Houston Texans · RB · 5 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Iowa State (2019 Round 3, Pick 73)

David Montgomery

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35.8

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #45 of 65 qualified RBs

Carries & share: 5244.4% team carries
Rushing yards: 1382.65 YPC
Rushing TD: 227.6 rush yds/G
Receiving: 7/7 · 67 yds1 rec TD · 47% snaps
EPA per opportunity: −0.34552 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 25.0%Play-by-play positive EPA

David Montgomery among the 65 qualified running backs: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Gibbs95.7
Walker III91.8
Warren88.1
Hubbard86.3
Robinson85.0
Cook81.0
Taylor78.4
McCaffrey75.8
Irving74.6
Montgomery#4535.8

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 65 qualified RBs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Carry share25% weight · Raw 44.4% → Shrunk 44.0%

52thpercentile

Target share15% weight · Raw 4.1% → Shrunk 5.6%

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Rushing yards per game, regressed20% weight · Raw 2.65 → Shrunk 42.32

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Receiving yards per game, regressed11% weight · Raw 6.86 → Shrunk 10.47

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Opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game7% weight · Raw +0.620 → Shrunk +0.072

65thpercentile

Early-down opponent-adjusted rushing EPA per game5% weight · Raw −0.268 → Shrunk −1.175

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Offensive snaps per game, regressed4% weight · Raw 0.50 → Shrunk 28.24

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Positive-EPA run rate, regressed5% weight · Raw 25.0% → Shrunk 37.4%

6thpercentile

10+ yard run rate, regressed5% weight · Raw 1.9% → Shrunk 7.9%

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Yards / run, regressed3% weight · Raw 2.65 → Shrunk 3.92

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2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for David Montgomery. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	vs BUF	L 31-36	20	60	2	3/3	19	1
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	vs CIN	L 6-20	6	10	0	2/2	14	0
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	@ IND	L 17-19	11	33	0	2/2	15	0
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	vs DAL	L 30-34	10	24	0	0/0	19	0
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	@ TEN	W 26-3	5	11	0	0/0	0	0

College to the NFL: Iowa State to Houston Texans

Verified identity bridge linking David Montgomery's college regular-season yards at Iowa State to official NFL game lines.

Iowa State (College yards)

5632016

1,0942017

1,0612018

7373rd pick
2019 Draft

HOU (NFL yards)

8892019

1,0702020

8492021

8012022

1,0152023

7752024

7162025

1382026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 8 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2019	CHI	16	242	889	6	25/35	185	1
2020	CHI	15	247	1,070	8	54/68	438	2
2021	CHI	13	225	849	7	42/51	301	0
2022	CHI	16	201	801	5	34/40	316	1
2023	DET	14	219	1,015	13	16/24	117	0
2024	DET	14	185	775	12	36/38	341	0
2025	DET	17	158	716	8	24/29	192	0
2026 (so far)	HOU	5	52	138	2	7/7	67	1

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David Montgomery vs. Jahmyr Gibbs (DET)Score 35.8 vs. 95.7 David Montgomery vs. Kenneth Walker III (KC)Score 35.8 vs. 91.8 David Montgomery vs. Jaylen Warren (PIT)Score 35.8 vs. 88.1 David Montgomery vs. Chuba Hubbard (CAR)Score 35.8 vs. 86.3 David Montgomery vs. Bijan Robinson (ATL)Score 35.8 vs. 85.0 David Montgomery vs. James Cook (BUF)Score 35.8 vs. 81.0