Boston College Football Countdown: 4 Days to Go
By Joe Micik
Seeing as there are four days left, here are the Boston College football players associated with the number four and four factoids.
Who Wears 4 Now
Nobody
Hey, don’t look at me. It’s not retired (only 22 and 68 are officially).
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Notables Who Wore 4
• Donnie Fletcher, CB, 2008-11. Moved on to the NFL.
• Rico Labbe, SS, 1986-89. Also moved on to the NFL.
• Kenyatta Watson, WR, 1993-96. Now president of a youth football organization.
• Jazzmen Williams, CB, 2002-05. Makes me think of this.
High Rank
Boston College’s highest-ever end-of-season rank was 4th in the 1984 UPI poll.
Obligatory Doug Flutie Reference
Doug Flutie had three career four-touchdown games as an Eagle. Glenn Foley and Frank Harris also had three.
As For Today…
Chase Rettig presently has four career 300+ yard passing games.
Random Special Teams Fact
The most (good) field goals ever kicked by Boston College in a single game is four; the feat has been accomplished in seven games, three of them by Nate Freese.