David Montgomery

RB · Iowa State 2018 · #32

Last confirmed: Iowa State, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′11″ · 216 lb · Cincinnati, OH · Mt. Healthy

David Montgomery: RB · Iowa State · #32.

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David Montgomery

RB · Iowa State · Jr · #32

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. He has spent three seasons in the Iowa State backfield. One game to point at: 158 rushing yards and 1 reception against West Virginia — Week 7, 2018.

How he plays

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

241Carries
1121Yards
13.5%Top-5 share
17.8%Stuffed rate

Just 13.5% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 17.8% of his carries. 10 carries for 33 yds vs Texas; 27 for 158 vs West Virginia.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

55.6%Carry share
50.0%Q4-lead share
100.0%In competitive games

55.6% of carries overall (240/432) → 50.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (34/68) — 100.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

16/193rd/4th & short
19/26Inside-5 share

16 of 19 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (84.2%). 19 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (73.1%).

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