Cameron Montgomery

Senior running back for Rice. 2022: 561 rushing yards, 8 catches.

RB · Rice · Sr. · #1

5′5″ · 160 lb · Stafford, TX

CFB Index 44 · #170 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceRice 2022 alumnus

The story

4 running back for Rice. 2022: 561 rushing yards, 8 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Rice in 2017.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

APB recruit

No. 2862 nationally · Signed with Rice

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Rice, 919 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20178 games

Signed with Rice2-star out of Stafford

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2862 national

CFB

College

Rice

2017–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2022

2 coaches

2017

David Bailiff

Rice

2019

Mike Bloomgren

Rice

era →

2021–2022

Mike Bloomgren

Rice

Coaching transition mid-career: David Bailiff → Mike Bloomgren. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Rice1-11HC: David Bailiff · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2019Rice3-9HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

2021Rice4-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

2022Rice5-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

44Rotational starter #170 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (84th percentile). Concern: td rate (3rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#81 / 398 · 80th pct

6.2

Explosive rate#196 / 398 · 50th pct

6.8%

Success rate#295 / 398 · 26th pct

39.8%

EPA / carry#322 / 398 · 19th pct

0.03

TD rate#375 / 398 · 3rd pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / carry#53 / 346 · 84th pct

6.0

Long run#102 / 346 · 70th pct

Rush yards#139 / 346 · 60th pct

561

Carries#177 / 346 · 49th pct

Fumbles lost#61 / 244 · 48th pct

Rec yards#183 / 338 · 46th pct

Receptions#204 / 338 · 37th pct

Rush TDs#322 / 346 · 4th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

38th → 19th percentile

Success rate

13th → 26th percentile

Explosive rate

67th → 50th percentile

Yards / carry

80th → 80th percentile

TD rate

51st → 3rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	26.2	3.9	0.0
Road7g	57.7	7.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	39.1	7.5	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	47.8	4.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Abell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #170 of 317 RBs

Two-star recruit. Now #170 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Rice	93	561	6.0	0	--
2021	Rice	44	256	5.8	2	--
2019	Rice	9	30	3.3	0	--
2017	Rice	11	72	6.5	0	--
Career		157	919	5.9	2	--

Season	Team
2022	Rice	8	75	9.4	0	--
2021	Rice	7	40	5.7	0	--
2019	Rice	2	8	4.0	0	--
2017	Rice	--	--	--	--	--
Career		17	123	7.2	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 52–10

vs McNeese

1 rush yds (4 car)

Dominant 42-point win at home against McNeese.

With T. McMahon — 274 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.4 · 26 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · B. Rozner — 3 rec · 101 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Southern Miss · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.89Cameron Montgomery run for 57 yds to the SoMis 31 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Western Kentucky · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -3.71Cameron Montgomery run for 8 yds to the WKent 49 Cameron Montgomery fumbled, recovered by WKent Dareon Goodrum RICE Penalty, Face mask (15 yards) (Jack Bradley) to the WKent 49
Week 1 · USC · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.46Cameron Montgomery run for 55 yds to the USC 20 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Louisiana Tech · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.28Cameron Montgomery run for 45 yds to the LaTch 25 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · UTEP · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.57TJ McMahon pass complete to Cameron Montgomery for 35 yds to the UTEP 17 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Charlotte · 4&3 · Q2 · EPA -2.54Cameron Montgomery run for no gain to the Charl 32
Week 11 · Western Kentucky · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.50Shawqi Itraish pass complete to Cameron Montgomery for 16 yds to the WKent 46 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · UTEP · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.26Cameron Montgomery run for 34 yds to the UTEP 33 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Florida Atlantic · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.52C.Montgomery rushed to FAU 41 for 19 yards. Tackled by T.Young at FAU 41.
Week 3 · Louisiana · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.37Cameron Montgomery run for 9 yds to the Rice 47

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-66@ USC	6	99	16.5	55	Season-high 99 yds
Wk 2	W 52-10vs McNeese	4	1	0.3	2
Wk 3	W 33-21vs Louisiana	5	32	6.4	13
Wk 4	L 27-34@ Houston	4	20	5.0	7
Wk 5	W 28-24vs UAB	5	34	6.8	21
Wk 7	L 14-17@ Florida Atlantic	3	25	8.3	19
Wk 8	W 42-41@ Louisiana Tech	14	87	6.2	45
Wk 9	L 23-56vs Charlotte	10	35	3.5	8
Wk 10	W 37-30vs UTEP	8	58	7.3	34
Wk 11	L 10-45@ Western Kentucky	11	61	5.5	13
Wk 12	L 7-41vs UTSA	5	-3	-0.6	2
Wk 13	L 17-21@ North Texas	11	49	4.5	10
Bowl	L 24-38@ Southern Miss	7	63	9.0	57
Total		93	561	6.1	57

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Cameron Montgomery

20178 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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