Brody Grebe, Tommy Mellott Named CSC First Team Academic All-America
1/28/2025 8:27:00 PM | Football
Bobcat duo continue to pile up academic honors
CSC Academic All-America Teams
BOZEMAN, Montana – Two of Montana State's most decorated football players in history added to their resumes on Tuesday, when defensive end Brody Grebe and quarterback Tommy Mellott earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) First Team Academic All-America honors.
Grebe, a senior from Melstone, becomes the third repeat First Team Academic All-America in MSU history, joining three-time selection Ryan Johnson (2000-02), and two-time choice Jon Montoya (2002-03). Mellot becomes an Academic All-America for the first time.
Montana State now has 16 first team selections. This marks only the second season in history that two Bobcats landed on CSC First Team Academic All-America honors – Montoya and Johnson in 2002. MSU is the only FCS team with two first team honorees, and Grebe and Mellott are the only first team selections from a Big Sky school.
Grebe also earned National Football Foundation All-Scholar honors this year, and was a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, known as the Academic Heisman. Mellott was the 2023 Stats Perform Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award winner as the top student-athlete in the FCS. Mellott and Grebe each earned FCS Scholar-Athlete awards, and were finalists for the organization's post-graduate scholarship.
-pick up Bobcat Academic All-Americas-
MONTANA STATE CSC ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAS
First Team
2024 Tommy Mellott (Butte), QB
2024 Brody Grebe (Melstone), DE
2023 Brody Grebe (Melstone), DE
2021 Troy Andersen (Dillon), LB
2019 Kyle Finch (Dillon), DE
2017 Mitchell Herbert (Eugene, OR), WR
2013 Tanner Bleskin (Great Falls), WR
2005 Travis Lulay (Aumsville, OR), QB
2003 Jon Montoya (Brandon, SD), DE
2002 Ryan Johnson (Fort Collins, CO), RB
2002 Jon Montoya (Brandon, SD), DE
2001 Ryan Johnson (Fort Collins, CO), RB
2000 Ryan Johnson (Fort Collins, CO), RB
1996 Devlan Geddes (Junction City, OR), DE
1984 Dirk Nelson (Derby, Kan.), P
1988 Anders Larsson (Varberg, Sweden), K
Second Team
2012 Tanner Bleskin (Great Falls), WR
1996 Scott Matthews (Anacortes, WA), SS
1989 Derrick Isaacson (), OL
1988 Bob Kimball (Chester) SS
1987 Bob Kimball (Chester), SS
1987 Marc Paffhausen (Butte), FS
1987 Anders Larssen (Varberg, Sweden) K
1986 Don Leake (Rosemount, Minn.) OL
1984 Doug Kimball (Chester), free safety
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BOZEMAN, Montana – Two of Montana State's most decorated football players in history added to their resumes on Tuesday, when defensive end Brody Grebe and quarterback Tommy Mellott earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) First Team Academic All-America honors.
Grebe, a senior from Melstone, becomes the third repeat First Team Academic All-America in MSU history, joining three-time selection Ryan Johnson (2000-02), and two-time choice Jon Montoya (2002-03). Mellot becomes an Academic All-America for the first time.
Montana State now has 16 first team selections. This marks only the second season in history that two Bobcats landed on CSC First Team Academic All-America honors – Montoya and Johnson in 2002. MSU is the only FCS team with two first team honorees, and Grebe and Mellott are the only first team selections from a Big Sky school.
Grebe also earned National Football Foundation All-Scholar honors this year, and was a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, known as the Academic Heisman. Mellott was the 2023 Stats Perform Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete Award winner as the top student-athlete in the FCS. Mellott and Grebe each earned FCS Scholar-Athlete awards, and were finalists for the organization's post-graduate scholarship.
-pick up Bobcat Academic All-Americas-
MONTANA STATE CSC ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAS
First Team
2024 Tommy Mellott (Butte), QB
2024 Brody Grebe (Melstone), DE
2023 Brody Grebe (Melstone), DE
2021 Troy Andersen (Dillon), LB
2019 Kyle Finch (Dillon), DE
2017 Mitchell Herbert (Eugene, OR), WR
2013 Tanner Bleskin (Great Falls), WR
2005 Travis Lulay (Aumsville, OR), QB
2003 Jon Montoya (Brandon, SD), DE
2002 Ryan Johnson (Fort Collins, CO), RB
2002 Jon Montoya (Brandon, SD), DE
2001 Ryan Johnson (Fort Collins, CO), RB
2000 Ryan Johnson (Fort Collins, CO), RB
1996 Devlan Geddes (Junction City, OR), DE
1984 Dirk Nelson (Derby, Kan.), P
1988 Anders Larsson (Varberg, Sweden), K
Second Team
2012 Tanner Bleskin (Great Falls), WR
1996 Scott Matthews (Anacortes, WA), SS
1989 Derrick Isaacson (), OL
1988 Bob Kimball (Chester) SS
1987 Bob Kimball (Chester), SS
1987 Marc Paffhausen (Butte), FS
1987 Anders Larssen (Varberg, Sweden) K
1986 Don Leake (Rosemount, Minn.) OL
1984 Doug Kimball (Chester), free safety
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