Nate Montana, the son of Joe Montana, considered by many to be the greatest quarterback in NFL history, may be getting a tryout with his old man's old team, the San Francisco 49ers. The team announced they are bringing in young Montana to participate in a three-day rookie mini-camp where recent draft picks and undrafted free agent players can get an opportunity to demonstrate their talents.

The camp runs May 10-12.

Nate Montana's agent, Marty Magid, told Comcast SportsNet Bay Area that three other teams also offered Montana a chance to participate in their minicamps, but all three are the same weekend, and Montana chose the 49ers.

"He's going there and hopefully get a contract," Magid said, according to CSNBA report.

The 49ers often invite a local quarterback to the rookie minicamp to share the workload. Montana participated in the 49ers' local pro day on April 17.

"Nate thought it went real well," Magid said.

Montana was a backup at three different schools in his first three years of college eligibility -- Pasadena City College, Notre Dame and the University of Montana. He then enrolled at West Virginia Wesleyan, an NCAA Division II school, and played nine games there.

While the 49ers took Joe Montana in the third round of the 1979 draft, Nate Montana said he hoped to join an NFL team as an undrafted free agent and was eyeing the Canadian Football League or the Arena League if there are no NFL offers.

"Coming back here where my dad played, you've just got to put your head down and make your own name," he said April 17. "It's like a blessing and a curse. You just try to ignore the, 'Oh, that's Joe Montana's son. That's Joe Montana's son.' You just go work and show them that you're a different player from your dad."

The 49ers have three quarterbacks on their roster: Colin Kaepernick, Colt McCoy and Scott Tolzien. They drafted another, B.J. Daniels, in the seventh round Sunday. Daniels will start out as a quarterback but may get practice repetitions at running back, wide receiver and punt returner, too.