(STATS) – Earning an athletic scholarship wasn’t the only reason Missouri State defensive end Darrius Montgomery breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday.
Bears coach Dave Steckel and his staff had the news of the scholarship delivered in a unique way to the redshirt sophomore from Kansas City.
As the Missouri Valley Conference team huddled up at the end of practice, a Greene County sheriff’s patrol car drove up with its flashing lights and siren on. Montgomery was in disbelief when an officer walked up to the team and asked for him to come over and discuss a matter with her.
But it was all good news for Montgomery, who learned from the officer that he was receiving a scholarship.
“It was earned,” Steckel said. “It was critical that we do it that way because we wanted to build the bonds between police, our football team and our community. They’re good people.”
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