2018 Football Roster
Montez, Steven
vs
Delaware
Sep 6 (Sat)
1:30 PM
Jersey Number 12
Steven Montez
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- El Paso, Texas
- High School:
- Del Valle
Bio
Updated Nov. 30, 2019
AT COLORADO:
Career:
This Season (Sr.):
2017 (Soph.)—Honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection of the league coaches … Winner of the John Mack Award given to the team’s outstanding offensive player … Played and started in all 12 games … Threw for 2,975 yards, narrowly missing what would have been just the third 3,000-yard passing season in Colorado history … Set a new Colorado record for games with over 400 yards of total offense in a season with three … Posted four 300-yard passing games on the year, including three-straight against California, Arizona State and No. 15 USC, marking the first time in school history a quarterback had three consecutive games passing for over 300 … Completed 60.5 percent of his 377 pass attempts, the fifth most attempts in CU single-season history … Threw 18 touchdown passes, tied for the seventh-most in single-season history, and in the 10 seasons where a CU quarterback threw at least 15 TD passes, his percentage was the second-lowest at 4.77; but he countered that by having the best interception percentage among the group, at just 2.39 … From Sept. 23 through Nov. 4, he went 172 consecutive passes without being intercepted, setting a new school record in that regard … His 376 yards against USC, when he was 27-of-49 for two TDs along with two interceptions, set a new career-high for passing yardage … He threw multiple TDs in 5-of-12 games, the high being four against Northern Colorado … He was named by The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award as an honorable mention National Player of the Week and the NFF Colorado Chapter Player of the Week for his outing against Northern Colorado … In the loss to No. 7 Washington, he completed 21-of-27 passes, which was a higher completion percentage (.778) than any Pac-12 quarterback had the previous season when facing a ranked opponent … At UCLA he threw for 243 yards and ran 15 times for 108 yards, recording the second 100-yard rushing game of his career … After posting 251 yards and three TDs in the Arizona game, he surpassed 2,500 yards passing in his career to become the 14th Buffalo to surpass that milestone at CU … Led a fourth-quarter comeback in week seven at Oregon State when in the fourth quarter he was 8-of-10 passing for 68 yards with two TDs while rushing four times for 29 yards … Was one of eight quarterbacks selected as Manning Award Stars of the Week, the Davey O'Brien Award pegged him as one of its "Great 8", was the NFF Colorado Chapter Player of the Week and he was named an honorable mention national player of the week by the College Football Performance Awards and the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award for his performance in the win over California … He was 20-of-26 passing for 347 yards and three TDs while also rushing for one score versus Cal … His 227.2 passer rating against the Bears was a career-high … Against No. 15 USC, he threw for a career-high 376 yards with two TDs, the first covering 79 yards and the second 59 … He along with teammate Isaiah Oliver, he earned the John Wooten Award for outstanding work ethic during spring ball … Was Colorado’s nominee for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award that goes to the most outstanding offensive player with ties to the state of Texas … Athlon Sports ranked him as the 42nd best quarterback entering the season.
