All Bobcat DE nominations... Vims top 10

[luckyirishguy25]

Defense's turn!

[mslacatfan]

Now this one is going to be difficult to pick 2…..

[wbtfg]

Kollar
Fletcher
Daly
Schreibeis
Montoya
Cordero
Sterk
Hardy
Neil Smith
So many more.....

[Helcat72]

Mark Fellows has to be among the greatest

[technoCat]

Man how do you skip the two buck winners but I gotta go Fellows and Kollar.

[VimSince03]

Top 20 - DE Rankings

1.) Mark Fellows (1981-1984) - 1984 AA 1st; sack season and career record holder at MSU; #3 in TFL's career; Shrine Game; 7th round draft pick (injury ended career); 2x All-Big Sky
2.) Brad Daly (2009-2013) - 2013 AA 1st; Buck winner; Shrine Game; 3x All-Big Sky; Top 5 Career Sacks; if his back held up, NFL would've found a spot for him
3.) Dane Fletcher (2006-2009) - 2009 AA 1st; signed with Patriots as a UDFA en route to a decent career; Top 5 in TFLs; 2x All-Big Sky
4.) Jon Montoya (2000-2003) 2000 and 2002 AA HM; 3x All-Big Sky; #2 All-time in TFLs; started all four years
5.) Caleb Schriebies (2009-2012) - 2012 AA 1st; Buck winner; Shrine Game; 2x All-Big Sky; forced a record 8 fumbles in 2012
6.) Gary Gustafson (1968-1970) 1970 AA 1st; 9th round draft pick; 2x All-Big Sky; no TFL or sack stat when playing; viewed as the guy that started the decades long tradition of dominant DE play at MSU
7.) Neal Smith (1994-1997) 1997 AA 1st; All-Big Sky; 2nd to Mark Fellows in career and season sacks
8.) Les Leininger (1973-1976) 1976 AA 1st; 1976 Title Game MVP; 2x All-Big Sky; no TFL or sack stat when playing
9.) Daniel Hardy (2018-2021) 2021 AA 2nd; All-Big Sky; 7th round draft pick; had Top 5 statistical seasons for TFLs and sacks in 2021
10.) Bryce Sterk (2018-2019) - 2019 AA 2nd; Shrine Game; 2x All-Big Sky; Bengals training camp
11.) Jason Hicks (1992-1995) 1993 AA 3rd; All-Big Sky; Top 10 in several categories
12.) Adam Cordeiro (2000-2003) 2001 AA HM; 3x All-Big Sky; switched to DT his senior year due to team need; Top 10 in about 8 categories that involve "wreaking havoc" in the backfield
13.) Brad Daws (1973-1975) 1975 AA HM; 2x All-Big Sky; no stats when he played but he, Les, and Rick Vancleeve arrived at the QB a lot
14.) Clete Linebarger (1982-1985) 3x All-Big Sky; caused 7 fumbles in his career
15.) Devlan Geddes (1993-1996) 1996 AA HM; 2x All-Big Sky
16.) Dennis Muhlbeier (1964-1967) 2x All-Big Sky
17.) Tex Sikora (1982-1985) All-Big Sky; Mark Fellows sack mate in the 80s; 29 sacks in his career
18.) Derek Marks (2016-2019) 2019 All-Big Sky; 4-year starter; played DT undersized; recovered back-to-back fumbles in successive Cat/Griz games; now a pastor
19.) Wade Rademacher (1990-1993) 1993 1st-Team All-Big Sky
20.) Greg Maurer (1970-1973) 1973 1st-Team All-Big Sky

Note that Fellows was technically a hybrid LB in that defense as were others on this list but these are most of the best "edge" defenders in MSU history.

[VimSince03]

Kollar
Fletcher
Daly
Schreibeis
Montoya
Cordero
Sterk
Hardy
Neil Smith
So many more.....

Kollar was a DT so probably should view him more on the All-Time list for that position.

[seataccat]

Mark Fellows has to be among the greatest

This really is tough and I do understand that Mark Fellows was a hybrid player. Nobody dominated a game like Fellows and I would give Adam Cordeiro the second choice.

[AFCAT]

Greg Maurer. That’s a name from my past. Greg worked for my parents when I was a kid. My Mom still says he was her best employee ever. We had a picture of Greg playing for the Cats that was on the wall of my parents business. I think that was one of my earliest memories of the Bobcats. I swore that Greg was 6-8 when I was a kid because he would pick my brother up and hold him against the ceiling. I was shocked later to read in an old program that Greg was 6-2. Great guy.