Don't really care about the position...but I'll probably need one of those jerseys.
From the Missoulian.com
Montana's coming to Montana
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University of Montana athletic director Jim O'Day confirmed to the Missoulian on Monday evening that Nate Montana, son of NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana, has enrolled at the University of Montana.
"He's admitted as a student, and he started classes today," O'Day said. "Then I would assume he's a walk-on, because we have no aid as of this semester."
O'Day said Montana enrolled on Friday, the last day to do so for the current semester at UM.
The 21-year old junior quarterback and his father met with athletic department officials Monday, just six days after Joe Montana and his wife had an informal meeting with Grizzly football head coach Robin Pflugrad.
Nate Montana walked on at his father's alma mater, Notre Dame, as a freshman before transferring to Pasadena (Calif.) Community College in 2009. There, he was 31 of 88 in the air for 324 yards with a pair of touchdowns and five interceptions.
This past fall, Nate Montana returned to South Bend, Ind., to play at Notre Dame and was listed as the third quarterback on the depth chart behind junior Dayne Crist and freshman Tommy Rees. He saw action in three games last season and completed nine of 18 passes for 116 yards with an interception and no touchdowns.
The Grizzlies' 2011 recruiting class, announced earlier this month, did not include a headline quarterback. But Pflugrad hinted at the time that a transfer could join the program in the spring. UM was spurned by Michigan transfer Tate Forcier, who chose to play at the University of Miami.
Nate Montana would join a stable of UM quarterbacks that includes true sophomore Jordan Johnston, redshirt freshman Shay Smithwick-Hann and junior Gerald Kemp.
Pflugrad had no comment.
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