Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 70-7vs Morgan State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-48@ Texas A&M | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-17@ Kansas | 8 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Total | 18 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
#7
Montana Warren
Senior defensive back on Arizona State's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 205 lb · Marshall, TX · Marshall
CFB Index 48 · #191 of 364 cornersLow confidence
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 1039 nationally · Signed with Arizona State
Last played in 2026.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Senior defensive back on Arizona State's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arizona State in 2023.
How he projects
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Grades highest in speed and man coverage.
The full scouting readMontana Warren
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Fourth year in the Arizona State secondary, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 8 tackles, 1 TFL against Kansas — Week 3, 2026.
18 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
2023
- Signed with Arizona State3-star out of Henderson
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Arizona State
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coach2023–2026
Arizona State
Played his entire career under Kenny Dillingham.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Arizona State | 18 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Arizona State | 40 | 25 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 8 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Arizona State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Arizona State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 66 | 40 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 9 | -- | -- |
Game log
Game by game
Montana Warren's 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 70–7
vs Morgan State
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +1 pass breakup, +8 tackles, +1 tackle for loss.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Kenny Dillingham — 24-18 over that span.
2023Arizona State3-9HC: Kenny Dillingham · Balanced
2024Arizona State11-3HC: Kenny Dillingham · Run-leaning
2025Arizona State8-5HC: Kenny Dillingham · Balanced
2026Arizona State2-1HC: Kenny Dillingham · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Low confidence
Elite: solo tackles (84th percentile). Strength: sacks (84th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Defensive profile
Defender profile · Production by role
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
18tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%2 TFL18 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sacks · 1 pass breakups.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 7.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 6.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kenny Dillingham
Pass share
47.4%
93 pass / 103 run
Plays / game
65.3
3 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
101 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #24 of 42 Big 12 DBs
How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Keilos Swinney’s 2020 season.
86%match
Matches Keilos on
PD rate
TFL rate
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Adrian Frye's senior season at Texas Tech (2021).
Matches Adrian on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Montana Warren
The secondary · Arizona State
- #2Lyrik Rawls72 tackles · 2025
- #23Jessiah Mcgrew67 tackles · 2025
- #6Adrian Wilson57 tackles · 2025
- #7Montana Warren40 tackles · 2025
- #21Kyan McDonald15 tackles · 2025
14 more on the roster · Arizona State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology