Michael Montgomery
Came to Memphis by way of Southern Miss. First career honor, 2025: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 11 tackles against East Carolina — Week 8, 2026.
66 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
66 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Memphis | 66 | 37 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2025 | Southern Miss | 106 | 30 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
| Career | 172 | 67 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 |
Last game (Wk 9): 9 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-21@ UNLV | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | W 42-24vs Arkansas State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-38@ Boise State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-21vs UT Martin | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 59-8@ Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-13vs UAB | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-31@ Tulane | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-34vs East Carolina | 11 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 49-22vs Army | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 66 | 37 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Oct. 31 · W 49-22 vs Army, play by play
9 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
His game this year: coverage — 2 passes defended in the 9 games with play by play.
How Memphis’s defense played that day
Army’s 11 drives: 8 stopped (2 takeaways) · 3 scored. While the game was within a score they held 3 of 5.
11 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 10 of his 11, sacks included.
10 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
9 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
3 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
5 tackles.
7 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 8 for him; the box score credits 7.
Week 8 · 2026
W 41-34
11 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 8 solo tackles
Edged out East Carolina at home in a shootout.
Ratings of the games shown run from -25 to +11 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
66tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
3%2 pass breakups66 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 7.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 6.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Huff
Pass share
42.1%
268 pass / 368 run
Plays / game
70.7
9 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
299 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
The No. 1,896 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the American Athletic.
2026 is in progress.
Played for three programs.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2025)
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to Memphis
