{"id":651320,"date":"2013-04-09T09:42:13","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T13:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=224217"},"modified":"2013-04-09T09:42:13","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T13:42:13","slug":"joe-montanas-son-tries-out-for-the-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/651320","title":{"rendered":"Joe Montana\u2019s Son Tries Out For the NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It can be hard following for children following in the footsteps of a parent.  However, when that parent is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/tag\/nfl\">NFL<\/a> legend Joe Montana, following in his footsteps could be all but impossible.  Not that Nate Montana isn&#8217;t trying.<\/p>\n<p>According to an NFL.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/story\/0ap1000000158373\/article\/nate-montana-trying-to-follow-his-father-into-nfl\">report<\/a>, Nate Montana was part of the NFL Super Regional Combine this week at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.  Unfortunately, analysts are calling Nate a &#8220;long shot&#8221; who has a &#8220;weak throwing arm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nate Montana went to Notre Dame, his father&#8217;s alma mater, in 2008 and joined the football team as a walk-on.  The quarterback found himself lacking in play time, and transferred to Pasadena City College in 2009, where he red-shirted for one year.  He went <em>back<\/em> to Notre Dame in 2010, before transferring twice more, to the University of Montana in 2011 and West Virginia Wesleyan in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>During his year with West Virginia Wesleyan, Nate racked up 2480 passing yards and 19 touchdowns with the Division II program.  As slim as his chances are of making a career in the NFL, it&#8217;s clear that his passions lie in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/tag\/football\">football<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=ibPTnOCEWXQ:eETaVWFxP6U:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=ibPTnOCEWXQ:eETaVWFxP6U:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=ibPTnOCEWXQ:eETaVWFxP6U:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=ibPTnOCEWXQ:eETaVWFxP6U:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=ibPTnOCEWXQ:eETaVWFxP6U:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=ibPTnOCEWXQ:eETaVWFxP6U:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=ibPTnOCEWXQ:eETaVWFxP6U:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=ibPTnOCEWXQ:eETaVWFxP6U:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=ibPTnOCEWXQ:eETaVWFxP6U:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/ibPTnOCEWXQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It can be hard following for children following in the footsteps of a parent. However, when that parent is NFL legend Joe Montana, following in his footsteps could be all but impossible. Not that Nate Montana isn&#8217;t trying. According to an NFL.com report, Nate Montana was part of the NFL Super Regional Combine this week [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7356,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-651320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7356"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}