Kyle Monangai

Former running back at Rutgers. 2024: 1,279 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 14 catches.

RB · Rutgers · Sr. · #5

5′9″ · 209 lb · Roseland, NJ

CFB Index 67 · #42 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamChicago — drafted 2025, Rd 7, Pick 17, #233 overall

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1965 nationally · Signed with Rutgers

Statement game27 car · 208 yds · 3 TDvs Akron (FBS) · W 49-17

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

Tough to say.. Pacheco never had the quality of this supporting cast Monangai has around himr/CFB game thread · ▲ 11His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Rutgers. 2024: 1,279 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 14 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Rutgers in 2020.
Drafted round 7 by the Chicago in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Rutgers, 3,235 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — drafted at #233 overall by Chicago.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2020

Signed with Rutgers3-star out of Don Bosco Prep

202313 games

All-Big Tensecond

202411 games

All-Big Tenfirst

2025

Drafted by Chicagoround 7, pick 233

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1965 national

CFB

College

Rutgers

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #233

Chicago · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Greg Schiano

Rutgers

Played his entire career under Greg Schiano.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ChicagoEntering 2nd NFL season

#233Rd 7 · Pick 17

ChicagoEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Greg Schiano — 23-28 over that span.

2021Rutgers5-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

2022Rutgers4-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

2023Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

67Quality starter #42 of 310?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (97th percentile). Strength: rush yards (96th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#191 / 442 · 57th pct

5.2%

Explosive rate#241 / 442 · 46th pct

6.3%

Success rate#242 / 442 · 45th pct

44.0%

Yards / carry#281 / 442 · 37th pct

4.9

EPA / carry#284 / 442 · 36th pct

0.11

Box-score rates (7)

Carries#9 / 335 · 97th pct

256

Rush yards#14 / 335 · 96th pct

1279

Rush TDs#21 / 335 · 93rd pct

Long run#96 / 335 · 71st pct

Receptions#132 / 330 · 59th pct

Yards / carry#158 / 335 · 51st pct

5.0

Rec yards#187 / 330 · 43rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

49th → 36th percentile

Success rate

59th → 45th percentile

Explosive rate

47th → 46th percentile

Yards / carry

46th → 37th percentile

TD rate

33rd → 57th 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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

252 carries

17%

Stuffed (≤0)

38%

Grind (1–3)

33%

Chunk (4–9)

12%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	134	5.9	1.5
Road5g	94.8	4.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	123	5.5	1.2
Weeks 8+5g	108	4.6	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Greg Schiano

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #42 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #42 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Rutgers	256	1,279	5.0	13	--
2023	Rutgers	242	1,262	5.2	8	--
2022	Rutgers	109	459	4.2	2	--
2021	Rutgers	62	235	3.8	4	--
Career		669	3,235	4.8	27	--

Season	Team
2024	Rutgers	14	75	5.4	1	--
2023	Rutgers	8	78	9.8	0	--
2022	Rutgers	6	31	5.2	0	--
2021	Rutgers	10	68	6.8	0	--
Career		38	252	6.6	1	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Akron · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +4.41Kyle Monangai run for 62 yds to the AKR 6 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Wisconsin · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -4.03Kyle Monangai run for no gain to the WIS 10
Week 1 · Howard · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -3.59Kyle Monangai run for no gain to the HOW 21
Week 1 · Howard · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.61Kyle Monangai run for 7 yds for a TD (Jai Patel KICK)
Week 14 · Michigan State · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.61Kyle Monangai run for 7 yds for a TD (Jai Patel KICK)
Week 7 · Wisconsin · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.60Kyle Monangai run for 13 yds for a TD (Jai Patel KICK)
Week 14 · Michigan State · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.56Kyle Monangai run for 18 yds to the MSU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Nebraska · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.56K.Monangai rushed for 17 yards. Tackled by NEB at NEB 49.
Week 2 · Akron · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.54Kyle Monangai run for 2 yds for a TD (Jai Patel KICK)
Week 13 · Illinois · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Kyle Monangai for 13 yds for a TD (Jai Patel KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 44-7vs Howard	19	165	8.7	1	39	165-yard day
Wk 2	W 49-17vs Akron	27	208	7.7	3	62	Season-high 208 yds
Wk 4	W 26-23@ Virginia Tech	26	84	3.2	1	11
Wk 5	W 21-18vs Washington	25	132	5.3	1	40
Wk 6	L 7-14@ Nebraska	19	78	4.1	0	17
Wk 7	L 7-42vs Wisconsin	19	72	3.8	1	13
Wk 8	L 32-35vs UCLA	19	106	5.6	3	30	3 rushing TDs
Wk 9	L 20-42@ USC	18	86	4.8	0	27
Wk 12	W 31-17@ Maryland	25	97	3.9	2	16
Wk 13	L 31-38vs Illinois	28	122	4.4	0	18
Wk 14	W 41-14@ Michigan State	31	129	4.2	1	21
Total		256	1279	5.1	13	62