# Greg Montgomery

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Greg_Montgomery
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Greg_Montgomery.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Montgomery
> Source revision: 1350301057
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

**Gregory Hugh Montgomery Jr.** (October 29, 1964 – August 23, 2020) was an American professional [football](/source/American_football) player who was an [All-Pro](/source/All-Pro) [punter](/source/Punter_(football_position)) for nine seasons in the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL).

Born in [Morristown, New Jersey](/source/Morristown,_New_Jersey), and raised in [Shrewsbury](/source/Shrewsbury,_New_Jersey), Montgomery played football at [Red Bank Regional High School](/source/Red_Bank_Regional_High_School), where he had hoped to be a linebacker rather than a punter.[1][2]

Montgomery spent his freshman [collegiate](/source/College_football) year at [Penn State](/source/Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_football), but then transferred to [Michigan State](/source/Michigan_State_Spartans_football), where his father had played [quarterback](/source/Quarterback) thirty years earlier.[3]

As a junior, he was honored by the [Football Writers Association of America](/source/Football_Writers_Association_of_America) (FWAA) as a first-team [All-American](/source/College_Football_All-America_Team),[4] and as a senior he was selected to the second-team by [United Press International](/source/United_Press_International).[5] In 1996, Montgomery was chosen for the MSU Centennial Super Squad.[6]

Montgomery was selected in the third round of the [1988 NFL draft](/source/1988_NFL_draft) by the [Houston Oilers](/source/Houston_Oilers).[7]

From 1988 to 1997 he spent time with the [Houston Oilers](/source/Houston_Oilers), [Detroit Lions](/source/Detroit_Lions), and [Baltimore Ravens](/source/Baltimore_Ravens). In his nine NFL seasons, Montgomery led the NFL in yards per punt average three times (1990, 1992, 1993), was selected to one [Pro Bowl](/source/Pro_Bowl) and First-team [All-Pro](/source/All-Pro) (1993), and finished his career with 22,831 punting yards and 120 punts inside the opponents 20 yard line. His longest punt of 77 yards was with the Houston Oilers.[8]

## NFL career statistics

Legend Led the league Bold Career high

### Regular season

Year Team Punting GP Punts Yds Net Yds Lng Avg Net Avg Blk Ins20 TB 1988 HOU 16 65 2,523 2,217 61 38.8 34.1 0 12 5 1989 HOU 16 56 2,422 2,091 63 43.3 36.1 2 15 7 1990 HOU 16 34 1,530 1,244 60 45.0 36.6 0 7 5 1991 HOU 15 48 2,105 1,842 60 43.9 36.8 2 13 4 1992 HOU 16 53 2,487 2,052 66 46.9 37.3 2 14 9 1993 HOU 15 54 2,462 2,113 77 45.6 39.1 0 13 5 1994 DET 16 63 2,782 2,191 64 44.2 34.2 1 19 8 1996 BAL 16 68 2,980 2,607 67 43.8 37.8 1 23 5 1997 BAL 16 83 3,540 3,040 60 42.7 36.6 0 24 2 Career 142 524 22,831 19,397 77 43.6 36.5 8 140 50

### Playoffs

Year Team Punting GP Punts Yds Net Yds Lng Avg Net Avg Blk Ins20 TB 1988 HOU 2 8 336 253 51 42.0 28.1 1 0 0 1989 HOU 1 3 132 112 48 44.0 28.0 1 0 0 1990 HOU 1 6 256 194 47 42.7 32.3 0 2 1 1991 HOU 2 3 133 113 50 44.3 37.7 0 1 1 1992 HOU 1 2 49 49 25 24.5 24.5 0 0 0 1993 HOU 1 5 243 179 59 48.6 35.8 0 1 1 1994 DET 1 8 292 257 45 36.5 32.1 0 0 1 Career 9 35 1,441 1,157 59 41.2 31.3 2 4 4

## Post-playing career

In 2003, Montgomery started ZenPunt 5.0, and was the company's president/CEO.[9]

Montgomery died on August 23, 2020, in [Grand Rapids, Michigan](/source/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan), after succumbing to a long-term illness.[1][10]

## References

1. ["Greg Montgomery Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College"](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MontGr20.htm). *Pro Football Reference*. Retrieved May 26, 2024.

1. McKee, Sandra. ["A level field Ravens: Punter Greg Montgomery has struggled with the emotional highs and lows of bipolar disorder, but so far, he has adjusted successfully"](https://www.baltimoresun.com/1997/12/18/a-level-field-ravens-punter-greg-montgomery-has-struggled-with-the-emotional-highs-and-lows-of-bipolar-disorder-but-so-far-he-has-adjusted-successfully/), *[The Baltimore Sun](/source/The_Baltimore_Sun)*, December 18, 1997. Accessed October 8, 2018. "Montgomery spent his early childhood in Shrewsbury, N.J., the son of a Wall Street investment banker.... At Red Bank (N.J.) High, he refused to wear his letter jacket his junior year because it had a 'P' on it for punter."

1. ["Montgomery is at home with Spartans"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-register-greg-montgomery-trans/148093590/). *The Daily Register (Red Bank, NJ)*. September 25, 1985. p. 4B. – via Newspapers.com.

1. Ted Gangi (ed.). ["FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190304073432/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf). Archived from [the original](http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2016.

1. ["UPI All-America"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5713555/upi_allamerica/). *The Indianapolis Star*. December 9, 1987. p. D4. – via Newspapers.com.

1. ["All-Pro punter Greg Montgomery has died at age 55"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-greg-montgomery-ob/148094127/). *Lansing State Journal (MI)*. September 5, 2020. p. 3B. – via Newspapers.com.

1. ["1988 NFL Draft Listing"](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1988/draft.htm). *Pro-Football-Reference.com*. Retrieved September 24, 2023.

1. ["Greg Montgomery Stats"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200607035013/http://www.profootballarchives.com/playerm/mont02400.html). *Pro Football Archives*. Archived from [the original](http://www.profootballarchives.com/playerm/mont02400.html) on June 7, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2024.

1. ["Linkedin"](http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=44978049&authType=name&authToken=jTG6&goback=%2Ermg_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1). Gregory Montgomery. Retrieved 29 December 2013.

1. ["Michigan State All-American punter Greg Montgomery dies at 55"](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state-university/spartans/2020/09/04/michigan-state-all-american-punter-greg-montgomery-dies-55/5720906002/). The Detroit News. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

## External links

- [Greg Montgomery](https://web.archive.org/web/20121103111840/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1006079/index.htm)
- [Oilers' Montgomery dealing with bigger issues now](http://www.caller.com/news/2010/aug/21/oilers-montgomery-dealing-with-bigger-issues-now/)
- [in the NFL - The Gregory Montgomery Story](http://vimeo.com/18105537/2010/jan/1/Madness)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Greg Montgomery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Montgomery) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Montgomery?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.