CJ Montes is a quarterback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Kent State.
Played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 49 passing yards against Texas Tech — Week 2, 2025.
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| Season | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 10 | 19 | 52.6% | 140 | 7.4 | 1 | 1 | 121.4 |
| 2022 | New Mexico | 27 | 51 | 52.9% | 174 | 3.4 | 0 | 1 | 77.7 |
| 2021 | New Mexico | 10 | 33 | 30.3% | 39 | 1.2 | 0 | 2 | 28.1 |
| Career | 47 | 103 | 45.6% | 353 | 3.4 | 1 | 4 | 69.9 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 8 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022 | New Mexico | 22 | −2 | −0.1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2021 | New Mexico | 25 | −10 | −0.4 | 0 | 16 |
| Career | 55 | −11 | −0.2 | 1 | 16 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-17vs Merrimack | 6/9 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 10.1 | 23.5 | Season-high 91 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 14-62@ No. 24 Texas Tech | 4/10 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 4.9 | 2.2 | |
| Total | 10/19 | 140 | 1 | 1 | 7.4 | — |
Week 1 · 2025
W 21-17
vs Merrimack
91 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 23.5
A close one, won by 4 at home.
With D. Clark — 1 defensive TD · C. Wolford — 2 rec · 109 yds · 2 TD
The plays that mattered most
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 70.0 YDS/g, 0.5 TD/g, 7.5 YPA, 0.5 INT/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
Pass share
42.8%
292 pass / 390 run
Plays / game
56.8
12 games
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
The No. 1,767 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Mid-American as a senior.
The snaps went the other way.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Danny Gonzales and Mark Carney.
In the portal · 2026
In transfer portal
