Montana's Son To Attend 49ers Minicamp

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Nate Montana hasn't gotten a contract offer from the 49ers, but he has received an invitation.

 

Montana, the son of the 49ers' famous quarterback, will attend the team's rookie minicamp May 10-12 on a tryout basis. Montana, who played most recently for West Virginia Wesleyan, attended the team's "local" pro day earlier this month. Montana said he figured he wouldn't be drafted but hoped to be offered a free-agent contract.

 

That's what he and his agent, Marty Magid, are concentrating on now, and their hope is that the 49ers offer him a deal after the minicamp. Magid said other unnamed teams also have shown interest in Montana and that he was trying to secure an invitation for one of the rookie minicamps during the upcoming weekend, May 3-5.

 

"A couple of teams have asked about him," Magid said. "We'll find out this week."

 

Montana, 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds, was one of 57 players at the 49ers' local pro day April 17. He has had a roundabout college career that took him from Notre Dame to Pasadena City College to Montana and finally to Division II West Virginia Wesleyan, where he played last season.

 

While the 49ers took Joe Montana in the third round of the 1979 draft, Nate Montana said he hoped to join an NFL team as an undrafted free agent and was eyeing the Canadian Football League or the Arena League if there are no NFL offers.

 

"Coming back here where my dad played, you've just got to put your head down and make your own name," he said April 17. "It's like a blessing and a curse. You just try to ignore the, 'Oh, that's Joe Montana's son. That's Joe Montana's son.' You just go work and show them that you're a different player from your dad."