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Michael Montgomery
Montgomery in action in a 2008 preseason game.No. 53 Las Vegas Locomotives Defensive end Personal information Date of birth: August 18, 1983 Place of birth: Carthage, Texas Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Weight: 282 lb (128 kg) Career information College: Texas A&M NFL Draft: 2005 / Round: 6 / Pick: 180 Debuted in 2005 for the Green Bay Packers Career history - Green Bay Packers (2005–2009)
- Minnesota Vikings (2010)*
- Green Bay Packers (2010)
- Las Vegas Locomotives (2011–present)
- *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards - First-team JUCO All-American (2002)
- First-team All-Big 12 (2004)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2008 Tackles 121 Sacks 5.0 Forced fumbles 1 Stats at NFL.com Michael Lewis Montgomery, II (born August 18, 1983) is an American football defensive end for Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas A&M.
Montgomery has also been a member of the Minnesota Vikings.
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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
Montgomery was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. 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.[1] During the season he recorded only two tackles in 10 games.
Montgomery was released on March 5, 2010.[2] 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.[3] The Vikings released Montgomery on September 4, 2010, as the team made final cuts to set its 53-man roster.[4]
Second stint with Packers
Montgomery again joined the Packers on October 15, 2010.[5] He was later released on November 2, 2010 after appearing in only two games for Green Bay.[6]
References
- ^ Packers Re-Sign DE Montgomery
- ^ Packers Release S Giordano And DE Montgomery
- ^ Montgomery agrees to deal with Vikings
- ^ Vikings waive Javon Walker, 4 other wide receivers
- ^ "Montgomery re-signs with Packers after LB Barnett goes on IR", NFL.com (National Football League), October 15, 2010, archived from the original on November 2, 2010, http://www.webcitation.org/5twytH4J1, retrieved November 2, 2010
- ^ "Packers Release DE Montgomery", Packers.com (Green Bay Packers), November 2, 2010, archived from the original on November 2, 2010, http://www.webcitation.org/5twz5Vwp9, retrieved November 2, 2010
External links
Green Bay Packers 2005 NFL Draft selections Aaron Rodgers • Nick Collins • Terrence Murphy • Marviel Underwood • Brady Poppinga • Junius Coston • Mike Hawkins • Mike Montgomery • Craig Bragg • Kurt Campbell • Will WhittickerLas Vegas Locomotives current roster Active roster 1 DeDe Dorsey | 2 Chase Clement | 3 Clint Stitser | 5 Zac Lee | 8 Danny Baugher | 10 Saalim Hakim | 12 Brian Brohm | 18 Eddie Drummond | 21 Nick Turnbull | 22 Hakim Hill | 24 Wale Dada | 26 Marcel Shipp | 27 Marquis Floyd | 28 Ron Girault | 29 Trae Williams | 33 Trey Young | 35 Bobby Rome | 38 Antonio Smith | 43 Lewis Baker | 50 Eric Henderson | 52 Simoni Lawrence | 53 Michael Montgomery | 54 Kris Griffin | 55 Marcus Riley | 56 Brandon Moore | 57 Teddy Lehman | 58 Danny Lansanah | 60 Rigo Morales | 65 Tony Ugoh | 71 Mark Wilson | 73 Joel Bell | 75 Tim Duckworth | 76 Branndon Braxton | 77 Brandon Torrey | 78 Keith Gray | 79 Jesse Boone | 80 Cameron Colvin | 81 Andrae Thurman | 84 Dezmond Sherrod | 85 Samie Parker | 87 Adam Bergen | 89 Jamie Petrowski | 91 Ryan Boschetti | 92 Josh Cooper | 94 Copeland Bryan | 95 Marcus Smith | 97 Lauvale Sape | 98 Alfred Malone | 99 Montavious Stanley | -- Coye Francies | -- Herb Taylor
Reserve lists 20 Brandon Sumrall (IR) | 34 Jamal Lewis (IR)
Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Carthage, Texas
- Players of American football from Texas
- American football defensive tackles
- American football defensive ends
- Texas A&M Aggies football players
- Green Bay Packers players
- Minnesota Vikings players
- People from Center, Texas
- Junior college football players in the United States
- Las Vegas Locomotives players
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