Throughout the scouting process, Montana State quarterback Tommy Mellott came across as an interesting case.
Despite Mellott leading the Bobcats to four FCS playoff berths and winning the Walter Payton Award for best offensive player in the FCS, most scouts questioned if there was a place for the five-foot-eleven quarterback. His pre-draft workouts, however, raised plenty of eyebrows, running a 4.39 second 40-yard dash and jumping a 41-inch vertical and 10 feet, four inch broad. That type of athleticism is the stuff of dreams for NFL scouts, who started to see Mellott’s potential as an offensive weapon in different capacities.