Edward Montgomery runs everywhere. He jogs to interviews, runs around the practice field and runs routes in a field by his house once he gets home.
“I run each one of my routes four times on each side, eat something, then go lay down,” Montgomery said. “Then I wake up and do it all again.
“I get enough sleep, but sometimes you have to give up [sleep].”
From all the ways that Ooltewah coach Mac Bryan plans to use Montgomery this season, it sounds like all the running is just good conditioning for the senior.
The 5-foot-10, 170-pounder had 613 yards of total offense and six touchdowns for the 2013 Owls, who were the District 5-AAA regular-season champions and advanced to the second round of the Class 5A playoffs before falling to rival East Hamilton. He also made 46 tackles, with a pair of sacks, three tackles for loss and an interception.