Kicker, New Mexico State (from Fresno State), 2021–⁠24

Abraham Montano

Number
No. 89
Height
6′1″
Weight
198 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Salinas, CA

Abraham Montano played kicker at Fresno State (2021–⁠23) and New Mexico State (2024).

Career highs

4field goals, career highvs. Oregon State, 2022

Team titles: Mountain West champions, 2022

Kicking

Field goals made, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamFGMFGAPctLongXPPts
2021Fresno State55100.0391429
2022Fresno State121963.2433571
2023Fresno State00–011
2024New Mexico State182378.3592276
Career354774.55972177

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Fresno State89PKFr.
2022Fresno State89PKSo.
2023Fresno State89PKJr.
2024New Mexico State89PKSr.6′1″198

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsagePAAR
2021Fresno State––––––2.1 (4 att.)
2022Fresno State––––––-9.1 (19 att.)
2024New Mexico State––––––11.7 (21 att.)

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). PAAR: points a kicker added above a replacement-level kicker, with his field-goal attempts. From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2024 New Mexico State 11 games, 18 of 23 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Aug 31vs.Southeast Missouri StateW 23–⁠16225117
Sep 7vs.LibertyL 24–⁠30112936
Sep 21atSam HoustonL 11–⁠31113203
Sep 28vs.New MexicoL 40–⁠502347410
Oct 9atJacksonville StateL 13–⁠54225317
Oct 15vs.Louisiana TechW 33–⁠30224839
Oct 29vs.Florida InternationalL 13–⁠34225717
Nov 9vs.Western KentuckyL 28–⁠4101044
Nov 16atTexas A&ML 3–⁠38124803
Nov 23atMiddle TennesseeW 36–⁠213342312
Nov 30vs.UTEPL 35–⁠42245928
2023 Fresno State 1 game, 1 of 1 extra point
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 9vs.Eastern WashingtonW 34–⁠3100011
2022 Fresno State 12 games, 12 of 19 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 1vs.Cal PolyW 35–⁠701055
Sep 10vs.Oregon StateL 32–⁠354643214
Sep 17atUSCL 17–⁠45122325
Oct 1atUConnL 14–⁠1900022
Oct 8atBoise StateL 20–⁠40223528
Oct 15vs.San José StateW 17–⁠10112825
Oct 22atNew MexicoW 41–⁠92238511
Oct 29vs.San Diego StateW 32–⁠28123536
Nov 5vs.Hawai’iW 55–⁠13113125
Nov 25vs.WyomingW 30–⁠000044
Dec 3atBoise StateW 28–⁠1601044
Dec 17 ✦vs.Washington StateW 29–⁠601022
2021 Fresno State 4 games, 5 of 5 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Aug 28vs.UConnW 45–⁠0–––––
Sep 4atOregonL 24–⁠313339110
Sep 11vs.Cal PolyW 63–⁠1000099
Sep 18atUCLAW 40–⁠372239410

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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