Will Montgomery

Will Montgomery (born February 13, 1983) is a former American football center that played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Virginia Tech.

For the English rugby union player, see Will Montgomery (rugby union).
Will Montgomery
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Montgomery with the Denver Broncos
No. 66, 63, 64
Position:Center
Personal information
Born: (1983-02-13) February 13, 1983
Brunswick, Maine, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:304 lb (138 kg)
Career information
High school:Centreville (Clifton, Virginia)
College:Virginia Tech
NFL Draft:2006 / Round: 7 / Pick: 234
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-ACC (2005)
Career NFL statistics
Games played:110
Games started:75
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Montgomery has also played for the New York Jets, Washington Redskins, Denver Broncos, and Chicago Bears.

Early years

Montgomery attended Centreville High School in Clifton, Virginia and was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. In football, he won All-State honors as a senior defensive tackle.

Professional career

In Montgomery's career, he has started in 54 contests as a center, 10 at right guard and 7 at left guard.[1]

Carolina Panthers

Montgomery was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round (234th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft.[2] He played a total of six games in the 2006 NFL season. The Panthers waived Montgomery on September 2, 2007.[1]

New York Jets

Montgomery signed with the New York Jets on September 19, 2007.[3] He was waived by the Jets on September 25, but re-signed on September 29, 2008.[4] Montgomery was waived again on October 14, 2008.[5]

2008 season

Montgomery signed with the Washington Redskins on December 9, 2008,[1] but saw no playing time in 2008 season.

2009 season

In the 2009 season, he played in all 16 games, but had only three starts as right guard.

2010 season

The Redskins re-signed Montgomery on March 13, 2010.[3] In the 2010 season, he played a total of 13 games and was the starting right guard for the last six games of the season.[6]

Montgomery with back-up, Erik Cook, at Redskins 2011 training camp.

2011 season

In the 2011 season, Montgomery was moved from his original position of right guard to center.[7] Although he became the starting center, he was moved to left guard after Kory Lichtensteiger suffered a torn ACL in Week 6.[8] In Week 9 against the San Francisco 49ers, Montgomery moved back to center after Maurice Hurt took over as left guard.[9] At the end of the season, he started in all 16 games for the first time in his entire career.

2012 season
Montgomery at Redskins training camp in 2012.

Originally scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent in the 2012 season, Montgomery was re-signed by the Redskins to a four-year, $12 million contract.[10][11] After the NFL cut $36 million from the Redskins' combined salary cap of the next two years, the Redskins restructured Montgomery's contract so $2 million of cap space was gained on March 16, 2012.[12]

In the Week 13 game against the New York Giants, Montgomery jumped into a pile-on in an attempt to recover the ball that Alfred Morris fumbled. Linval Joseph tried to pull Montgomery out by yanking on his leg, but he reacted by kicking him in the groin. Joseph then stomped on Montgomery's stomach. On December 7, Montgomery was fined $10,000 for the incident.[13] Late in the Week 15 game against the Cleveland Browns, he left the game after a player on the Browns team fell on his leg.[14] The next day it was confirmed that he suffered a Grade 2 MCL sprain in his left leg.[15] Montgomery was able to start in the next game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

2013 season

Montgomery returned as the Redskins' starting center and not only started every game, but he played every snap.

On March 14, 2014, the Redskins informed Montgomery he was being released, saving the team $1.92 million in salary cap room.[16]

Denver Broncos

On April 1, 2014, the Denver Broncos and Montgomery agreed to terms on a one-year contract.[17][18] Montgomery started the final 8 games at center, helping Denver rank 8th in rushing yards (1,032) in the second half of the season.[1]

Chicago Bears

On April 2, 2015 Montgomery and the Chicago Bears agreed to terms on a one-year contract.[19] On October 5, 2015, Montgomery was placed on Injury Reserve.[20]

Personal

After retiring from football, Montgomery lost roughly around 80 pounds by December 2017.[21]

References
  1. "Chicago Bears: Will Montgomery". www.chicagobears.com. Archived from the original on 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
  2. "2006 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  3. "Redskins Sign OL Will Montgomery". NECN.com. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
  4. "Chatman Returns; Graham Released Again". NewYorkJets.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
  5. "Will Montgomery". sbnation.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
  6. Jones, Mike (September 26, 2011). "Gameday Q&A: Will Montgomery on the switch to center, growing up a Redskins fan, and 'Gladiator'". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  7. "Will Montgomery acing new job as Redskins' center". WashingtonTimes.com. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
  8. "Redskins' Will Montgomery says acclimation to left guard will come". WashingtonTimes.com. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
  9. Jones, Mike (November 6, 2011). "Roy Helu, Leonard Hankerson, Maurice Hurt to start for Redskins". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  10. Jones, Mike (February 26, 2012). "Center Will Montgomery and Redskins agree to four-year deal". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
  11. Jones, Mike (February 28, 2012). "Will Montgomery's contract worth $12 million over four years". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
  12. Maske, Mark (March 16, 2012). "Redskins restructure center Will Montgomery's contract to gain cap space". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  13. Hanzus, Dan (December 7, 2012). "Fines roundup: Linval Joseph, Will Montgomery docked". NFL.com. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  14. Maske, Mark (December 16, 2012). "Injuries suddenly piling up on Redskins' offensive line". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  15. Jones, Mike (December 19, 2012). "Mike Shanahan: Robert Griffin III not yet cleared to play Sunday". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  16. Boyer, Zac (March 14, 2014). "Redskins continue line shuffling by releasing Will Montgomery". WashingtonTimes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  17. Broncos agree to terms with Montgomery
  18. "Broncos agree to 1-year deal with Will Montgomery". 9News.com. April 1, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-02. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  19. "Bears release Garza, sign Montgomery". Archived from the original on 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  20. "Bears center Will Montgomery out for season". chicagotribune.com. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
  21. Steinberg, Dan (December 20, 2017). "After losing more than 80 pounds, former Redskin's 'not scary anymore.'". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
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