Published: December 12, 2024

Lions RB David Montgomery thinks God is the “main thing”

By Movieguide® staff

The Detroit Lions have had their best two years of football since 1991, and running back David Montgomery is a big reason why.

“The 27-year-old Montgomery is tied with Gibbs for the team lead in total touchdowns this fall (12), and all of Montgomery are on the ground,” Sports Spectrum reported. “His career high in rushing touchdowns is 13, which he set last year, so Montgomery has a good chance of setting a new career high with four regular season games remaining.”

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Lions head coach Dan Campbell called the running back a “throwback.”

“He has retro principles, and I mean that with all due respect. His running style is – it’s rare… I think (Montgomery) is just different and he goes downhill, doesn’t give up. The first guy, he doesn’t let him attack him, he keeps twisting his legs and just being violent, violent, never give up, never go down,” he explained.

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“Everything according to God’s timing,” he explains in his X-Biography, accompanied by a photo of Psalm 27:1.

“I don’t want to give validation to anyone but God,” he said in 2022. “I live my life. I am currently on a spiritual journey for myself and I am sure that I always focus on what is important and keep what is important. This is truly God, so I’m going to go out there every day and have the opportunity to do my best. When it’s all said and done, God will take me and put me where I need to be.”

Montgomery said on a live podcast on Faith and Sports: “I’m driven by God… just having the opportunity to have an open connection with him and always talk to him when things are going bad, but also when “It’s going really well.” Just to praise Him and understand that He was the one who did it and I was just the vessel for it.”

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