2019 Football Roster
Roster
Antonio Montero
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 222
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Eden Prairie, Minnesota
- High School:
- Eden Prairie
Honors at Rice
- C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- Rice Honor Athlete 2021
- Jess Neely Defensive Award (linebacker) 2021
2021
Closed his fourth season with 29 career starts... Lead the team with a career-best nine TFL, including a pair of games with two... Credited with six tackles, two TFLs (one sack), and force the first fumble of his career at Charlotte... Recovered a fumble on UAB’s first play of the game to set up the Owl’s second TD against the Blazers... Opened the season with back-to-back double-figure tackle totals, the first Owl to open a season with consecutive games with double figures in tackles since Brian Raines in 2006... Matched his career-high with 11 tackles in the opener (matching his effort in the 2019 opener at Army)... Reached 11 tackles three times in 2019 and had 10 last year at Southern Miss.
2020
Fifth on the team with 24 stops in four games... Reached double figures for the fourth time in his career with 10 stops at Southern Miss.
2019
Second on the team with a career-best 83 tackles…Also recorded career-bests with five TFL, one sack, three PBU, and one forced fumble… Opened the season by setting a career-high with 11 tackles at Army and matched that total vs. Marshall and UTEP… Tied fellow linebacker Blaze Alldredge for the team lead with three double-digit tackle games during the year… Kicked the Owls' second PAT vs. Texas, becoming the first position player at Rice to score points from placekicks since Sam Hartman in 1989 and the first FBS position starter to kick a PAT in a game since LA Tech WR Trent Taylor kicked one vs. UTSA in 2016… Handled the kicking duties at Eden Prairie (MN) HS in his junior and senior seasons in addition to playing linebacker and fullback. He was 102/111 in PATs and 9/11 in field goals, with a long of 47 yards as a junior.
2018
True freshman who started seven of that last nine and finished with 34 tackles... Credited with a career-best seven tackles vs. UTEP... Picked off his first career pass vs. ODU .. Picked up a then-season-best four tackles vs. UTSA in his second consecutive start... Credited with three tackles at Southern Miss.
Eden Prairie High School
Minnesota Mr. Football, Metro Player of the Year, All-State, and AP Defensive Player of the Year for coach Mike Grant as the Eagles capped an undefeated season with their tenth state championship... Credited with 118 tackles (13 for losses), two interceptions, and three forced fumbles on defense while rushing for 24 touchdowns as a senior... Concluded his career with 235 tackles (29 for losses), four forced fumbles, and three interceptions... A product of the same high school that produced former Owl safety, Corey Frazier... AP Honor Student, Hispanic Scholar, and a member of the Environmentalist Club.
Personal
Full name: Antonio Montero... Born: October 18 at Eden Prairie, Minnesota... Parents: Luis Montero and Carrie Montero... (one brother)... Father was born in Spain and played collegiate soccer at the University of Salamanca... Rice major: Sport Management... Rice College: Lovett
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