After graduating from high school in 2008, he enrolled at Notre Dame and joined the Fighting Irish football team's coach Charlie Weis as a walk-on, with the hope of landing a scholarship as a sophomore.

SAC's football program but would not be the starting quarterback and later enrolled at Pasadena City College in southern California as a redshirt freshman.

[7] Nate is the third child and older son of legendary NFL quarterback Joe Montana and Jennifer Wallace, a model/actress.

Montana was one of eight Notre Dame football players (and 11 total athletes) arrested for alleged underage drinking on July 16, 2010.

[9] While living in the state of Montana in 2011, Nate was arrested in Missoula on June 3 on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, a charge that was later dropped.