Great news tonight for all you Husky fans out there. The Washington Huskies just reeled in one of the recruits they had to get in Nick Montana, a quarterback from Oaks Christian High School.
After the somewhat disappointing loss to BYU of the services of heralded in-state recruit Jake Heaps, this has to come as some good news.
Even better, Montana is a bit of a better fit for the style of offense that Steve Sarkisian wants to run. It also bodes well for Sarkisian's recruiting ability, with the big-name QB signing with an 0-12 team.
Montana threw for 2,404 yards and 33 touchdowns as a junior last season.
Montana had offers from schools all over the country, including Arizona, Arizona State, Stanford, Washington, Alabama, Georgia, LSU, South Carolina, Florida State, Maryland, Nebraska, Notre Dame, and Ohio State.
Notre Dame was thought to be the leader because of the ties his father Joe Montana has there, but in the end Nick chose Washington.
Montana's high school coach claimed the Husky staff did an excellent job recruiting the young quarterback. Montana himself said that coming to campus and meeting the staff really sealed the deal.
Montana will join Ronnie Fouch and Keith Price as the backups to current starter Jake Locker in 2010, but with a fairly open competition at this point, it's going to be interesting going into 2011.
Nonetheless, it will be pretty great for Husky football to have a legend like Joe Montana hanging around the program more often.
At least, it's pretty cool from my perspective, being a lifelong 49ers fan.
It's all smoke and mirrors at this point before a ball is even hiked, but it's obvious from the energy Sarkisian brings why he was brought into the program.
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