Joe Montana’s Son, Nate, To Walk on at Notre Dame

As far as having high expectations to meet, there are few more daunting than those facing the son of Joe Montana as he prepares to begin a college football career at the University of Notre Dame. Nate Montana, the eldest son of Joe Montana, has decided that he will attend Notre Dame. Even though he did not receive a scholarship to play football there, he will walk-on as a freshman quarterback.

Anybody who has seen Rudy knows that being a walk-on at Notre Dame doesn’t mean that you’re resolved to a live a anonymity, but all the same, he’ll have an uphill battle if he even wants to get playing time, let alone even get mentioned in the same sentence as his legendary father. The orchestrator of some of the most memorable comebacks in Notre Dame and NFL history, the winner of multiple Super Bowls and NFL MVP awards, Joe Montana is probably the most famous player associated with the program outside of George “The Gipper” Gipp.

Nate Montana played for De La Salle High School, arguably the best high school football program in the nation for the past two decades. His senior year he was the third string QB, so he didn’t get much time to shine. At Notre Dame, he’ll be behind Jimmy Clausen, Dayne Crist and probably Evan Sharpley in the depth chart.

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Posted in General on May 14, 2008

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