'10 CA QB Nick Montana (Washington Verbal)

GoRU · #1 (**permalink**) 08-09-2008, 08:58 AM

Dual-threat quarterback
Concord (CA) De La Salle

Ht: 6-foot-2
Wt: 177 lbs
Class: 2010 (High School)

Son of a gun - Stanford woos prep junior Nick Montana

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Nick Montana, the son of Hall of Famer Joe Montana, is battling for the starting quarterback job at Oaks Christian High in Westlake Village (Los Angeles County). But he's already got a scholarship offer - from Stanford.

Cardinal coach Jim Harbaugh has extended a verbal offer to Nick Montana, who still has two years of high school football to play, according to an athletic department source, confirming a report out of Los Angeles this week.

Montana is a junior who transferred to Oaks Christian from De La Salle-Concord this summer. He was the starting junior varsity quarterback at De La Salle last year, but left for the Southern California private school reportedly to play in a more pass-oriented offense and to be near his quarterback coach, Steve Clarkson.

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7/17

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Coach Bill Redell hit the practice field and started rounding up his quarterbacks.

"Hey, get me Montana," he shouted, followed moments later with, "Hey, get me Gretzky."

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HotMic · #2 (**permalink**) 12-03-2008, 11:34 AM

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12/3

By B Huffman. LSU has offered joining Stanford and Arizona.

HotMic · #3 (**permalink**) 01-16-2009, 12:31 PM

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1/16

By B Huffman. South Carolina has offered.

wadc45 · #4 (**permalink**) 02-05-2009, 03:30 PM

Scout.com: Montana Adding More Offers (free)

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By Brandon Huffman
West Recruiting Manager
Posted Feb 5, 2009

Westlake Village (Calif.) Oaks Christian quarterback Nick Montana is now up to a half-dozen offers, getting one from the Big Ten on Wednesday and he talks about how his spring is looking...

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HotMic · #5 (**permalink**) 02-12-2009, 02:18 AM

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2/11

From the ND site. Nick says that in spite of his dad, he is not a lock to Notre Dame and is looking around. This weekend he will be at Ohio State, who has made it clear that he is their guy for '10. He will focus on academics, and his comfort level at the school when making his choice.

wadc45 · #6 (**permalink**) 02-13-2009, 10:51 AM

Casey Clausen talks Vols, Montana, Gretzky : Football Recruiting : GoVolsXtra.com

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By Dave Hooker (Contact)
Originally published 09:58 p.m., February 12, 2009
Updated 09:58 p.m., February 12, 2009

Former University of Tennessee quarterback Casey Clausen shared some insightful thoughts on recruiting during an appearance Thursday on the News Sentinel's radio show, The Sports Page.

Clausen knows recruiting well enough to be an analyst. He and his two brothers were all recruited to play major college football and he's mentoring two quarterback prospects, junior Nick Montana and sophomore Trevor Gretzky, at Oaks Christian Academy.

On new coach Lane Kiffin's recruitment of California quarterbacks: "For a Southern California kid, the key is to get them on campus. If you can get them on campus and show them the facilities and the athletes running around all over the field, it is enticing to a kid.

"I think it is going to happen with the tie he (Kiffin) has in California and the tie (recruiting coordinator Ed) Orgeron has with him at USC is going to be huge."

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BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : A quarterback named Montana to visit OSU

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Friday, February 13, 2009 3:11 AM
By Tim May

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Nick Montana has never been to Ohio State, but from afar the quarterback and second son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Montana likes what he sees. That's why he's flying in for a closer look Monday and Tuesday.

"Coach (Jim) Tressel is an amazing coach; his record speaks for itself," Nick Montana said by phone yesterday from Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, Calif. "The whole environment at Ohio State -- it is such a tremendous program. I can't think of a bad year they've had for a while now. The football is always great.

"I am very interested in them."

The Buckeyes already have offered the senior-to-be a scholarship to be part of the 2010 recruiting class, as have LSU, South Carolina, Stanford and California, to name a few. Texas, Alabama and Tennessee are said to be leaning toward an offer.

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HotMic · #7 (**permalink**) 02-16-2009, 02:06 PM

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2/16

By B Huffman. FSU has offered. Montana says that making his choice is going to be a lot harder than he first thought due to all the new offers.

HotMic · #8 (**permalink**) 02-18-2009, 02:01 AM

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2/17

By A Jardy at the Ohio State site. Montana calls his visit to Columbus great, but didn't get to meet Coach Tressel as he was out of town. He says that Ohio State was different from California, but thinks thats what would make it fun. He will spend the next two days at Texas.

HotMic · #9 (**permalink**) 02-18-2009, 02:12 AM

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2/17

By B Huffman. Nebraska has offered.

wadc45 · #10 (**permalink**) 02-23-2009, 11:27 AM

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2/22

Recaps his visits, recent offers and contact with local programs such as USC and UCLA...says he is considering coming back to OSU for the spring game.

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2/22

From the OSU site...more of the same...talks about how fortunate he is to have the offers he does...admits the ND offer is a little different but says he is keeping an open mind...was at USC on Sunday for a junior day.

wadc45 · #11 (**permalink**) 02-25-2009, 10:17 AM

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2/24

By Simmons...Georgia has offered...talks about his familiarity with Georgia, says location will not be a factor and talks about about the success Matt Stafford has had under the UGA staff.

wadc45 · #12 (**permalink**) 03-02-2009, 03:15 PM

College Football Recruiting On the Trail 2010 - ESPN

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Top 2010 quarterback Nick Montana still "wide open"
ESPNU 150 Watch List signal-caller Nick Montana spoke to affiliate Web site CrimsonConfidential.com about his recruitment.

"I'm still wide open," said Montana, who threw for 2,402 yards and 33 touchdowns as a junior. "I don't want to start narrowing things down until I see all my options. It's tough to say (which schools stand out), I'm still trying to figure it all out."

Montana's impressive offers list won't make narrowing the field any easier. He's visited Ohio State and Texas and is also looking at other schools including Stanford, LSU, Alabama, Florida State and Arizona.

Despite all the options, Montana hopes to make his decision soon, "I'd like to get it done as soon as possible. Whenever I feel I find the perfect fit I won't hesitate to commit. I'd like to for sure by the beginning of summer or spring ball."

wadc45 · #13 (**permalink**) 03-06-2009, 12:14 PM

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From the UGA site...talks about receiving the UGA offer and says he still has not favorites and hopes to continue to take visits to get a feel for each school that has offered...wants to visit Alabama, Arizona, Florida State and Georgia...talks about UGA's offense and Matt Stafford.

panther10 · #14 (**permalink**) 05-05-2009, 10:04 AM

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From the Ohio State site..has finally cut his list down to 7.. with Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Stanford and Washington

GoRU · #15 (**permalink**) 06-10-2009, 06:05 PM

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