Nate Montana

Nathaniel Joseph "Nate" Montana, born October 3, 1989) at Santa Clara, California,United States.

He is a college football quarterback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He transferred to Pasadena City College in 2009, before transferring back to Notre Dame in 2010.

Montana is the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana.

Early years

In high school, Montana was a reserve quarterback at De La Salle High School in Concord, California, a suburb east of San Francisco.

College career

Notre Dame (2008)

After graduating from high school in 2008, he enrolled at Notre Dame and joined the Fighting Irish football team as a walk-on, with the hope of landing a scholarship as a sophomore.

Pasadena City College (2009)

Following Montana's freshman year at Notre Dame, he found himself well down the depth chart at quarterback. In order to increase his playing time, he withdrew from Notre Dame in 2009 and enrolled at Pasadena City College in southern California as a redshirt freshman.

Notre Dame (2010–present)

Montana re-enrolled at Notre Dame in January 2010. He is expected to be a reserve quarterback behind Dayne Crist.

Personal

Montana is the third child and oldest son of legendary NFL quarterback Joe Montana and Jennifer Wallace, a model/actress. His two older sisters Alexandra (b. 1985) and Elizabeth (b. 1986) also attended the University of Notre Dame. His brother Nick (b. 1992) is a senior in high school and is the starting quarterback at nationally-ranked Oaks Christian in Westlake Village. Nick is one of the top prospects in the nation and has verbally committed to play for the Washington Huskies after graduation in 2010.

Montana was one of 8 Notre Dame football players and 11 total athletes arrested for alleged underage drinking on July 16, 2010.