Is #8 Snell healthy enough ( 70% 80%) to play Saturday 12:00 ?
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MT State football was another tough injury break when head coach Brent Vigen announced that 2022 first-team and 2023 preseason All-Big Sky tight end/fullback Derryk Snell would be out longer than expected. Snell missed the Sacramento State game and was expected to play against Idaho last Saturday. He didn’t suit up for the Vandals game and will likely be out for the remainder of the regular season.
The senior is one of the fan favorites on the MSU roster. He’s widely known as the “Alaskan Assassin”, a moniker given to him by former MSU assistant coach turned color commentator for Bobcat’ games on MTN, Ty Gregorak, who also serves as a lead analyst for Skyline Sports. Snell’s role on the team is a difficult one as he’s lined up in multiple positions and requires multiple skills to be proficient. He has nearly four seasons of snaps and experience, which is difficult to replace at any position. Taking over the spot is another highly skilled player in Bozeman High product Ryan Lonergan. “We’re not going to ask Ryan to do all the things we ask Derryk to do,” Vigen said. “Derryk is uniquely talented and he’s got the number of reps playing that position and the wide variety of reps that that position can be asked to do. We are not taking for granted that just throwing a guy in there is going to be able to do it.” Snell has hauled down 12 passes for 159 yards and three touchdowns on the 2023 season, but is also a key to the Bobcats’ formidable run game that averages over seven yards per carry on the year. The role that Snell’s hybrid H-back position is most responsible for is setting the edge offensively, which has been one of the most important factors in MSU averaging 7.5 yards per rush this season so far. “I think you find a few things that we can rep through the course of these weeks and then ideally Ryan feels really good about those things going into the game,” Vigen said. “It takes some things away from us because of how skilled and talented Derryk is.”
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MT State football was another tough injury break when head coach Brent Vigen announced that 2022 first-team and 2023 preseason All-Big Sky tight end/fullback Derryk Snell would be out longer than expected. Snell missed the Sacramento State game and was expected to play against Idaho last Saturday. He didn’t suit up for the Vandals game and will likely be out for the remainder of the regular season.
The senior is one of the fan favorites on the MSU roster. He’s widely known as the “Alaskan Assassin”, a moniker given to him by former MSU assistant coach turned color commentator for Bobcat’ games on MTN, Ty Gregorak, who also serves as a lead analyst for Skyline Sports. Snell’s role on the team is a difficult one as he’s lined up in multiple positions and requires multiple skills to be proficient. He has nearly four seasons of snaps and experience, which is difficult to replace at any position. Taking over the spot is another highly skilled player in Bozeman High product Ryan Lonergan. “We’re not going to ask Ryan to do all the things we ask Derryk to do,” Vigen said. “Derryk is uniquely talented and he’s got the number of reps playing that position and the wide variety of reps that that position can be asked to do. We are not taking for granted that just throwing a guy in there is going to be able to do it.” Snell has hauled down 12 passes for 159 yards and three touchdowns on the 2023 season, but is also a key to the Bobcats’ formidable run game that averages over seven yards per carry on the year. The role that Snell’s hybrid H-back position is most responsible for is setting the edge offensively, which has been one of the most important factors in MSU averaging 7.5 yards per rush this season so far. “I think you find a few things that we can rep through the course of these weeks and then ideally Ryan feels really good about those things going into the game,” Vigen said. “It takes some things away from us because of how skilled and talented Derryk is.”
