Michael Montgomery

For other uses, see Mike Montgomery (disambiguation).

Michael Montgomery

Montgomery with the Packers in 2008
No. 96, 99, 53
Position:	Defensive end
Personal information
Born:	(1983-08-18) August 18, 1983 Carthage, Texas, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:	282 lb (128 kg)
Career information
High school:	Center (TX)
College:	Texas A&M
NFL draft:	2005 / round: 6 / pick: 180
Career history
Green Bay Packers (2005–2009) Minnesota Vikings (2010)* Green Bay Packers (2010) Las Vegas Locomotives (2011) Montreal Alouettes (2012)
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
First-team JUCO All-American (2002) First-team All-Big 12 (2004)
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles: 124 Sacks: 5.0 Forced fumbles: 1 Pass deflections: 2 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Michael Lewis Montgomery, II (born August 18, 1983) is an American former professional football defensive end. He was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL draft. He played college football at Texas A&M.

Montgomery was also a member of the Minnesota Vikings, Las Vegas Locomotives and Montreal Alouettes.

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 (first stint)

Montgomery was selected 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. During the season, he recorded only two tackles in 10 games.

Montgomery was released on March 5, 2010. 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. The Vikings released Montgomery on September 4, 2010, as the team made final cuts to set its 53-man roster.

Green Bay Packers (second stint)

Montgomery again joined the Packers on October 15, 2010. He was later released on November 2, 2010 after appearing in only two games for Green Bay.

NFL career statistics

Legend
Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	Games		Tackles					Interceptions					Fumbles
		GP	GS	Cmb	Solo	Ast	Sck	TFL	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	FR	Yds	TD
2005	GNB	12	0	22	15	7	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	GNB	11	0	18	10	8	1.5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2007	GNB	9	0	22	17	5	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	GNB	14	8	59	43	16	2.5	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
2009	GNB	10	0	3	2	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	GNB	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		58	8	124	87	37	5.0	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0

Playoffs

Year	Team	Games		Tackles					Interceptions					Fumbles
		GP	GS	Cmb	Solo	Ast	Sck	TFL	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	FR	Yds	TD
2007	GNB	2	0	3	2	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		2	0	3	2	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

External links

• Just Sports Stats
• Montreal Alouettes bio