David Montgomery

WVU, West Virginia, FB, Football, 2018-19

Photo by: Athletics Communications

Position:
Running Back
Height:
5-11
Weight:
222
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio
High School:
Mount Healthy

Awards and Honors
Big 12 Male Sportsperson of the Year (2019)
First-Team All-American – PFF (2017, 2018)
Pete Taylor Most Valuable Player (2018)
Jason Witten Man of the Year Semifinalist (2018)
First-Team All-Big 12 – AP, ESPN (2018)
Second-Team All-Big 12 – Coaches (2018)
Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2018)
First-Team All-Big 12 – Coaches, AP, ESPN (2017)
HM All-American – SB Nation (2017)
Doak Walker Award Watch List (2017, 2018)
Ray Scott Outstanding Offensive Skill Player Award (2017)
HM Freshman All-America- Campus Insiders (2016)

2018
First-Team All-American by Pro Football Focus … First-Team All-Big 12 by the AP and ESPN and a second-team choice by the Coaches … Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 … Jason Witten Man of the Year semifinalist … Doak Walker Award watch list … Co-Captain … fourth player in school history to earn All-America honors in multiple seasons … one of the best running backs nationally for the second-straight season, starting 11 of 12 games played … ranked third in the Big 12 and 23rd nationally in rushing yards per game (101.3) … broke the 1,000-yard rushing barrier for the second consecutive year (1,216), becoming the eighth Cyclone with multiple 1,000-yard seasons … his 1,216 yards ranks 12th on ISU’s season list… had seven 100-yard rushing games, tying for third on ISU’s season list, and 13 rushing touchdowns, tying for second in the Big 12 and ninth on ISU’s season list … led the nation in forced missed tackles according to Pro Football Focus for the second-straight year (99) … caught 22 passes for 157 yards … had a streak of four-straight 100-yard rushing games, tying for the fifth-best string in school history … had one lost fumble in 279 touches … successful on 5-of-6 fourth-down conversion chances … ran for 82 yards and a touchdown vs. Oklahoma … registered first 100-yard game of the year vs. Akron with 107 yards … recorded 101 yards and a touchdown vs. TCU … missed the Oklahoma State game with a shoulder injury … against West Virginia, battered the Mountaineers with a career-high 189 rushing yards and a touchdown … had two rushing touchdowns and 125 yards on the ground vs. Texas Tech … rushed for 149 yards, averaged 7.8 yards per carry and tied his career best with three rushing touchdowns vs. Kansas State … had 147 yards on the ground vs. Drake … rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown vs. Washington State in the Alamo Bowl … also had a career-long 53-yard catch vs. the Cougars … ends career with 2,925 rushing yards (sixth in ISU history), 26 rushing touchdowns (eighth in ISU history), 15 100-yard rushing games (third in ISU history) and 3,507 all-purpose yards (sixth in ISU history) … his 71 career receptions ranks fifth all-time by an ISU running back.

2017
First-Team All-American by Pro Football Focus … First-Team All-Big 12 … Doak Walker Award watch list … Ray Scott Outstanding Offensive Skill Player Award ... started all 13 games … one of the best running backs in the nation, ranking third in the Big 12 in rushing yards per game (88.2) … became the 14^th Cyclone rusher in school history to reach the 1,000-yard barrier (1,146 yards) to rank 17^th on ISU’s season record book … had six 100-yard rushing games, tying for ninth on ISU’s season list, and 11 rushing touchdowns, ranking third in the Big 12 … led the nation in forced missed tackles (109), the most in a season by an FBS player since Pro Football Focus began tracking the stat in 2014 … reeled off three-straight 100-yard games during the season … also a threat as a receiver, ranking fifth on the team in receptions (36) and compiling 296 receiving yards … his 36 receptions ranks second among ISU running backs in a season … averaged 111.0 yards per game from scrimmage … had one lost fumble in 294 touches … ran for two TDs and 82 yards vs. UNI … posted 112 rushing yards and a TD vs Iowa … gained 127 yards on the ground and had 46 receiving yards vs. Akron … in ISU’s win at No. 3 Oklahoma, ran for 55 yards and a TD and registered career highs in receptions (7) and receiving yards (89) … scored three TDs and had 68 rushing yards vs. Kansas … posted a season-high 164 rushing yards vs. Texas Tech, including a season-long 58-yard scamper … had three-straight 100-yard games vs. West Virginia (115), Oklahoma State (105) and Baylor (144) …. tallied three rushing TDs and had six catches vs Oklahoma State.

2016
Honorable Mention Freshman All-America by Campus Insiders … recorded one of the finest seasons by a Cyclone rookie rusher … played in all 12 games, starting the final four contests … led the team in rushing with 563 yards on 109 carries … averaged 5.2 yards per carry and rushed for two TDs … his rushing total was the second-best season effort by a Cyclone freshman in school history … also caught 13 passes for 129 yards … averaged 113.7 yards per game and 6.1 yards per carry over the final three games … had the two longest rushes of the season on a pair of 46-yard runs … had 32 rushing yards on seven carries and his first career TD vs. Baylor … scored a TD vs. Oklahoma State … in second career start, rushed for a season-high 169 yards, including 105 after intermission, on 24 carries to help the Cyclones defeat Kansas … was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week after tallying the fifth-best single-game rushing effort by a freshman in school history vs. the Jayhawks … racked up his second 100-yard game with 141 yards on 21 carries vs. West Virginia … also caught four passes for 45 yards vs. the Mountaineers

High School
Chose Iowa State over Illinois, