#2005 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS ROSTER PROFESSIONAL#
After getting cut twice in the span of 10 days in 2012, Person wondered if he had a long-term future in professional football. Yet he had to ride a wave of instability for most of his first three seasons in the NFL. When Person became the first Bobcat drafted in seven years when he was picked in the 7 th round in 2011, it seemed like he would have more of an inside track than most Montanans of his generation who were getting shots in the NFL. His MSU legacy was forever solidified when he captained the Bobcats to a 21-16 win over Montana in Missoula in 2010 to simultaneously clinch a Big Sky Conference title for the ‘Cats and end a 17-year streak qualifying for the FCS Playoffs by the Griz. Person starred for his father for the Dawson County High School Red Devils. But Person is the best, the pride of the Eastern Montana outpost that holds the distinction as the smallest media market in America. That helped his storybrook career end almost a decade later with a start in the Super Bowl.Ī total of 15 players from Glendive, Montana have played for Montana State. Person often wondered during his early days.
All I could think was, ‘How am I ever going to block that man?’” This is the day after playing an NFL football game where most guys don’t even want to move out of bed.
“And sure enough, I mean, he could have probably done it five or six times. Let me warm up and then we are putting that on the bar. “The strength coach says, it’s 675 pounds. ‘Hey, what’s your squat record in here? ‘ And he’s this big human from southern Missouri and he walks in yells at the Youngstown State strength coaches.
On the Monday after playing the Philadelphia Eagles, the offensive and defensive linemen were at Youngstown State for a post-game lift to flush out their lower bodies. So rather than going back to California, the team stayed and trained for a week in Youngstown, Ohio. Smith was in the midst of a first-team All-Pro season, one of five All-Pro campaigns for the outstanding defensive lineman who rolled up 87 sacks over 14 NFL seasons.ĭuring one stretch of that 2011 NFL season, the 49ers had back-to-back East Coast games. Person was a seventh round draft pick trying to stick on the 49ers’ active roster. During his rookie year with the San Francisco 49ers, Mike Person spent many days watching Justin Smith perform super-human feats in the weight room and on the practice field.
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