JANUARY 30, 2026
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1. From the Backyard to the Big Stage: The Moment Isn't Too Big For John Carroll’s Tyren Montgomery at the Senior Bowl
“Here's the first thing you notice about Tyren Montgomery when watching Senior Bowl practices this week: He moves through the process like someone who belongs, like someone who has done this before.
This is my eighth Senior Bowl, and it's not uncommon to see players from small schools show up here and look completely overwhelmed. Montgomery has looked more like a No. 1 receiver from a Power Four program than "that guy from Division III John Carroll University whose football backstory is almost too much to believe."
And that's what makes this all the more remarkable.”
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