{"id":915703,"date":"2026-06-11T04:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/915703\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T04:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:15:19","slug":"i-really-mimic-my-game-after-you-intriguing-titans-rookie-says-his-new-team-and-veteran-teammate-were-meant-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/915703\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I really mimic my game after you\u2019 \u2014 Intriguing Titans rookie says his new team and veteran teammate were meant to be"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most intriguing undrafted rookies of 2026 shares a crazy story about how he got to the NFL and is now getting to play with the veteran receivers he models his game after.<\/p>\n

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You may have haven introduced to former John Carroll WR Tyren Montgomery at the Senior Bowl in January. That\u2019s when people like me first started talking about the small school standout who kept making his presence known against defenders from much bigger schools.<\/p>\n

Flash forward, and the Titans have him on their roster after winning his favor in the post-draft scramble for UDFA signings. He sat down with Dharya Sharma on the SharmSports YouTube channel<\/a> to discuss his time so far in Nashville and the NFL.<\/p>\n

Titans, Ridley were meant to be for Montgomery in free agency<\/p>\n

It won\u2019t surprise you to hear that Montgomery\u2019s self-described biggest adjustment so far is learning an NFL playbook. \u201cI\u2019m like, damn\u2026 what\u2019s going on?\u201c he told Sharma. \u201cSo then I ended up being in a routine and I ended up asking lsome of my teammates, you know, some of the vets, what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sharma asked which veterans had taken Montgomery under their wing, and his answer included WR Lance McCutcheon and QB Hendon Hooker, both further down the depth chart. B ur one starter stands out to Montgomery too:<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then I\u2019ll say Rid, Calvin Ridley. It\u2019s crazy. Cause like, I would say I manifested that. Calvin Ridley would be one of my favorite players. Like when I first started playing football in the backyard with my brother, that\u2019s who I was watching on YouTube.\u201d<\/p>\n

Montgomery didn\u2019t hide his admiration from the veteran when he arrived in Tennessee. \u201cI met Rid last week and, you know, I would just show him my respect. Telling him look bro, I really mimic my game after you, like the way you move, your body style, all that stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

At 5\u201911 and 204lbs, Montgomery\u2019s build and athleticism clears the bar to succeed in the NFL. And with the guidance of seasoned pros like Ridley, perhaps he turns into a draft weekend steal for Tennessee.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike I really love your game,\u201d Montgomery told Ridley. \u201cSo, you know, he took a liking towards me and we\u2019re going to get some work in together. So it\u2019d just be nice and fun to really, you know, learn from him and see what he does.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check out the rest of the SharmSports interview<\/a> for Montgomery\u2019s wild path from college basketball, to flag football interest from the USA Olympic team, to rejections and D2 success parlayed into All Star game invites. It\u2019s one of the best path to the NFL stories I\u2019ve ever heard!<\/p>\n

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Tennessee Titans News<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTitans OTAs Notebook: Carnell Tate does it again, Cam Ward struggles, clear redzone winners and losers, key veterans return\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

At a bonus day of Titans OTAs practice, we saw some action in redzone periods that told three very different stories for each of the Titans quarterbacks.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Titans are quietly telling us which players will define them in 2026, dropping hints about roster competitions and breakout potential\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

Who will define such a brand new team? The Titans are telling us who to pay attention to with their actions at OTA\u2019s so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the most intriguing undrafted rookies of 2026 shares a crazy story about how he got to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":915704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[4048,7,6,526,394,2411,527,75764,2479],"class_list":["post-915703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennessee-titans","tag-calvin-ridley","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-tennesseetitans","tag-titans","tag-tyren-montgomery","tag-udfa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116729539768775155","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/915704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}