4-star Georgia QB Ryan Montgomery opens up on injury and future
Findlay (Ohio) four-star quarterback Ryan Montgomery won’t play high school football again. The Georgia pledge suffered a torn ACL in the season opener earlier this month.
He underwent surgery to repair the torn ligament a little over 10 days ago. Montgomery is set to enroll at Georgia in January.
The No. 113 overall prospect in the 2025 On3 Industry Rankings is already looking toward the future while trying to be helpful at his high school.
Ryan Montgomery curving the learning curve
In the days since surgery Montgomery has been talking with Findlay’s new quarterback. He’s also been on Zoom calls with Mike Bobo and Georgia’s offensive staff trying to learn the Bulldogs’ offense.
“I still want to be there for my teammates and my guess as much as I can,” Montgomery said. “It’s really tough right now the first few weeks post-surgery. I can’t really leave the house much. I’m still trying to do as much as I can trying to help out the younger quarterback that’s replacing me. I am focusing on rehab, that’s the most important thing and just trying to get better each and every day and get back to playing the game I love as quicly as possible.”
“I’m not going to have it mastered, its a huge playbook,” Montgomery continued. “I’m doing the best I can to get as much as I can down. That’s what I’ve been focused on, that’s what the next few months are going to be.”
Montgomery wants to be able to play fast once he hits the field in Athens. He has quickly noticed the difference in a high school playbook and the one Carson Beck has to contend with at Georgia.
“Everything that you can learn is one less thing you have to think about when you’re on the field playing and taking those practice reps,” Montgomery said. “It’s a lot of information. There’s like 34 pages of just formations. That’s not even the concepts. That’s just the formations. It’s a lot. It’s going to be a huge advantage having these few months to get a little more comfortable with the playbook.”
Ryan Montgomery’s timeline
Montgomery is still in the early days following his surgery. ACL injuries typically take six to nine months to recover from. Returning to play could be a bit longer depending on multiple factors.
Spring practices at Georgia typicall kick off in middle to late March. Math suggests that would be right at six months from Montgomery’s surgery.
Montgomery is hopeful but also wants to remain realistic.
“It’s going to be close,” Montgomery said. “I’m going to do everything in my power to get back for spring ball. I think I attack things a little bit differently than most people do, so I think I’ll get back a little quicker than the regular person would just because of how initially I do things. When I focus on something, that’s really what I focus on. The plan is to hopefully be back for spring ball, if not, I know I’ll be able to do pretty much everything except for the contact stuff, which I’m not getting hit in practice anyway. I think I should be able to do almost every thing. Time will tell.”
Support system in Athens strong
Georgia’s coaching staff has been supportive from afar so far in the process. Montgomery will be able to work with Georgia’s medical staff once he gets to Athens in January.
“They’ve done a great job,” Montgomery said. “They’ve supported me every step of the way and told me that they’re always going to be there and that this is not the end, its just the beginning for me and I’m going to come back better than ever. Just being able to hop on Zoom calls and diving into the playbook some and learning as much as I can. They’ve been willing to help with that some I’m really grateful for that.”
He’s already been given some strong words of encouragement from Bobo on what the future holds.
“They’re all pretty devasted for me, it sucks,” Montgomery said. “It’s tough. They just told me that this isn’t going to be the end for me. They’ve told me that there are brighter days in my future and I’m going to be ready. They have the best guys down there too. They have best trainers and medical staff. When I get there in Januray they’re going to take over and they have some of the best staff there. They’re going to take good care of me.”
‘Not finished yet’
On the recruiting side of things, there’s not much to see with Montgomery. He committed to Georgia and he intends on playing for Georgia.
There hasn’t been any communication with any other schools. Montgomery is planning on returning to Athens for the season finale against Georgia Tech. He is also looking at potentially attending Georgia vs Tennesse on Nov. 16.
“I’m as locked in as they get, I’m not going anywhere,” Montgomery said. “Honestly, there really hasn’t been any other schools that have been trying to recruit me still and I think that’s because I’m that locked in with Georgia. I’m 100 percent locked and recruitment has been shut down since I committed.”
Georgia has 21 commits in the class of 2025 at the moment. Montgomery expects that to be a bigger number by the time signing day rolls around in December.
“I like where we’re at right now, we’re not finished yet,” Montgomery said. “The standard at Georgia is to be the best and to be the best you have to recruit the best and that’s what we’re doing. The class isn’t finished yet but I feel good about where we’re going to finish on national signing day.”
Montgomery has been watching Georgia’s game closley so far this year. He’s been impressed by what he’s seen in the first month of the 2024 season.
“I love how they’re looking right now, the Kentucky game was a little tough and they played them really well but great teams find a way to win and they did, so I’m really happy about that,” Montgomery said. “I think this bye week was really needed. I’m really excited to watch this game this week against Alabama.”
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