus Note for #58: The youthful football player stood with the gentleman in a military uniform. The older man did all of the talking. Mike Kramer walked by and offered to a bystander, “Kid wants to go home. Dad won't let him.” It turned out to be a fantastic decision both for Ray Sebestyen and for the Bobcats. Sebestyen became an outstanding defensive lineman for the Bobcats, moving from end to tackle in the middle of his career and flourishing on the inside. Sebestyen was a two-time First Team All-Big Sky selection, 2003 and '04.
Double-Bonus Note for #58: From 2000-09, only two players – Ray Sebestyen and Ryan Cerise – donned #58 for the Cats.
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