| Montana State Bobcats–No. 4 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| Personal information | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 208 lb (94 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Butte (Butte, Montana) |
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Tommy Mellott is an American football quarterback for the Montana State Bobcats.
Mellott grew up in Butte, Montana and attended Butte High School. [1] As a senior, he completed 191 of 300 pass attempts for 2,940 yards and 30 touchdowns while rushing for 1,217 yards and 16 touchdowns and was named the Montana Gatorade Player of the Year. [2] [3] Mellott committed to play college football at Montana State. [4]
Mellott began his freshman season with the Montana State Bobcats playing wide receiver and on special teams. [5] He took over as the Bobcats starting quarterback prior to the team's game against UT Martin in opening round of the 2021 FCS Playoffs led Montana State to the 2022 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game. [6] Mellott suffered a serious ankle injury on the first offensive drive of the game and the team lost 38–10 to North Dakota State. [7] Mellott finished the season with 484 passing yards and four touchdown passes while also rushing 716 yards and eight touchdowns. [8]
As a sophomore, Mellott was named second-team All-Big Sky Conference after he passed for 1,698 yards and 10 touchdowns with 4 interceptions and rushed for 1,071 yards and 13 touchdowns. [9] He repeated as a second-team All-Big Sky selection as a junior despite missing time due to injury and finished the season with 1,064 passing yards and 10 touchdowns with two interceptions and 689 rushing yards and five touchdowns. [10] [11]
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | INT | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| Montana State Bobcats | |||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Redshirt  | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 12 | 4 | 3–1 | 28 | 53 | 52.8 | 484 | 9.1 | 4 | 0 | 154.4 | 113 | 716 | 6.3 | 10 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 10–2 | 128 | 210 | 61.0 | 1,698 | 8.1 | 10 | 4 | 140.1 | 170 | 1,071 | 6.3 | 13 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 5–4 | 75 | 119 | 63.0 | 1,068 | 9.0 | 10 | 2 | 162.8 | 85 | 690 | 8.1 | 5 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 14–0 | 183 | 260 | 70.4 | 2,454 | 9.4 | 28 | 2 | 183.7 | 92 | 790 | 8.6 | 12 |
| Career | 47 | 39 | 32–7 | 414 | 642 | 64.5 | 5,687 | 8.9 | 52 | 8 | 163.1 | 457 | 3,257 | 7.1 | 40 |
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