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Monday, February 16, 2009
Montana being wooed in Columbus
A few weeks after nervously reaching the recruiting finish line finally with a quarterback in hand, the Ohio State football team is working heavily on one of the country’s top juniors.
As we’ve known for a few days now, California quarterback Nick Montana, son of legend Joe Montana, is visiting Columbus today and tomorrow after already collecting several top Division I scholarship offers. This past year, with Terrelle Pryor entrenched as the starter, the Buckeyes had trouble finding a quarterback for the recruiting class, finally settling on Houston-area QB Kenny Guiton.
From Montana’s public comments, OSU is working him heavily:
“Coach Tressel said I am their guy (at quarterback),” Montana said. “He said until I make a decision they are only recruiting me.”
For a glimpse at Montana’s star-studded Oaks Christian high school team, check out this summer feature from Yahoo! Sports. Montana is the quarterback, and the sons of Wayne Gretzky and Will Smith are both on the team.
Is he any good? Here’s a slice:
But it was the recent arrival of Joe Montana’s son that generated red-carpet buzz - after Oaks Christian realized who had arrived.
“The admissions office called and said, ‘Do you know a Joe Montana?’” Redell said. “And I said, ‘Yeah, I’ve heard of the guy.’”
A week later, having had only 20 minutes to familiarize himself with the team’s offense, Nick Montana threw two fades passes and a 50-yard bomb for touchdowns during one of the weekly summer scrimmages.
By the end of the year, Oaks Christian was 14-0.
