Former Carroll standouts Peck, Devine earn NFL minicamp invitations
Two former Saints got NFL minicamp shots, with Hunter Peck drawing Broncos interest after a dominant year at Carroll and Andrew Devine landing two invitations.
Former Carroll College standouts Hunter Peck and Andrew Devine turned strong Saints careers into real NFL openings, a reminder that Helena’s football pipeline can still send players into pro camp, even if the path is narrow and unforgiving.
Peck, a former Carroll linebacker and defensive end, earned a minicamp invitation from the Denver Broncos after building one of the most decorated defensive seasons in recent Saints history. In 2024, he was named the Frontier Conference Defensive Player of the Year, finished with 50 tackles, 6.5 sacks, 12 tackles for loss and a fumble recovery, and added first-team AFCA and VSN All-American honors, second-team AP All-American recognition and CSC Academic All-District honors. The Frontier Conference said the award made Carroll the league’s defensive-player-of-the-year school for the second time in three seasons, following Garrett Kocab in 2022.
Peck’s route to the league was anything but straightforward. After Carroll, he moved on to the University of Montana, where a one-time NCAA eligibility waiver for non-NCAA athletes gave him another shot at proving himself against Division I competition. That chance paid off in 2025, when he was a first-team All-Big Sky selection on the defensive line and won Montana’s Sims-Miller Award as the Grizzlies’ top defensive lineman. He led Montana with 4.5 sacks, finished with 40 tackles, eight tackles for loss, four quarterback hurries and a forced fumble. Montana also said Peck carried a 3.70 GPA while pursuing medical school, with a biology degree, a chemistry minor and a graduate certificate in business.
The Broncos invite carried extra weight for Peck because he grew up watching Denver and cheering for the team as a kid. For Carroll and for Helena, his rise underscores how much of the program’s value lies not just in wins, but in building players who can survive the jump to bigger stages.
Devine followed a different but equally telling route. Carroll listed him in 2025 as a 6-foot-8, 305-pound redshirt senior offensive lineman from Wasilla, Alaska, and he was described as a two-time All-Frontier selection. Devine also worked through Montana State’s pro day on April 2, 2026, before landing minicamp invitations from both the Kansas City Chiefs and the Indianapolis Colts. He said he was excited for the chance to compete and would have to earn it the hard way.
That is the reality behind every NFL minicamp invite. These are standard entry points for undrafted free agents and tryout players after the draft, and the window is crowded. The Chiefs said their 2025 rookie minicamp included more than 80 players over three days. For Carroll, the invitations to Peck and Devine are proof that the Saints still matter beyond Lewis and Clark County, but they also show how rare it is for a local college player to break through to the next level.
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