Senior running back for Cincinnati. 2023: 329 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 11 catches.
5′10″ · 205 lb · Franklin, OH
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 1126 nationally · Signed with Cincinnati
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Cincinnati. 2023: 329 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 11 catches.
Ryan Montgomery
Wins in space out of the backfield. Ryan Montgomery has been at Cincinnati through two head coaches in five seasons. The receipt on tape: 113 rush yds, 10 rec yds against UCF, Week 10, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Cincinnati, 1,040 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Luke Fickell → Scott Satterfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: explosive rate (99th percentile). Strength: yards / carry (86th percentile). Concern: td rate (13th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 58.2 | 6.6 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 12.7 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 33.8 | 3.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 48.5 | 7.3 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #147 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Cincinnati | 54 | 329 | 6.1 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Cincinnati | 63 | 270 | 4.3 | 5 | -- |
| 2021 | Cincinnati | 46 | 312 | 6.8 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Cincinnati | 20 | 106 | 5.3 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 193 | 1,040 | 5.4 | 11 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Cincinnati | 11 | 91 | 8.3 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Cincinnati | 4 | 65 | 16.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Cincinnati | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Cincinnati | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 25 | 214 | 8.6 | 3 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023
W 66–13
11 rush yds (4 car)
Dominant 53-point win at home against Eastern Kentucky.
With E. Jones — 345 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.6 · 26 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD · X. Henderson — 7 rec · 149 yds · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 66-13vs Eastern Kentucky | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-21@ Pittsburgh | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31vs Miami (OH) | 20 | 104 | 5.2 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 4 | L 6-20vs Oklahoma | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 10 | L 26-28vs UCF | 8 | 113 | 14.1 | 1 | 29 | Season-high 113 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 24-14@ Houston | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-42@ West Virginia | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-49vs Kansas | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 0 | 21 | |
| Total | 54 | 329 | 5.5 | 1 | 29 |
Play style
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2 of the team's 18 inside-the-5 carries (11.1%).
Player DNA
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to RJ Harvey’s 2022 season.
Matches RJ on
Differs from RJ on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to DeSean Bishop’s path through Tennessee.
Matches DeSean on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Michel Dukes's graduate season at South Florida (2023).
Matches Michel on
Differs from Michel on
Player DNA