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Michael Montgomery

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1983)}}

{{similar names|Mike Montgomery (disambiguation){{!}}Mike Montgomery}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Michael Montgomery

| image = MikeMontgomery-8-16-08-49ers.jpg

| caption = Montgomery with the Green Bay Packers in 2008

| number = 96, 99, 53

| position = Defensive end

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|8|18}}

| birth_place = Carthage, Texas, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lbs = 282

| high_school = Center (TX)

| college = Texas A&M

| draftyear = 2005

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 180

| pastteams =

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Total tackles

| statvalue1 = 124

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 5.0

| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles

| statvalue3 = 1

| statlabel4 = Pass deflections

| statvalue4 = 2

| pfr = M/MontMi20

}}

Michael Lewis Montgomery, II (born August 18, 1983) is an American former professional football defensive end. He was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL draft. He played college football at Texas A&M.

Montgomery was also a member of the Minnesota Vikings, Las Vegas Locomotives and Montreal Alouettes.

College career

Montgomery was born in Carthage, Texas and attended Center High School in Center, Texas. He played college football at Navarro Junior College and Texas A&M. He started his career at Navarro where he played for two years recording 131 tackles and six sacks. Before his junior year he transferred to Texas A&M where he recorded 123 tackles, seven sacks, and one interception, and earned first-team All-Big 12 honors.

Professional career

=Green Bay Packers (first stint)=

Montgomery was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2005 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2005/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} For the first three years of his career he was used mainly as a backup defensive end.

During the 2008 season, after the Packers lost starting defensive end Cullen Jenkins due to injury and released Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, Montgomery along with rookie Jeremy Thompson split time starting at defensive end. He finished the season starting eight games.

After becoming an unrestricted free agent after 2008, Montgomery re-signed with the Packers on March 23, 2009.[http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2009/03/23/1/ Packers Re-Sign DE Montgomery] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326044131/http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2009/03/23/1 |date=2009-03-26 }} During the season, he recorded only two tackles in 10 games.

Montgomery was released on March 5, 2010.[http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2010/03/05/1/ Packers Release S Giordano And DE Montgomery] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308040945/http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2010/03/05/1 |date=2010-03-08 }} In five years with the team he started eight of 56 games, recording 123 tackles and five sacks.

=Minnesota Vikings=

Montgomery signed with the Minnesota Vikings on March 29, 2010.[http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/blogs/89477247.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUgOy9cP3DieyckcUsI Montgomery agrees to deal with Vikings] The Vikings released Montgomery on September 4, 2010, as the team made final cuts to set its 53-man roster.[https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-vikingscuts Vikings waive Javon Walker, 4 other wide receivers]

=Green Bay Packers (second stint)=

Montgomery again joined the Packers on October 15, 2010.{{Citation|title=Montgomery re-signs with Packers after LB Barnett goes on IR |url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81b58993/article/montgomery-resigns-with-packers-after-lb-barnett-goes-on-ir |work=NFL.com |publisher=National Football League |date=October 15, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018041204/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81b58993/article/montgomery-resigns-with-packers-after-lb-barnett-goes-on-ir |archivedate=October 18, 2010 |accessdate=November 2, 2010 |url-status=dead }} He was later released on November 2, 2010, after appearing in only two games for Green Bay.{{Citation|title=Packers Release DE Montgomery |url=http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-1/Packers-Release-DE-Montgomery/e4f5c04c-8d80-4ddb-a2e4-2169c053882a |work=Packers.com |publisher=Green Bay Packers |date=November 2, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104171212/http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-1/Packers-Release-DE-Montgomery/e4f5c04c-8d80-4ddb-a2e4-2169c053882a |archivedate=November 4, 2010 |accessdate=November 2, 2010 |url-status=dead }}

NFL career statistics

class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

! colspan="2"| Legend

Bold

| Career high

=Regular season=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="5"| Tackles

!colspan="5"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

GPGSCmbSoloAstSckTFLIntYdsTDLngPDFFFRYdsTD
2005GNB

| 12 || 0 || 22 || 15 || 7 || 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2006GNB

| 11 || 0 || 18 || 10 || 8 || 1.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2007GNB

| 9 || 0 || 22 || 17 || 5 || 0.0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2008GNB

| 14 || 8 || 59 || 43 || 16 || 2.5 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0

2009GNB

| 10 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2010GNB

| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"|58812487375.08000021000

=Playoffs=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="5"| Tackles

!colspan="5"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

GPGSCmbSoloAstSckTFLIntYdsTDLngPDFFFRYdsTD
2007GNB

| 2 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"|203210.00000000000

References

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External links

  • [http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=montgmik002 Stats Crew profile]
  • [https://archive.today/20130129062937/http://en.montrealalouettes.com/roster/show/id/4393 Montreal Alouettes bio]

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Category:1983 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Carthage, Texas

Category:Players of American football from Panola County, Texas

Category:American football defensive tackles

Category:American football defensive ends

Category:Navarro Bulldogs football players

Category:Texas A&M Aggies football players

Category:Green Bay Packers players

Category:Minnesota Vikings players

Category:People from Center, Texas

Category:Las Vegas Locomotives players

Category:Montreal Alouettes players

Category:Canadian football defensive linemen

Category:Players of Canadian football from Texas