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2 weeks ago | skylinesportsmt.com | Colter Nuanez

A pair of the Treasure State’s favorite sons were among the three players drafted out of the Big Sky Conference on Saturday. Tommy Mellott, last season’s Walter Payton Award winner as the FCS national Offensive Player of the Year at Montana State, went in the sixth round, 213th overall, to the Las Vegas Raiders. The Butte native was a four-year starter at Montana State, leading the Bobcats to two Big Sky championships and two appearances in the FCS national title game.

2 weeks ago | skylinesportsmt.com | Colter Nuanez

BOZEMAN – Montana State’s final scrimmage of the spring – The Sonny Holland Classic – didn’t have any players jump off the page like has happened so often over the years. But that doesn’t mean the Bobcats didn’t show off any new wrinkles or that a few developments didn’t occur. MSU lost a number of players to graduation and the transfer portal following last year’s Big Sky Conference championship season that ended with MSU’s lone loss coming in the national championship game.

2 weeks ago | skylinesportsmt.com | Colter Nuanez

BOZEMAN — Less than an hour before Tommy Mellott had his name called by the Las Vegas Raiders in the 2025 NFL Draft, Montana State was in the process of showing what its offense might look like in life after Touchdown Tommy. If Saturday afternoon’s 105 plays during the Sonny Holland Spring Classic to wrap spring football at Montana State was any indication, everything is going to be just fine. Saturday’s showcase affirmed MSU still has offensive and defensive linemen in spades.

2 weeks ago | skylinesportsmt.com | Colter Nuanez

BOZEMAN, Mont. (April 24, 2024) – Senior Paul Brott, an all-conference defensive tackle from Billings, was presented Montana State’s legacy No. 41 jersey by head coach Brent Vigen after practice on Thursday. Brott will wear No. 41, a tribute to Montana’s status as the 41st state admitted into the Union as well as the school’s 1941 football team, during the 2025 season.

2 weeks ago | skylinesportsmt.com | Colter Nuanez

Montana State wrapped up spring football on April 26, 2025 in Bozeman with the annual Sonny Holland Spring Classic. MSU ran 105 total plays between the Blue and White teams with the White coming out on top, 24-14.