2016 (Fr.-RS)—He played in 10 games along with the Alamo Bowl, including three starts (Oregon, Oregon State, USC; he was 2-1 as the starter) … Named a co-recipient of the Lee Willard Award, presented annually by the coaches to the outstanding freshman … Threw for 1,017 yards with nine touchdowns against four interceptions and completed 60.3 percent of his passes (79-of-131) on the year … Passer rating of 142.1 was the seventh-highest in school history (75 or more pass attempts) and the highest ever by a freshman … Also rushed for 231 yards with one touchdown, giving him 1,248 yards of total offense … Became the first known player in CU history to throw a touchdown on his first career passing attempt since Joe Dowler in 1959, as he connected with Kabion Ento on a 69-yard TD pass in the second quarter against Idaho State ... Finished that game going 6-of-10 passing for 117 yards and two touchdowns … Drew his first career start at Oregon and put in a record-setting performance in leading the Buffs to a 41-38 win while going on to collect Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week accolades in addition to six other weekly honors (Rose Bowl, NFF Chapter State of Colorado, College Sports Madness, Allstate Sugar Bowl Manning Star of the Week, Davey O’Brien Award “Great Eight” and CU Athlete of the Week), plus he was the collegesportsmadness.com national offensive player of the week … In the win versus the Ducks he threw for 333 yards and three touchdowns while running for 135 yards and another score, becoming the first player in Colorado history to throw for over 300 yards and rush for 100 in the same game … His passing yardage against Oregon was the fourth-highest in a quarterback’s first start at CU and his rushing yardage and total offense (468) output were the most in a debut by a starting QB … At one point in the first half he completed 14 straight passes, matching the CU single-game record for consecutive completions (Koy Detmer at Colorado State in 1996) … He followed up that performance the next week at home against Oregon State when he led the Buffs to a 47-6 win, the programs largest conference victory since 1992 … For the Oregon State game the Earl Campbell-Tyler Rose Award tabbed him as honorable mention for its national player of the week … He was 19-of-27 passing for 293 yards and three touchdowns (no interceptions) versus the Beavers … His third and final start came at USC when he was 25-of-40 passing for 197 yards with one touchdown and one interception ... In the Pac-12 Championship game against No. 4 Washington he was inserted into the lineup in place of the injured Sefo Liufau and led the Buffaloes on a seven-play, 55-yard scoring drive in the first quarter to tie that game up at seven … He was 2-for-3 on the drive for 34 yards, the long being a 21-yard completion to Shay Fields down to the UW eight-yard line to set up the tying score … He was the recipient of the Fred Casotti Award, as selected by the coaches for being the most improved offensive back during spring practices. He added 20 pounds to his frame between his true and redshirt frosh seasons.
2015 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he practiced at quarterback as well as being a key scout team contributor.
HIGH SCHOOL— As a senior, he earned second-team All-State honors, along with first-team All-City and All-District 2-5A accolades; he was the El Paso area most valuable player and was selected the city’s player of the year when presented with the Steven Hill Award from ESPN 600 ... Scout.com ranked him as the No. 12 quarterback in the state of Texas … As a junior, he was the District MVP, earning first-team honors (he was a second-team selection as a sophomore) … He compiled some impressive career numbers, including 6,512 passing yards (86 touchdowns), and 8,149 yards of total offense … As a senior, he accomplished the rare 2,000/1,000 (yards passing and rushing, and was just 33 shy of 3K/1K): he completed 233-of-359 passes for 2,967 yards, a 64.9 completion percentage, with 46 touchdowns to just three interceptions … That computed to an NCAA passer rating of 174.9 as he threw for over 200 yards in 11 of 13 games … He ran the ball 124 times for 1,058 yards, averaging 8.5 yards per carry, scoring an additional 13 times; he had two 100-yard games and a long run of 87 yards … He even punted the ball on five occasions, averaging 43.2 yards per with two placed inside-the-20 … As a junior, he completed 152-of-228 passes for 1,776 yards and 27 touchdowns, while rushing for 343 yards on 62 carries with seven scores (he missed three games due to an injury) … His sophomore season saw him complete 141-of-249 throws for 1,769 yards and 13 touchdowns, with 45 rushes for 236 yards and five TDs ... In all, he completed 62.9 percent of his prep passes (526-of-836) and owned nearly a 6-to-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio (86-15) … Accounted for 111 touchdowns when including his 25 rushing scores, and averaged 7.1 yards for his career running the ball (231 for 1,637 yards) … Top games as a senior: in a 38-17 playoff win over Palo Duro, he amassed 483 yards of total offense, as he rushed for 234 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries, while completing 13-of-24 passes for 249 yards and two more scores; in a 75-16 rout of Riverside, he was 20-of-31 for 280 yards ... AND nine touchdowns (a city record); and in a 42-23 win over Ysleta, he was 20-of-29 for 295 yards (5 TDs), while rushing nine times for 76 yards … His high-yardage came in a 28-14 win over Eastlake as a sophomore, when he was 19-of-33 for 324 yards and two scores … Under coach Jesse Perales, Del Valle was 11-2 his senior season, 8-4 his junior year (district tri-champs) and 8-3 his sophomore season (district titlists) … Lettered three times in basketball (small forward); he averaged 16.7 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game … Also lettered once in track, participating his senior year (sprints and jumps); he had career bests of 11.6 in the 100-meters, 6-6 in the high jump and 20-6 in the long jump.
ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Strategic Communications at Colorado while seeking a minor in Technology Arts and Media ... He owned a 3.6 grade point average in high school where he was a member of the National Honor Society and was the recipient of the U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar-Athlete Award.
PERSONAL—He was born on January 14, 1997 in Oakland, Calif. … Hobbies include playing basketball, dabbling in the fine arts (drawing and painting) ... His father (Alfred) was a college quarterback at Texas Tech and Western New Mexico and played one season in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders (1996) … He is just the third El Paso recruit to ever sign with the Buffaloes.
AT COLORADO:
Career:
- He became the fourth player in CU history to accumulate 7,000 career passing yards against Colorado State (8/30) and then became the second to hit both 8,000 and 9,000 later in the season. With 9,492, he trails only Sefo Liufau (9,568), already passing Cody Hawkins (7,409) and Joel Klatt (7,375) this season.
- He moved into second place for career total offense and currently has 10,479, trailing only Liufau (10,509).
- He now has 61 career touchdown passes, the most in CU history.
- He has 1,286 pass attempts, putting him in second on CU’s all-time list.
- He has 797 completions, putting him in second on CU’s all-time list.
- He has 987 career rushing yards and 1,562 yards of adjusted rushing taking out sacks.
- He has set 43 school records, 31 outright and nine tied.
- He has two of the four seasons in CU history with 3,000 yards of total offense.
- He has started 38 games at QB including 35 straight, and played in 46 games.
This Season (Sr.):
- Started all 11 games this season and has completed 238-of-379 yards for 2,651 yards, 15 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
- His 2,651 yards is ninth most in a season in CU history, his 238 completions ranks fifth most and his 379 attempts is sixth most in a season. He also ahs 56 rushes for 174 yards (280 taking out sacks) with three touchdowns. His total offense numbers include 435 plays for 2,844 yards. His 2,844 yards ranks sixth most in CU history.
- He has dramatically improved his late game throwing, this season completed 60-of-86 passes in the fourth quarter for 705 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions. His QBR in the fourth quarter is 154.0 this season compared to 100.7 last season.
- He has been named a team captain six times, against Nebraska, Air Force, Oregon, Washington State, Washington and Utah.
- Named by the coaches as the offensive player of the game four times, against Arizona State, Arizona, Stanford and Washington.
- Completed 27-of-43 passes for 324 yards and three touchdowns and had seven carries for 45 yards and a touchdown against USC. He had 369 yards of total offense and a 149.1 QBR passing rating.
- Completed 28-of-42 passes for 299 yards, one touchdown, and added five rushes for 16 yards against Arizona. He had a 134.3 QBR passing and totaled 315 yards of total offense.
- Completed 23-of-30 passes for 337 yards, three touchdowns, and added two carries for 10 yards against Arizona State. He was also one of three captains for the game.
- Completed 28-of-41 passes for 375 yards, a pair of touchdowns, and an interception against Nebraska. He was also one of three captains for the game.
- Completed 13-of-20 passes for 232 yards and a pair of touchdowns against Colorado State to open the season.
- Broke the school record for the longest scoring pass with a 96-yard pass to K.D. Nixon against Nebraska (9/7).
- Golden Arm Award Top 20 Finalist.
- Was one of the Sugar Bowl/Manning Award Eight Stars of The Week for his game against Arizona State (9/21). He went 30-20-0, 337, 3 TD passing, 204.0 rating; 2-10 rushing; 15 FDE.
- On five preseason watch lists for postseason trophies, including the Maxwell Award (national player of the year), the Manning Award, Davey O'Brien Award and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, all for the nation's top quarterback, and the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award (top player from Texas).
- Named the No. 4 quarterback nationally in the preseason by Lindy's/NFLDraftScout.com, No. 12 by Phil Steele’s College Football, No. 21 by Lindy's College Football and No. 41 by Athlon.
- Named the No. 18 player out of the Pac-12 in the preseason by collegefootballnews.com.
- Attended the Manning Passing Academy for the second straight off season.
- Should have a healthy hold on starting quarterback duties.
- Completed 49-of-80 passes for 604 yards with five touchdowns and two interceptions in two scrimmages and the spring game.
