BOZEMAN — Quarterback has been one of the strongest positions for Montana State over the previous two football seasons. It’s also been filled with questions.
Are the QBs running too much? How well can they pass? Can they stay healthy? Should there be a two-QB system? If not, who should be the primary signal caller?
Those last two questions have mostly disappeared now that Sean Chambers no longer plays for the Bobcats. The first three loom as large as ever. The players and coaches believe the answers will be positive.
“The last couple of years, we had two (QBs) that could run the football and change the math with the extra hat in the run game,” said MSU offensive coordinator/QBs coach Tyler Walker. “We still have the capability to do that, but (we’re focused on) being more balanced. We can throw the football.”
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For starters
Tommy Mellott has started at QB in at least part of his first three seasons at Montana State. The Butte native turned into a legend as a freshman when he grabbed the starting reins at the beginning of the 2021 Football Championship Subdivision playoffs and led the Bobcats to the national title game. He became the full-time starter in 2022 and remained QB1 last year.
Chambers was listed as the backup but essentially served as a co-starter in 2022 and 2023. He regularly replaced Mellott in the red zone, and he started several games because Mellott was injured.
Two of Mellott’s three seasons have ended on the sidelines against North Dakota State. He suffered an ankle injury on the opening drive of the 2021 FCS title game, and he left last season’s second-round playoff game in the fourth quarter after hurting his knee. The 2022 semifinal loss at…
