Player Dossier

2017-2023

Ole Miss

Monty Montgomery

LB • 5'10" • 225 lbs • Norcross, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Monty Montgomery shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

40%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

68

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

36

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Louisville

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
7
Program Path
Tulane • Louisville • Ole Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Player Story

Monty Montgomery built his college career from 2017 through 2023 as a linebacker from Norcross, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with Louisville, Ole Miss, and Tulane. The clearest part of Monty Montgomery's career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7826

Norcross · Norcross, GA

Committed To
Tulane
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Monty Montgomery, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Louisville. Monty Montgomery shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
174
TFL
25.5
Sacks
15
QB hurries
11
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Monty Montgomery quick answers

Latest team and position
Ole Miss · LB
Career Tackles
174
Tracked sample
7 unique seasons · 8 entries · 45 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · Louisville
Top game
NC State
Recruit profile
2-star · Norcross · Tulane
High school pipeline
Norcross · 52 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
21 tackles · LB 554th (top 46%) · SEC 199th (top 33%) · National 1,908th (top 32%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonTulane00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonLouisville00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonLouisville11275511033.9
2020 Regular SeasonLouisville10467.5411054.3
2021 Regular SeasonLouisville317-01-023.2
2022 PostseasonLouisville13111--072
2022 Regular SeasonLouisville13629.5552072
2023 Regular SeasonOle Miss8212.503-034.5

Related Context

Monty Montgomery played LB for Tulane, Louisville, and Ole Miss. Across 7 tracked seasons, Monty Montgomery recorded 174 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Louisville.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

Louisville paired 25.5 primary output with 38.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 21.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tulane, Louisville, Ole Miss.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2019 Regular Season · Louisville

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

21.1

Usage

6.3

Consistency

15.2

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 0. Eastern Kentucky: 0. Western Kentucky: 3. Florida State: 0. Boston College: 0. Wake Forest: 2. Clemson: 0. Virginia: 4. Miami: 0. NC State: 2. Syracuse: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Notre Dame: 2 by 8.3. Eastern Kentucky: 2 by 8.3. Western Kentucky: 3 by 42.5. Florida State: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. Wake Forest: 2 by 28.3. Clemson: 5 by 20.8. Virginia: 2 by 48.3. Miami: 3 by 12.5. NC State: 4 by 36.7. Syracuse: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.7 · Games = 7 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · -1.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Virginia

Best efficiency game

48.3 vs Virginia

Result
Sat 11/23vs SyracuseW 56-3410000
Sun 11/17@ NC StateSplash gameW 34-2043110
Sat 11/9@ MiamiL 27-5232000
Sat 10/26vs Virginia2+ sacks · Splash gameW 28-2122220
Sat 10/19vs ClemsonL 10-4554000
Sat 10/12@ Wake ForestSplash gameW 62-5922110
Sat 10/5vs Boston CollegeW 41-3922000
Sat 9/21@ Florida StateL 24-3511000
Sat 9/14@ Western KentuckySplash gameW 38-2132111
Sat 9/7vs Eastern KentuckyW 42-022000
Tue 9/3vs Notre DameL 17-3520000

Player Story

Monty Montgomery story

Monty Montgomery built his college career from 2017 through 2023 as a linebacker from Norcross, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with Louisville, Ole Miss, and Tulane. The clearest part of Monty Montgomery's career was his defensive production: 174 tackles, 25.5 tackles for loss, 15 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Louisville. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Monty Montgomery's production has multiple signals. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Louisville, Ole Miss, and Tulane.

The arc is straightforward: Monty Montgomery moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Tulane

    2017

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Louisville

    2018-2022

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Ole Miss

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20172018201920202021202220222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonTulane0
2018 Regular SeasonLouisville00
2019 Regular SeasonLouisville1221.16.312
2020 Regular SeasonLouisville14.533.210.92.5
2021 Regular SeasonLouisville126.96.1-13.5
2022 PostseasonLouisville25.538.711.724.5
2022 Regular SeasonLouisville25.538.711.70
2023 Regular SeasonOle Miss5.517.83.8-20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs NC State

Week 12 · W 25-10 · Conference game

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

94.5 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Boston College

Week 5 · L 33-34 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Western Kentucky

Week 2 · W 35-21

5

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Notre Dame

Week 7 · L 7-12

4

Havoc Plays

90 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.

#5

vs Virginia

Week 9 · W 28-21 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

82.8 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · Louisville

25.5 primary output · 38.7 efficiency · 11.7 usage

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#2

2022 Regular Season · Louisville

72

25.5 primary · 38.7 efficiency · 11.7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Louisville

54.3

14.5 primary · 33.2 efficiency · 10.9 usage

Milestones

11

Impact games

14

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games