2017 (Soph.)—Honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection of the league coaches … Winner of the John Mack Award given to the team’s outstanding offensive player … Played and started in all 12 games … Threw for 2,975 yards, narrowly missing what would have been just the third 3,000-yard passing season in Colorado history … Set a new Colorado record for games with over 400 yards of total offense in a season with three … Posted four 300-yard passing games on the year, including three-straight against California, Arizona State and No. 15 USC, marking the first time in school history a quarterback had three consecutive games passing for over 300 … Completed 60.5 percent of his 377 pass attempts, the fifth most attempts in CU single-season history … Threw 18 touchdown passes, tied for the seventh-most in single-season history, and in the 10 seasons where a CU quarterback threw at least 15 TD passes, his percentage was the second-lowest at 4.77; but he countered that by having the best interception percentage among the group, at just 2.39 … From Sept. 23 through Nov. 4, he went 172 consecutive passes without being intercepted, setting a new school record in that regard … His 376 yards against USC, when he was 27-of-49 for two TDs along with two interceptions, set a new career-high for passing yardage … He threw multiple TDs in 5-of-12 games, the high being four against Northern Colorado … He was named by The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award as an honorable mention National Player of the Week and the NFF Colorado Chapter Player of the Week for his outing against Northern Colorado … In the loss to No. 7 Washington, he completed 21-of-27 passes, which was a higher completion percentage (.778) than any Pac-12 quarterback had the previous season when facing a ranked opponent … At UCLA he threw for 243 yards and ran 15 times for 108 yards, recording the second 100-yard rushing game of his career … After posting 251 yards and three TDs in the Arizona game, he surpassed 2,500 yards passing in his career to become the 14th Buffalo to surpass that milestone at CU … Led a fourth-quarter comeback in week seven at Oregon State when in the fourth quarter he was 8-of-10 passing for 68 yards with two TDs while rushing four times for 29 yards … Was one of eight quarterbacks selected as Manning Award Stars of the Week, the Davey O'Brien Award pegged him as one of its "Great 8", was the NFF Colorado Chapter Player of the Week and he was named an honorable mention national player of the week by the College Football Performance Awards and the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award for his performance in the win over California … He was 20-of-26 passing for 347 yards and three TDs while also rushing for one score versus Cal … His 227.2 passer rating against the Bears was a career-high … Against No. 15 USC, he threw for a career-high 376 yards with two TDs, the first covering 79 yards and the second 59 … He along with teammate Isaiah Oliver, he earned the John Wooten Award for outstanding work ethic during spring ball … Was Colorado’s nominee for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award that goes to the most outstanding offensive player with ties to the state of Texas … Athlon Sports ranked him as the 42nd best quarterback entering the season.
2016 (Fr.-RS)—He played in 10 games along with the Alamo Bowl, including three starts (Oregon, Oregon State, USC; he was 2-1 as the starter) … Named a co-recipient of the Lee Willard Award, presented annually by the coaches to the outstanding freshman … Threw for 1,017 yards with nine touchdowns against four interceptions and completed 60.3 percent of his passes (79-of-131) on the year … Passer rating of 142.1 was the seventh-highest in school history (75 or more pass attempts) and the highest ever by a freshman … Also rushed for 231 yards with one touchdown, giving him 1,248 yards of total offense … Became the first known player in CU history to throw a touchdown on his first career passing attempt since Joe Dowler in 1959, as he connected with Kabion Ento on a 69-yard TD pass in the second quarter against Idaho State ... Finished that game going 6-of-10 passing for 117 yards and two touchdowns … Drew his first career start at Oregon and put in a record-setting performance in leading the Buffs to a 41-38 win while going on to collect Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week accolades in addition to six other weekly honors (Rose Bowl, NFF Chapter State of Colorado, College Sports Madness, Allstate Sugar Bowl Manning Star of the Week, Davey O’Brien Award “Great Eight” and CU Athlete of the Week), plus he was the collegesportsmadness.com national offensive player of the week … In the win versus the Ducks he threw for 333 yards and three touchdowns while running for 135 yards and another score, becoming the first player in Colorado history to throw for over 300 yards and rush for 100 in the same game … His passing yardage against Oregon was the fourth-highest in a quarterback’s first start at CU and his rushing yardage and total offense (468) output were the most in a debut by a starting QB … At one point in the first half he completed 14 straight passes, matching the CU single-game record for consecutive completions (Koy Detmer at Colorado State in 1996) … He followed up that performance the next week at home against Oregon State when he led the Buffs to a 47-6 win, the programs largest conference victory since 1992 … For the Oregon State game the Earl Campbell-Tyler Rose Award tabbed him as honorable mention for its national player of the week … He was 19-of-27 passing for 293 yards and three touchdowns (no interceptions) versus the Beavers … His third and final start came at USC when he was 25-of-40 passing for 197 yards with one touchdown and one interception ... In the Pac-12 Championship game against No. 4 Washington he was inserted into the lineup in place of the injured Sefo Liufau and led the Buffaloes on a seven-play, 55-yard scoring drive in the first quarter to tie that game up at seven … He was 2-for-3 on the drive for 34 yards, the long being a 21-yard completion to Shay Fields down to the UW eight-yard line to set up the tying score … He was the recipient of the Fred Casotti Award, as selected by the coaches for being the most improved offensive back during spring practices. He added 20 pounds to his frame between his true and redshirt frosh seasons.
