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Luke Montgomery Playing Key College Football Playoff Role at Left Guard for Ohio State After Being “Humbled” Earlier This Year​

By Andy Anders on January 8, 2025 at 11:43 am @andyanders55
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Humility is often the catalyst for growth in life. One must first recognize their flaws to correct or strengthen them, after all.
Luke Montgomery used the phrase “humbled” to describe the first 90% of his sophomore season at Ohio State. After seeing use in select spots as a freshman, Montgomery entered spring practice as the odds-on favorite to win the Buckeyes’ open starting right guard competition. He was seen taking first-team offensive line reps during March training sessions open to the media.
By preseason camp, Montgomery faded from that battle entirely. There was some brief experimentation with him as a backup center before he slid back over to guard as a depth piece. But even when then-left guard Donovan Jackson missed two games with injury to start the 2024 campaign, it was fellow second-year Austin Siereveld, not Montgomery, who filled in.
“I just wasn't ready yet. I think consistency is key when you're playing offensive line and as a young player, sometimes that's up and down,” Montgomery said at Ohio State’s media day before the Rose Bowl on Dec. 30. “I had to find that way to continue to get better and more consistent. And I've done that and I’m believing in that. And I was ready. I was ready for when my time was close.”

After playing just 77 total snaps in a backup role during the regular season, Montgomery’s name emerged again following a poor performance from Ohio State’s offensive line in the Michigan game. Ryan Day advertised a plan to rotate Montgomery, Siereveld and Tegra Tshabola, the team’s regular starting right guard, at both spots next to center Carson Hinzman.
Ohio State followed through on that plan, and now through two games of what the Buckeyes hope is a national title run in the College Football Playoff, Montgomery’s found a key role at left guard.
“He'd just been building up through the year,” offensive line coach Justin Frye told Eleven Warriors. “Getting game-ready, getting ready to go in and go play. Same deal, great preparation game plan-wise. Felt (the rotation) fit all three of those guys to keep them fresh and try to work on their big, heavy inside guys. It's a big D-tackle (Tennessee had) so it's, for us, good to rotate some guys through to match the physicality and the size there. So, they all played really well.”

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Luke Montgomery Playing Key College Football Playoff Role at Left Guard for Ohio State After Being “Humbled” Earlier This Year

After being “humbled” in the offseason and regular season, Luke Montgomery has emerged at left guard for the Buckeyes this postseason as part of a resurging offensive line.
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Which Ohio State football player will improve the most in 2025?​

The Ohio State football program only has a few starters returning from the national championship-winning team, but this player will improve a ton from 2024.

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The Ohio State football program has a lot of players they need to replace from the 2024 squad. They just had 15 players get invited to the NFL Combine, so that is 15 starters who they need to replace. Of course, that also means that there are seven starters who are returning for the 2025 season.

Of course, there are players who weren't starters who still played a lot of snaps. There are going to be some players who are in a position to improve in a major way in 2025. Ohio State is going to need some improvement because of how many players they are losing if they want to have any shot of repeating as national champs.

With Spring ball just about a month away, there's one particular Ohio State football player that I'm looking at who could be the most improved player heading into 2025. It's someone on the offensive line who really showed promise during the four-game College Football Playoff run.

Luke Montgomery will be the most improved Ohio State football player in 2025​

Luke Montgomery emerged as a starter during the latter part of the season. He was inserted at left guard and ended up playing ahead of Austin Siereveld, and it was the right call. He has an immense amount of talent and showed that when he was thrust into an incredibly difficult situation.

Had Montgomery been able to start all year, he would have been even better during the College Football Playoff. Instead, he was only added as a real contributor during the Tennessee game. That four-game run solidified that he should have been a starter all year.

The Buckeyes will be replacing three starters from last year's offensive line. Montgomery will certainly be the starter at the left guard spot. His talent showed that he was too good to be put on the bench. While there were some times that he got pushed around a bit, his improvement is poised to be striking in 2025.
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