|
Honors
Joe Driskell (RB) 1998 Offensive Player of the Year
Cory Casagrande (LB) 1998 Defensive Player of the Year
Stewart Dixon 1998 Offensive Lineman of the Year
Frank Cannon 1998 Defensive Lineman of the Year
Trevor Johnson 1998 Receiver of the Year
Chad Hartkopf 1998 Defensive Back of the Year
Tom Dooley 1998 Special Teams Player of the Year
Robert Templer 1998 Sportsmanship Award
All-League
Hollis Huggins, RB (2000 - 1st)
Damon Gendron, PK (2000 - 1st)
Spencer Steiner, LB (2000 - 1st)
Clark Crowder, OL (2000 - 2nd)
Steve Hinderer, DL (2000 - 2nd)
Cory Casagrande, LB (2000 - 2nd)
The Kodiaks were formed in 1997 from the
remnants of the Bozeman Cardinals and Bozeman Wolverines which played in the
InterMountain Contact Football League from
1993-1996. Pat Dabro was announced as the first
coach in May of '97.
The South Dakota Marshalls came
to Bozeman with a QB who passed for 20 of 32 for 397
yards and 5 TD's. That QB was Kurtiss Riggs who
would later go on to win 10 Indoor Football League
Championships as coach of the Sioux Falls Storm.
The return trip would be forfeited along with the rest
of the season, when league commissioner Gil Harris
announced the Northwest Region of the AFA was going to
be on hold until 1998.
Key Players:
QB Robert Dieffenbach (6 yrs)
Montanta State WR Kenyatte Morgan (5'6"
170) played for the Kodiaks in 1998 while sharpening his
skills for a shot at the Arena Leagues and would later
earn a spot with the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe
after tryout with the Packers and 49ers of the
NFL. After starring for the Kodiaks he caught on
with the Oregon Thunderbolts in Portland where he was
spotted by Forest Dragon assistant coach James
Fuller. He returned to play for the Kodiaks again
in 1999.
Morgan is the all-time leader in kick
return yards in Arena 2.
Morgan's career included stops
with:
1999 - Portland Forest Dragons
(AFL)
2000 - Oklahoma Wranglers (AFL)
injured
2001 - Buffalo Destroyers (AFL)
2002 - Grand Rapids Rampage
(AFL)
2003 - Green Bay Packers (NFL - signed
2/27/03)
2003 - Scottish Claymores (NFL
Europe)
2004 - San Francisco 49ers (NFL)
workout
2005 - Calgary Stampede (CFL)
released
2006 - Arizona Rattlers (AFL)
waived
2006 - Bakersfield Blitz/Stockton Lightning
(AF2)
2007 - Stockton Lightning (AF2)
2008 - Stockton Lightning (AF2)
Kenyatte
Morgan |