2015 (Fr.)—Redshirted; he practiced at quarterback as well as being a key scout team contributor.
HIGH SCHOOL— As a senior, he earned second-team All-State honors, along with first-team All-City and All-District 2-5A accolades; he was the El Paso area most valuable player and was selected the city’s player of the year when presented with the Steven Hill Award from ESPN 600 ... Scout.com ranked him as the No. 12 quarterback in the state of Texas … As a junior, he was the District MVP, earning first-team honors (he was a second-team selection as a sophomore) … He compiled some impressive career numbers, including 6,512 passing yards (86 touchdowns), and 8,149 yards of total offense … As a senior, he accomplished the rare 2,000/1,000 (yards passing and rushing, and was just 33 shy of 3K/1K): he completed 233-of-359 passes for 2,967 yards, a 64.9 completion percentage, with 46 touchdowns to just three interceptions … That computed to an NCAA passer rating of 174.9 as he threw for over 200 yards in 11 of 13 games … He ran the ball 124 times for 1,058 yards, averaging 8.5 yards per carry, scoring an additional 13 times; he had two 100-yard games and a long run of 87 yards … He even punted the ball on five occasions, averaging 43.2 yards per with two placed inside-the-20 … As a junior, he completed 152-of-228 passes for 1,776 yards and 27 touchdowns, while rushing for 343 yards on 62 carries with seven scores (he missed three games due to an injury) … His sophomore season saw him complete 141-of-249 throws for 1,769 yards and 13 touchdowns, with 45 rushes for 236 yards and five TDs ... In all, he completed 62.9 percent of his prep passes (526-of-836) and owned nearly a 6-to-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio (86-15) … Accounted for 111 touchdowns when including his 25 rushing scores, and averaged 7.1 yards for his career running the ball (231 for 1,637 yards) … Top games as a senior: in a 38-17 playoff win over Palo Duro, he amassed 483 yards of total offense, as he rushed for 234 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries, while completing 13-of-24 passes for 249 yards and two more scores; in a 75-16 rout of Riverside, he was 20-of-31 for 280 yards ... AND nine touchdowns (a city record); and in a 42-23 win over Ysleta, he was 20-of-29 for 295 yards (5 TDs), while rushing nine times for 76 yards … His high-yardage came in a 28-14 win over Eastlake as a sophomore, when he was 19-of-33 for 324 yards and two scores … Under coach Jesse Perales, Del Valle was 11-2 his senior season, 8-4 his junior year (district tri-champs) and 8-3 his sophomore season (district titlists) … Lettered three times in basketball (small forward); he averaged 16.7 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game … Also lettered once in track, participating his senior year (sprints and jumps); he had career bests of 11.6 in the 100-meters, 6-6 in the high jump and 20-6 in the long jump.
ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Strategic Communications at Colorado while seeking a minor in Technology Arts and Media ... He owned a 3.6 grade point average in high school where he was a member of the National Honor Society and was the recipient of the U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar-Athlete Award.
PERSONAL—He was born on January 14, 1997 in Oakland, Calif. … Hobbies include playing basketball, dabbling in the fine arts (drawing and painting) ... His father (Alfred) was a college quarterback at Texas Tech and Western New Mexico and played one season in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders (1996) … He is just the third El Paso recruit to ever sign with the Buffaloes.
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