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Huskies Offer Garfield HS Linebacker Michael Montgomery

The local recruit is one of at least nine players with a UW scholarship proposal in two weeks.

Dan Raley

The University of Washington once depended on a former Garfield High School inside linebacker to head up its defense in Bruce Harrell, who helped take the Huskies to a Rose Bowl and now is a leading Seattle mayoral candidate. 

Then there was the time when the UW returned the favor and sent ex-Husky and Minnesota Vikings inside linebacker Mark Stewart to coach the Garfield Bulldogs football team.

The schools and that defensive position could be aligned again with current Garfield linebacker Michael Montgomery revealing on social media on Wednesday that he has a Husky scholarship offer.

The 6-foot-3, 230-pound Montgomery received the offer, his first, which comes four days after he attended the UW's 24-17 loss to UCLA at Husky Stadium. He's a junior from the Class of 2023 and he's also a tight end.

Montgomery plays in the middle of the defense for a Garfield team that has gone 5-2 so far, beating Seattle Prep last weekend in a shootout 49-42.

The attraction to him is his size, strength and speed, all on the plus side. In the video below, he easily deadlifts 405 pounds. 

Since they've been able to get out and recruit in person over the past two-plus weeks, Husky coaches have been busy offering scholarships to a number of prospects, reaching all the way to Texas. Montgomery is the lone Washington state recruit offered in that time. 

RECENT UW OFFERS 

Mike Montgomery, ILB, Garfield HS (Wash.), 2023

Zahquan Frazier, CB, Coffeyville CC (Kansas)

Zeke Berry, CB, De La Salle HS (Calif.), 2022

Zabien Brown, CB, Mater Dei HS (Calif.), 2024

Princewill Umanmielen, OLB, Manor HS (Texas), 2023

Elijah Rushing, OLB, Salpointe Catholic HS (Ariz.), 2024

Devan Thompkins, OLB, Edison HS (Calif.), 2022

Jalon Peoples, CB, Cedar Hills HS (Texas), 2022

Chase Farrell, WR, Oaks Christian HS (Calif.), 2024

Michael Montgomery at practice in the middle of Seattle.
The well-muscled Michael Montgomery at practice in the middle of Seattle.  / Twitter

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DAN RALEY

Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.

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