Education
Montoya attended Louisiana Puente High School in Louisiana Puente, California.
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He was unable to play football or basketball his senior season due to a heart murmur. Montoya was cleared to play football again and began his college football career playing for Mountain. San Antonio College (Mountain SAC), a community college in Walnut, California.
He did not start as a freshman, but after an outstanding sophomore season, he earned a football scholarship to University of California, Los Angeles, where he would play for head coach Terry Donahue.
After redshirting for a year, Montoya was a starter in 1977 as the Bruins posted a 7-4 record. In 1978 he was again a starter, earning All Pac-10 honors.
The Bruins in 1978 went 8-3-1, ended the season in both the Associated Press and United Press International Top 20 rankings and played to a 10-10 tie against Arkansas in the 1978 Fiesta Bowl. Montoya was drafted in the 7th round (168th overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft.
Montoya was a four-time Pro Bowl guard who played in two Super Bowls with the Cincinnati Bengals.
He played 11 seasons for the Bengals, from 1979 to 1989, becoming a starter in his second season. He then played five seasons for the Los Angeles Raiders, starting in all but his final season.
