Georgia 4-star QB commit Ryan Montgomery earns Elite 11 Finals invite
Findlay (Ohio) four-star quarterback Ryan Montgomery has been a blue-chip prospect throughout the 2025 recruiting cycle. A top-15 player at his position — Georgia, South Carolina and Florida were all heavily involved in his recruitment. In the end, it was the ‘Dawgs who won out.
On Sunday, Montgomery earned an invitation to the Elite 11 Finals this summer in Los Angeles. That comes following a solid performance at the Elite 11 regional competition in State College, Pennsylvania.
There are few higher honors for high school quarterbacks than being invited to the Elite 11 Finals. The event, which will celebrate its 25th year in 2024, brings together the country’s elite signal-callers for three days of competition and training in Los Angeles.
Elite 11 alumni include Carson Palmer, Andrew Luck, Matthew Stafford, Tim Tebow, and more recently Trevor Lawrence, C.J. Stroud, Bryce Young and more. Last year’s Elite 11 Finals featured more than a dozen of the top 20 quarterbacks in the final On3 Industry Rankings, including each of the top five players at the position.
He becomes the 11th invitee to this year’s event, joining Missouri commit Matt Zollers, USC commit Julian Lewis, Ohio State pledge Tavien St. Clair, Notre Dame commit Deuce Knight, Texas A&M commit Husan Longstreet, Texas commit K.J. Lacey, SMU commit Keelon Russell, Oklahoma commit Kevin Sperry, Florida State pledge Tramell Jones and North Carolina commit Bryce Baker.
Ryan Montgomery Recruit Profile
Montgomery is the nation’s No. 185 overall prospect, No. 14 quarterback and No. 9 recruit from Ohio in the 2025 cycle according to the On3 Industry Ranking — a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
Scout’s Take: “Ryan Montgomery is a polished passer and showed encouraging improvement as a junior, passing for over 3,000 yards and 35 touchdowns with five interceptions.” — Charles Power, February