Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| 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@ Texas Tech | 4/10 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 4.9 | 2.2 | |
| Total | 10/19 | 140 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 12.8 |
#7
CJ Montes
Senior quarterback for Kent State. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′2″ · 205 lb · Pasadena, CA
In transfer portal — destination TBD (from Kent State)
The numbers
140
passing yards · 2025
1 TD · 1 INT · 7.4 per attempt
2 games into 2025 so far -- Best game: 91 pass yds, 1 TD, 1 rush yds, vs Merrimack
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 quarterback for Kent State. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to New Mexico in 2021.
- 159 passing yards in 2024. Then 140 in 2025.
CJ Montes
CJ Montes has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 91 pass yds, 1 pass TD against Merrimack — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20213 games
- Signed with New Mexico3-star out of Paraclete
2023
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
2025
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coaches2021–2022
Kent State
2025era →
Mark Carney
Kent State
Coaching transition mid-career: Sean Lewis → Mark Carney. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025Kent State
DestinationTBD
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2021New Mexico3-9HC: Danny Gonzales · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2022New Mexico2-10HC: Danny Gonzales · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2025Kent State5-7HC: Mark Carney · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (97th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (7)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
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
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| 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 | -- |
| 2022 | New Mexico | 22 | -2 | -0.1 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | New Mexico | 25 | -10 | -0.4 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 55 | -11 | -0.2 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 21–17
vs Merrimack
91 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 23.5 · 1 rush yds (5 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.
With D. Clark — 1 TD · 100 AVG · 100 LONG · C. Wolford — 1 rush yds (1 car)
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 2 · Texas Tech · 2&16 · Q2 · EPA -9.88CJ Montes pass intercepted Skyler Gill-Howard return for 55 yds for a TD (Stone Harrington KICK) (Upton Bellenfant KICK)
- Week 2 · Texas Tech · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.52CJ Montes pass complete to Gavin Garcia for 38 yds to the TTU 27 for a 1ST down
- Week 1 · Merrimack · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +3.38CJ Montes pass complete to Cade Wolford for 30 yds for a TD (Will Hryszko KICK)
- Week 1 · Merrimack · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.51CJ Montes pass complete to Terik Mulder for 17 yds to the KENT 48 for a 1ST down
- Week 1 · Merrimack · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.37CJ Montes pass complete to Sebastian Brown for 16 yds to the KENT 46 for a 1ST down
- Week 1 · Merrimack · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -1.72CJ Montes sacked for a loss of 3 yards to the KENT 39
- Week 2 · Texas Tech · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +1.61CJ Montes run for 7 yds to the KENT 39 for a 1ST down
- Week 2 · Texas Tech · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.38CJ Montes sacked by Romello Height for a loss of 6 yards to the TTU 33
- Week 1 · Merrimack · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.36CJ Montes pass complete to Jay Jay Etheridge for 9 yds to the KENT 40
- Week 1 · Merrimack · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -0.86CJ Montes run for no gain to the KENT 30
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology