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David Montgomery

David Montgomery is a running back for the Houston Texans. Injury status: Out. Depth chart: RB3.

Scouting report

David Montgomery: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated October 20, 2026

David Montgomery at a glance

David Montgomery is a 29-year-old running back for the Houston Texans, listed at 5'11" and 230 pounds. The Chicago Bears drafted Montgomery 73rd overall in the third round in 2019, out of Iowa State, and 2026 is Montgomery's 8th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Montgomery for 175.5 PPR points in 2026, which ranks RB26 at the position and works out to 12.2 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 5 games of 2026, Montgomery has scored 45.5 PPR points, or 9.1 per game. That is 25.9% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Montgomery would finish with about 155 points, behind the 175.5 projected. The best week so far is 28.9 points in Week 1 against BUF, the RB7 finish that week. Montgomery has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable RB start in 1 of 5 games, a 20% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 54 qualified running backs of 2026, Montgomery ranks in the 59th percentile in rush TDs, the 53rd percentile in receiving yards and the 32nd percentile in rush yards over expected per attempt. The softest mark is the 3rd percentile in yards per carry.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Montgomery has finished as RB4 in 2020, RB21 in 2021, RB24 in 2022, RB17 in 2023, RB18 in 2024 and RB27 in 2025. One of those 7 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 264.8 PPR points in 2020. Across 110 regular-season games on record, the totals read 6,253 rushing yards, 61 rushing touchdowns, 238 receptions and 1,957 receiving yards.

David Montgomery by the numbers

Montgomery has been the highest-scoring running back of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 9 times and finished in the top twelve 30 times. The career high is 34.1 PPR points, set in Week 4 of 2023 against GB. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points, 13 100-yard rushing games and 2 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Montgomery has reached 20 points in 22 games, 20% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Montgomery handled 10.4 carries per game, including 9 red-zone carries and 3 carries from inside the five. 1 run gained ten yards or more. In the passing game Montgomery drew 2.3 targets per game.

Contract

Montgomery is playing on a two-year, $16.5 million contract signed with the Houston Texans in 2026, an average of $8.3 million per year with $1 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
175.5
PPR / game
12.2

David Montgomery fantasy outlook

David Montgomery enters the 2026 season with HOU and ranks RB25 and #91 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 175.5 PPR points across 14.4 games, or 12.2 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a lineup and depth tier. The preseason depth chart lists David Montgomery as RB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, David Montgomery produced 166.9 PPR points in 17 games (9.8 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 60%, with a 34% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Week 2 projection

David Montgomery is projected for 11.4 PPR points at home against CIN in week 2, with a likely range of 1.7 to 26.5.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 2.6 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
46.4
Dynasty
26.7
Superflex redraft
58.4
Superflex dynasty
38.1
TE premium dynasty
16.1

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGCarRush ydsRush TDTgtRecRec ydsRec TDPPR
2026HOU55213827767145.5
2025DET17158716829241920166.9
2024DET141857751238363410221.7
2023DET142191,0151324161170207.2
2022CHI16201801540343161177.7
2021CHI13225849751423010195.0
2020CHI152471,070868544382264.8
2019CHI16242889635251851170.4

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