NFL Scouts Head to Missoula for Montana Pro Day Showcase

The NFL comes to Missoula this weekend to get a look at the latest crop of Grizzly graduates. The University of Montana hosts its Pro Day on Friday.

Here are the 15 Grizzlies participating in Pro Day workouts.

Michael Wortham

In just one season with the Griz, Michael Wortham etched his name into the Grizzly record books. Get ready for the long list of Money Mike's accolades:

• Walter Payton Award Finalist
• Consensus All-American
• 1st-Team Special Teams (AP) All-American - AFCA
• 1st-Team  Special Teams (AP) All-American - Stats Perform
• 1st-Team  Offense (AP) All-American - Associated Press
• 1st-Team Special Teams (AP) All-American - FCS Football Central/Sports Illustrated
• 1st-Team All-Big Sky (AP)
• Invited to play in the East-West Shrine Game
• Steve Carlson team MVP Award Winner
• Stats Perform FCS Offensive Player of the Week (10/24)
• 2-Time Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week (10/4 & 10/24)
• Stats Perform Preseason All-American 1st Team
• Named to the East/West Shrine Bowl 1,000 watch list
• Preseason All-Big Sky

Liam Brown

Brown rounded out his 4-year career as a Grizzly with a 2nd team All-Big Sky pick in 2025. He made 44 starts in a Montana uniform.

Aaron Fontes

Fontes last played for Montana in 2024. He played in 38 games, hauled in 126 catches, eight touchdowns and over 1,400 receiving yards.

Cole Grossman

Grossman could've been on his way to an all-time great career if not for an injury that cost him his 2023 season. The tight end played in 33 games with 10 receiving touchdowns in 4 seasons of action.

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Cannon Panfiloff

Panfiloff played three seasons in Missoula after two seasons at Utah Tech. He was a 1st team All-Big Sky offensive lineman and a 2nd team All-American in his senior year.

Grayson Pibal

Pibal played in 46 games on special teams as the team's long snapper. It was capped off by a 2nd team All-Big Sky nomination.

Ty Morrison

Morrison was a 2x Big Sky Special Teams Player of the Week in 2026. He was a dual-threat punter and kicker. He averaged 43.2 yards per punt in his career, which is good enough for second-best in UM history.

Hunter Peck

Peck spent one season at UM after a great four years at Carroll College, where he was Frontier Defensive Player of the Year in 2024.

Kenzel Lawler

Lawler played three seasons at Utah, appearing in 14 games, before jumping to Montana, where he played in 28 games with two career interceptions.

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Stevie Rocker Jr. 

Another former Big 12 player, Stevie Rocker Jr., played in 29 games with four rushing touchdowns and three receiving touchdowns.

Elijawah Tolbert

Tolbert spent one season at UM after a great run at Eastern Illinois. He was a 2023 1st Team All-OVC/Big South contributor.

Kellen Detrick

Detrick played in 27 games over his career, which was reduced by an injury in 2024. The Havre native was named the Tony Barbour Award winner for the player "who best exemplifies outstanding practice habits and makes an unselfish contribution to the betterment of the Grizzly Football Team."

Evan Shafer

Shafer once told me he was a defensive player in an offensive player's body. I believe it after seeing some of the hits Shafer laid down over his three seasons at Montana.

Prince Ford

Ford capped off his career at the place where his brother, Justin, became a legend. Prince played in 21 games and started seven times his senior year.

Vai Kaho

Kaho played just one season for the Griz in 2024. He started all 14 games.