Each time I do one of these video breakdowns, I want people to understand that I am doing them for 3 reasons.
- To further my own knowledge of the players I am researching.
- To help educate and spotlight talented players using unique video examples.
- To put readers in a position to add value to their draft boards and become familiar with players outside of the consensus top 10 at their position.
This week I chose to review a player that I had a lot of interest in heading into 2014, and still do coming out of it and that player is Ty Montgomery of Stanford University. For a brief run down you can also read UTH’s own Chad Parsons’ player profile on Ty Montgomery here.
Ty Montgomery is a physically gifted wide receiver whom was reported to stand 6′-2″and weigh 216lbs with a near 4.42 40 yard dash time. An accomplished kick returner and stand out wide receiver at Stanford University there is a lot to like about this prospect. Yet it wasn’t up until the recent Senior Bowl though that a lot of us got clarity on his official size. While yes, Ty did measure in at the 216lbs that was listed on his Stanford University website bio, his height came up a bit short. His official measurement came in well below expectation as it was not the 6′-2″ most of us had assumed but 5′-11 3/4″.
Ty Montgomery: Value Adjustment
Well for those of you that are proponents of the “tall” wide receivers it appears as if Ty Montgomery may not check that box. However his six-foot frame is a great combination with his projected speed and 216lbs size. His thick dimensions may put him closer to the body type of a running back rather than a wide receiver, and at times his game play validates this. There is still a lot to like about Ty Montgomery. With his massive 10″+ sized hands, thick frame and top end speed he truly offers a wide spectrum of measurables.
Coming off his junior year at Stanford Ty Montgomery finished his season (14 games) with 61 catches for 958 yards and 10 touchdowns. He also boasted a very solid 15.7 YPC that season to go along with his 1,000+ kick return yards. An accomplished kick returner who this year ran 2 of 13 kick return attempts back for touchdowns. There is something to be said for the future production of players that served as all purpose yardage athletes in college, and Montgomery definitely checks that box. As a senior in 2014 we saw a significant deviation in his production from the year prior. In 2014 Ty managed just post identical receptions to his junior season (61), yet far less yards (604) & less than 1/3rd of the touchdowns (3). In Montgomery’s defense he did play 3 less games in 2014 than he did in 2013 so perhaps that can be attributed to the down year. Sadly, the yard/touchdown declines were not the stats that popped off the screen the most to me.
You see at times Ty’s route running and hands have been deemed too “raw” or “inconsistent”, but that’s not all. What also scares me is the considerable production drop off we saw from 2013 to 2014 with Montgomery. Despite an injury riddled beginning to his 2014 season, we did not see the same player that we did in 2013. What stood out the most was the near six yard drop in YPC (yards per catch) from the 15.7 in 2013 to the 9.9 YPC in 2014. Numbers like these begin to raise a lot of questions about a players ability to grow as a wide receiver. The YPC were not the only stat that declined though, we also saw an extreme drop off in touchdowns as he slipped from the 10 he posted in 2013 to just three in 2014 (3 less games). For prospective buyers of Montgomery 2014 wasn’t what they had hoped to see from.
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