Running back, Eastern Kentucky, 2024–⁠25

Jalen Montgomery

Number
No. 23
Height
5′9″
Weight
171 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Columbia, SC

Jalen Montgomery played running back at Eastern Kentucky (2024–⁠25).

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2024Eastern Kentucky9404.408
2025Eastern Kentucky13393.0011
Career22793.6011

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2024Eastern Kentucky204870111570
2025Eastern Kentucky45303130
Career245400141700

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2024Eastern Kentucky23RBJr.
2025Eastern Kentucky23RBSr.5′9″171

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2025Eastern Kentucky (FCS)24-0.28––-6.67%

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). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2025 Eastern Kentucky 5 games, 7 returns, 66 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Aug 30atLouisvilleL 17–⁠51370221–
Sep 6vs.Houston ChristianW 20–⁠1062802321
Sep 13atMarshallL 7–⁠38330–––
Nov 15vs.Abilene ChristianL 10–⁠17110–––
Nov 22atUtah TechW 33–⁠10–––––2
2024 Eastern Kentucky 11 games, 31 returns, 644 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 14vs.West GeorgiaW 26–⁠71502681
Sep 21vs.Morehead StateW 42–⁠13211041182
Sep 28vs.Robert MorrisW 31–⁠72901222
Oct 12atSouthern UtahL 21–⁠42–––1461
Oct 19atAbilene ChristianL 20–⁠34120466–
Oct 26vs.Utah TechW 28–⁠172100––2
Nov 2atTarleton StateW 17–⁠13130124–
Nov 9vs.Central ArkansasW 31–⁠24–––1101
Nov 16atAustin PeayW 30–⁠27–––4842
Nov 23vs.North AlabamaW 21–⁠15––––––
Nov 30atVillanovaL 17–⁠22–––249–

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

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