Monterey Jack
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 Monty Jack showing his love for Bojangles | |||||||||||||
| No. 17 – Dallas Birddogs | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | March 10, 1988 (aged 73) Kyle, Oregon, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| College: | University of Louisiana at La Fayette | ||||||||||||
| DSFL Draft: | 2036 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1 | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| Roster status: | Retired | ||||||||||||
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Player stats at ISFL.net | |||||||||||||
Monterey "Monty" Jack (born March 10, 1988) was the first American football quarterback for the Dallas Birddogs. He played college football for University of Louisiana at La Fayette (UL).
Early years
Monterey “Monty” Jack was born in a Bojangles parking lot in Kyle, Oregon on March 10th, 1998. He has a twin brother who was born on the same day named Colby Jack. Their mother, Josie Jack, did not make it to the hospital before birthing Monty so they pulled over into the nearest parking lot which happened to be at a Bojangles. Colby was born normally in a hospital. Both Monty and Colby were fierce competitors all throughout their childhood as their father, Cheddar Jack, pushed them to push themselves and to build off of one another. At the age of 8 years old, Monty began playing football alongside his brother. People kept comparing the two brothers though they had different skillsets in the backfield. Monty has a rocket arm, while Colby can shake off any defender when he sneaks out of the pocket. Since both brother played at te Quarterback position, their parents sent them to separate high schools to show their full potential. Monty attended Thurston High School and was the starting varsity quarterback back for all four years he attended. He helped take the school to 3 state championships where he won 1 of them.
College career
"If you were a close friend of Montys you would know just how much he loves Bonjangles. So, when he was deciding on which school to take his talents to it was no surprise that he ended up at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The Ragin’ Cajuns were happy to bring him onto the team giving him a full scholarship to play for them. Jack took over as the starting quarterback for the Cajuns in his Sophomore year after their former starter ruptured his achilles in warm ups before the first regular season game. Jack made sure to use this opportunity and make the best of it. He started out sort of rough in his first couple of games while he was getting used to the new limelight. Then in his third game, something clicked. In the first home game of the season for the Ragin’ Cajuns Jack completed 36 of 47 passes for 528 yards and 5 touchdowns. This lit a fire under the seats of Cajun fans as stadium attendance skyrocketed in the games following that one. That home game was the start of a three year domination by the Cajuns and more specifically Monty Jack. He broke a school record for passing yards and touchdowns in a game throwing for 647 yards and 8 touchdowns. This game put him on every DSFL and NSFL coaches radar and the floodgates of scouts opened up. Monty Jack just finished his final season as a Ragin’ Cajun and has declared for the DSFL draft.
DSFL Career
Monty Jack was drafted at 1 overall in the S21 DSFL draft to the Dallas Birddogs. He was the very first player drafted into this expansion franchise. The general managers drafted many weapons to surround Monty Jack with like White Goodman, William Lim, Jeffery Phillips, and Mike Lee. Monty took the starting job immediately and as a rookie, posted a 65 QB rating throwing for 1553 yards, 12 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. He also only completed 48.8% of his passes. Some attribute this to the lack of offensive line talent while many attribute to Monty Jack just not being a good rookie Quarterback. His rushing yardage is where he really showed off his athleticism posting -38 yards total yards.
The general managers tended to run the spread offensive playbook in certain situations which allowed Monty to run with the ball, but because of his lactose intolerance and his love of cheese, he couldn't run that far without upsetting his stomach and would be taken down behind the line of scrimmage. The inaugural season of the Birddogs came to an end leaving them at a 5-9 record and missing the playoffs. This was to be expected though for a new expansion team. With many of Jacks offensive weapons being called up to the big leagues, the Birddogs needed to draft some replacements to surround their now sophomore quarterback. With new wide receivers, running backs, and tight ends added, all that was really left was fixing the offensive line. The general managers of the Birddogs made some lucrative trades to get some offensive line help so Monty's glass bones could heal from the beating they took the past season. With these new and some old players surrounding Jack on the offense, he put up just slightly better numbers ending season 22 with a 69.2 QB rating and throwing 10 touchdowns and 8 interceptions.
