David Montgomery is one of the most consistent running backs of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Montgomery delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.

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#11Most consistent careersof 40

RBHOU#32ACT

David Montgomery

Top 10% all-time RBsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2020 Team Carrier · #370

Height5'11"

Weight230 lb

Career Value · VORP

132 career value over replacement — #780 all-time of 4,695. 18.9/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

4 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks 2-phase playertwo-way Mr. ReliableCV 0.15

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #73 (Rd 3) · CHI · 2019 · +29.8 vs expected KV-H

70actual

40.2 expected · Δ+29.8

💔+27.2 stolen VORP·1.44 szns lost

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Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #370 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2021 CHI·6 team wins#17

Rushing Yards · 849 · score 9

2021 CHI·6 team wins#17

Rushing Touchdowns · 7 · score 9

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 37% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

37% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader37

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 92%.

Encyclopedia Coverage6/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:2.027 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap2.027Touch rate0.45EPA/snap0Snap share55.8%Off snaps4,050ReliableCV 0.26

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within running backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2019

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

RB · 2019 class

4.63s

40-Yard

Below avg · 27th pct

Pos 27thAll 56thClass Pos 34thClass All 57th

28.5"

Vertical

Low · 2th pct

Pos 2thAll 15thClass Pos 2thClass All 14th

121"

Broad Jump

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Carry: 4.1 regular season → 4.2 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

+2%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

8,210

6,253 rush · 1,957 recv

Total TDs

61 rush · 5 recv

Total Touches

1,767

1,529 carries · 238 rec

Yds / Touch

4.6

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones7

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

20201K career rushing yards
2021100 career receptions
20223K career rushing yards
202225 career rushing TDs
20221K career receiving yards
20245K career rushing yards

Understanding These Stats

Passing

Cmp / Att — Completions and pass attempts.

Cmp% — Completion percentage — completions ÷ attempts × 100.

Yds — Passing yards — total air + yards after catch on completions.

TD / TD% — Passing touchdowns. TD% = TDs per 100 attempts, measuring scoring efficiency.

Int / Int% — Interceptions thrown. Int% = INTs per 100 attempts — the primary ball-security metric.

Y/A — Yards per attempt — passing yards ÷ attempts. The core passing efficiency rate.

AdjY/A — Adjusted yards per attempt: (Pass Yds + 20×TD − 45×INT) ÷ Att. Penalizes turnovers and rewards touchdowns — widely considered the most predictive single-season QB metric.

TD:INT — TD-to-interception ratio — passing touchdowns ÷ interceptions thrown. Elite QBs sustain career ratios above 3.0; HOF greats often exceed 4.0. Not shown when no interceptions.

Rate — NFL passer rating — the official formula combining Cmp%, Y/A, TD%, and INT% on a 0–158.3 scale. Good QB performance ≈ 90+; elite ≈ 110+.

Sk — Times sacked — how many times the QB was brought down behind the line of scrimmage.

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Rushing

Att58Yds242TD2Y/A4.2TD%3.41D151D%25.9

Receiving

Tgt8

College Stats

Iowa StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Iowa State), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

Top Teammates

Kindle VildorCB5y Allen RobinsonWR4y Cody WhitehairG4y Roquan SmithILB4y

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2026team change
Joined HOU (from DET)
2026final season
Last recorded season with HOU
2023team change
Joined DET (from CHI)
2019draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 3, Pick 73

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 230 lb

Frame

222 lb at 4.63s

Size-speed

28.5" vert / 121" broad

Explosion

15 reps

Bench power

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 7-season peers. See all →

peak 72

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B+2019

B+2020

B2021

B2022

B+2023

B2024

B2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

82%

Era Translator

Rush Yds translated to the 2025 NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Rush Yds	Rush Yds/G	→ 2025 Rush Yds	→ 2025 /G
2019	889	55.6	985+96	57.9
2020	1,070	71.3	1,216+146	71.5
2021	849	65.3	1,116+267	65.6
2022	801	50.1	872+71	51.3
2023	1,015	72.5	1,224+209	72
2024	775	55.4	936+161	55
2025	716	42.1	716	42.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 10/15/2026

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

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David Montgomery

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2019

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Passing

2019 Draft Class· this player went #73

Career Geography