I am tired at Top247 i want to go to georgia Bulldogs: QB rashes out
The native of Findlay, Ohio, spoke in-depth with 247Sports about his reasons for moving to Athens, Georgia.
Top247 quarterback Ryan Montgomery grew up in Findlay, Ohio, and his ambition of playing for Ohio State only got bigger when his older brother Luke committed to the Buckeyes in the 2023 recruiting class. But as luck would have it, that goal was not realized.
Montgomery, on the other hand, has committed to play football for the University of Georgia, which defeated Ohio State in the College Football Playoffs the previous two seasons en route to Kirby Smart’s second national championship in Athens.
Montgomery received 27 scholarship offers from some of the best college football programs throughout his protracted recruitment process, which began the summer before his high school freshman year. Finally, he whittled it down to Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina as the last three, and out of the three, the Bulldogs may have been the only program that showed sporadic interest in Montgomery.
Montgomery received 27 scholarship offers from some of the best college football programs throughout his protracted recruitment process, which began the summer before his high school freshman year. Finally, he whittled it down to Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina as the last three, and out of the three, the Bulldogs may have been the only program that showed sporadic interest in Montgomery.
But in the end, Montgomery’s loyalty to the Bulldog cause and his desire to attend Georgia University in Athens won the Georgia coaching staff over.
Regarding his dedication to Georgia, Montgomery told 247Sports, “I wanted it to be Georgia, I wanted it to be a place where you know you’re gonna compete for national championships year in and year out, compete against the best players in the country every day in practice.” “And I believe that Ohio State and Georgia State are the current benchmarks in college football; they are the two best teams, and everyone else is vying for their position.” And it was clear that I wanted to be there because Georgia had won two national titles in the previous three years.”
Ryan’s mother, Chrissy Montgomery, could also sense her son’s desire to attend Georgia because the state offers three things that he has always desired in a university.
“He’s always desired personal growth. He’s always desired to be a member of a squad that consistently produces winning teams. Additionally, he is always interested in playing for a team that has a chance to win a national championship. He has three checks like that. Only a small number of schools meet that criteria. And a few of them were, you know, staring at him, but this one fit those checks, and you’ve probably heard the narrative from the first time you ever walked down there, so it was simply instinctive in his mind.
He cherished it. He cherished getting practice. He enjoyed the structure of practice, the difficulty, the pushing, and the sense of having the program set in. That, then, serves as something of a barometer for him. In response to her son’s wish to attend Georgia, Chrissy Montgomery told 247Sports, “I just kept reminding him of it.”
“Just be honest with us, I’ve asked a few instructors before. Honesty might be difficult to accept when it’s offered, and it can happen occasionally. But the fact that they just told us the truth right away. Additionally, I believe that they were keeping an eye on Ryan’s feelings toward them over time, as Ryan never gave up and he never missed a chance.
They were upfront and honest about how things were going, at least in the last several weeks, and we just told Ryan to take a chance. You have three incredible programs staring at you, so you truly have nothing to lose, and he actually adores them all. However, he has always desired this one.
Even though it wasn’t easy to get to this point, Ryan’s father Mike, who went with him on practically every visit during his recruiting process, recognized early on that Georgia was precisely what his son needed in a college football program.
“He wanted to be a member of an elite program, that much is certain. And in my view, there are very few people that qualify for the final four when I consider them to be outstanding. Although it’s now down to 12, there have only been a select few teams capable of making it over the last three or four years, and Georgia is one of them. That was, therefore, undoubtedly going to be high on his list. And getting there has been an adventure. Regarding his son’s pledge to Georgia, Mike Montgomery told 247Sports, “But he got there.”
