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Recruiting on the South Plains | 2014 OL Mildren Montgomery Commits to Texas Tech

Texas Tech receives commitment #12 from Oklahoma City's Mildren Montgomery.

Nick Montgomery of the Mariners controls the ball ahead of Kurisawa Ryoichi of Kashiwa during the AFC Champions League match between the Central Coast Mariners and Kashiwa at Bluetongue Stadium on April 30, 2013 in Gosford, Australia.
Nick Montgomery of the Mariners controls the ball ahead of Kurisawa Ryoichi of Kashiwa during the AFC Champions League match between the Central Coast Mariners and Kashiwa at Bluetongue Stadium on April 30, 2013 in Gosford, Australia.
Tony Feder

PLAYER: Mildren Montgomery

POSITION: Offensive Tackle
HEIGHT: 6'4"
WEIGHT: 245
FORTY: 5.41
HIGH SCHOOL: Douglass (Oklahoma City, OK)
VIDEO: Clip 1
RECRUITING SERVICES: Rivals | Scout N/R | ESPN N/R | 24/7 Sports N/R
CUMULATIVE RANKING: N/A
VTM PROFILE DATE: June 4, 2013

OFFERS | North Texas and Texas Tech

STATS | Nope.

THE PLAYER SPEAKS | The news about the commitment happened late Monday night, so we don't have much. ESPN got this one-liner from Montgomery:

"There was something about them when I went there for junior day," Montgomery said. "The coaches are great. It just felt right."

SCOUTING REPORT | Projectable, high ceiling and athletic. Keep those adjectives in mind.

The first thing that you note about Montgomery is that he's not even done growing yet and hasn't filled out yet, weighing in at 245 or so. This should not be a concern if a player is athletic and Montgomery is athletic. Sorta reminds me of Le'Raven Clark in a way. Big skinny kid that is fast.

And yes, he is fast. Pay no attention to what you might think is a slow 40-yard dash time because most of the time, those times are inflated. That's probably very accurate for a guy his size.

Lots of good things to look at in his film. Gets to the second level very quickly. He sticks with his man in that he doesn't give up on a play and he moves his feet really well. Montgomery can turn in space quite easily and looks agile doing it. He doesn't have a ton of pancake blocks because of his size and strength, but that can eventually happen once he fills out.

You're probably a bit nervous at this point with the lack of stars next to a player's name. I've got a lot more thoughts on that coming soon.

Mildren, welcome to Texas Tech and Git Your Guns Up!

The 2014 Class |

Player Position Ht/Wt School VTM Profile
Patrick Mahomes QB 6-3/198 Whitehouse (Whitehouse, TX) April 24, 2013
Justin Stockton RB 5-9/175 Steele (Cibolo, TX) January 21, 2013
Demarcus Felton RB 5-7/179 Dekaney (Spring, TX) April 18, 2013
Jakari Dillard WR 6-4/185 Princeton (Princeton, TX) August 13, 2012
Cameron Batson IR 5-9/165 Milwood (Oklahoma City, OK) April 23, 2013
Ian Sadler WR 5-11/192 Argyle (Argyle, TX) April 25, 2013
Byron Daniels WR 6-0/170 Madison (San Antonio, TX) May 8, 2013
Deionte Noel OL 6-3/300 Steele (Cibolo, TX) April 17, 2013
Mildren Montgomery OL 6-4/245 Douglass (Oklahoma City, OK) June 4, 2013
L.J. Collier DE 6-3/235 Munday (Munday, TX) February 10, 2013
Tevin Madison CB 5-10/160 Fayette County (Fayette, AL) April 26, 2013
Derrick Neal ATH 5-9/155 Lincoln (Dallas, TX) May 2, 2013