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- Position Quarterback
- Class Senior
- Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 208
- Hometown Butte, MT.
- Highschool Butte HS
Montana State (Career) His 2,474 career rushing yards is 7th in MSU history, his 29 career rushing touchdowns is tied for 3rd, his 3,241 career passing yards is 10th… 11 career 100-yard rushing games, tied for 7th in school history. (2023) Named FedEx Ground Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award winner by Stats Perform… 2nd Team All-Big Sky… CSC Academic All-District for second straight season… started all nine of his games played… threw for 1,059 yards on 74-118 passing (.627) with 10 touchdowns and two interceptions… rushed for 690 yards on 85 carries (8.1 per carry, 76.7 per game)… four 100-yard rushing games. (2022) Started 12 of MSU’s 14 games, missing the UC Davis and Idaho State games with injury… Second Team All-Big Sky and HERO Sports Sophomore All-America… Big Sky Player of the Week twice, following wins against top 10 opponents Weber State and UM… named Preseason Third Team All-America quarterback by Stats Perform and Preseason All-Big Sky… MSU’s Sonny Holland Offensive MVP… Academic All-Big Sky and CSC All-District 7. (2021) From the season’s first play, when he lined up on kick return for the Bobcats, until he left the National Championship game with an injury on the game’s first drive, Mellott had one of the most remarkable freshman seasons in Bobcat history… his first career start was the home playoff win against UT Martin, and he started all four playoff games… the first Bobcat quarterback to make his starting debut in the post-season… his 716 rushing yards is third-most by a Bobcat freshman, and he did so in 25 fewer carries than Chris Murray in 2016 (860 yards) and 83 less than Isaiah Ifanse in 2018 (1,025 yards)… rushed for 180 yards vs. UTM… scored three touchdowns against Idaho, in the first 16 minutes of MSU’s playoff road win against Sam Houston he had caught, thrown for, and rushed for a touchdown. (2020) Spent the Covid season at MSU.
High School Earned Class AA Offensive MVP honors as a senior in 2019 after leading Butte High to the state title game… threw for 7,89 yards for the Bulldogs, including 2,940 as a senior… 30 touchdowns and four interceptions in 2019… rushed for 1,217 yards as a senior, 20,499 yards in his career… highly active in the Butte community… played for former Bobcat star Arie Grey at Butte High.
Academics and Personal The son of Shane and Dina Mellott… majors in financial engineering… CSC Academic All-District (2023)… two-time Academic All-Big Sky.
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