Running back, Wisconsin, 2009–12
Montee Ball
- Number
- No. 28
- Height
- 5′11″
- Hometown
- Wentzville, MO
- Born
- Dec 5, 1990, in McPherson, Kansas
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Montee Ball played running back at Wisconsin (2009–12). He won the 2012 Doak Walker Award. He finished fourth in the 2011 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2011 and 2012. The Denver Broncos took Ball in round 2, No. 58 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2025.
At a glance
Career highs
247rushing yards, career highat Purdue, 20124rushing touchdowns, career highfour times; last vs. Penn State, 2011Honors
- Inducted 2025College Football Hall of Fame
- 2011Archie Griffin Award
- 2011, 2012Jim Brown Trophy
- 2011, 2012Consensus All‑American
- 2011Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year
- 2011, 2012Big Ten Running Back of the Year
- 2011Chicago Tribune Silver Football
- 2011, 2012First-team All-Big Ten
- 2011National leader in points (236)
- 2011National leader in points per game (16.86)
- 2011National leader in rushing touchdowns (33)
- 2011National leader in rushing yards (1,923)
- 2011Fourth in the Heisman vote
- 2012Doak Walker Award
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2010, 2011 and 2012
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Rushing
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
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.
Game by game
2012 Wisconsin 14 games, 1,830 rushing yards, 22 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Northern Iowa | W 26–21 | 32 | 120 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
| Sep 8 | at Oregon State | L 7–10 | 15 | 61 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Utah State | W 16–14 | 37 | 139 | 1 | 17 | – | – |
| Sep 22 | vs. UTEP | W 37–26 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 22 | – | – |
| Sep 29 | at Nebraska | L 27–30 | 31 | 93 | 3 | 14 | – | – |
| Oct 6 | vs. Illinois | W 31–14 | 19 | 116 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 2 |
| Oct 13 | at Purdue | W 38–14 | 29 | 247 | 3 | 67 | 1 | 14 |
| Oct 20 | vs. Minnesota | W 38–13 | 24 | 166 | 2 | 44 | – | – |
| Oct 27 | vs. Michigan State | L 13–16 | 22 | 46 | 0 | 13 | – | – |
| Nov 10 | at Indiana | W 62–14 | 27 | 198 | 3 | 49 | – | – |
| Nov 17 | vs. Ohio State | L 14–21 | 39 | 191 | 1 | 25 | – | – |
| Nov 24 | at Penn State | L 21–24 | 27 | 111 | 1 | 17 | – | – |
| Dec 1 | vs.Nebraska | W 70–31 | 21 | 202 | 3 | 57 | – | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Stanford | L 14–20 | 24 | 100 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 7 |
2011 Wisconsin 14 games, 1,923 rushing yards, 33 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. UNLV | W 51–17 | 10 | 63 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 67 |
| Sep 10 | vs.Oregon State | W 35–0 | 18 | 118 | 2 | 25 | – | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. Northern Illinois | W 49–7 | 20 | 91 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 32 |
| Sep 24 | vs. South Dakota | W 59–10 | 15 | 88 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 21 |
| Oct 1 | vs.Nebraska | W 48–17 | 30 | 151 | 4 | 15 | – | – |
| Oct 15 | vs.Indiana | W 59–7 | 14 | 142 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 46 |
| Oct 22 | atMichigan State | L 31–37 | 18 | 115 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 24 |
| Oct 29 | atOhio State | L 29–33 | 17 | 85 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 30 |
| Nov 5 | vs.Purdue | W 62–17 | 20 | 223 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 9 |
| Nov 12 | atMinnesota | W 42–13 | 23 | 166 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 5 |
| Nov 19 | atIllinois | W 28–17 | 38 | 224 | 2 | 34 | 2 | −1 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Penn State | W 45–7 | 25 | 156 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 15 |
| Dec 3 | vs.Michigan State | W 42–39 | 27 | 137 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 7 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Oregon | L 38–45 | 32 | 164 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 51 |
2010 Wisconsin 12 games, 996 rushing yards, 18 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | atUNLV | W 41–21 | 16 | 79 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 6 |
| Sep 11 | vs. San José State | W 27–14 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 1 | −3 |
| Sep 18 | vs. Arizona State | W 20–19 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 38 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Austin Peay | W 70–3 | 11 | 64 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| Oct 2 | atMichigan State | L 24–34 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | – | – |
| Oct 9 | vs.Minnesota | W 41–23 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | – | – |
| Oct 23 | at Iowa | W 31–30 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 41 |
| Nov 6 | atPurdue | W 34–13 | 21 | 127 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 5 |
| Nov 13 | vs.Indiana | W 83–20 | 22 | 167 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 9 |
| Nov 20 | at Michigan | W 48–28 | 29 | 173 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 7 |
| Nov 27 | vs. Northwestern | W 70–23 | 20 | 178 | 4 | 44 | – | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. TCU | L 19–21 | 22 | 132 | 1 | 40 | – | – |
2009 Wisconsin 9 games, 391 rushing yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3 | atMinnesota | W 31–28 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | – | – |
| Oct 10 | atOhio State | L 13–31 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| Oct 17 | vs.Iowa | L 10–20 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 10 | – | – |
| Oct 31 | vs.Purdue | W 37–0 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 13 | – | – |
| Nov 7 | atIndiana | W 31–28 | 27 | 115 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 11 |
| Nov 14 | vs.Michigan | W 45–24 | 16 | 62 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 8 |
| Nov 21 | atNorthwestern | L 31–33 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4 | – | – |
| Dec 5 | at Hawai’i | W 51–10 | 15 | 78 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 37 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Miami | W 20–14 | 15 | 61 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 14 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2013 | Combine or pro day 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′10½″ | |
| Weight | 214 lb | |
| Arm length | 32⅝″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.66 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.62 s | |
| Vertical jump | 32″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′10″ | |
| Bench press | 15 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.88 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.40 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 21 games with a stat; latest team: New England Patriots.
| Season | Team | G | Car | Yds | TD | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 120 | 559 | 4 | 20 | 145 |
| 2014 | Denver Broncos | 5 | 55 | 172 | 1 | 9 | 62 |
| NFL career | 21 | 175 | 731 | 5 | 29 | 207 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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