Senior linebacker for Ole Miss. 2023: 21 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.
5′10″ · 225 lb · Norcross, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 linebacker for Ole Miss. 2023: 21 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 2596 nationally · Signed with Tulane
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonMonty Montgomery
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Scott Satterfield and Lane Kiffin. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against Alabama — Week 4, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Ole Miss, 174 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Luke → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Golding
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #528 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ole Miss | 21 | 9 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Louisville | 63 | 29 | 10.5 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | Louisville | 17 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Louisville | 46 | 33 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Louisville | 27 | 20 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 174 | 101 | 25.5 | 15.0 | 4 | 3 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 73-7vs Mercer | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-20@ Tulane | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-23vs Georgia Tech | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-24@ Alabama | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 55-49vs LSU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-20vs Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-7vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-3vs UL Monroe | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 9 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Shane Whitter’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Carlos Johnson's graduate season at South Alabama (2024).
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Player DNA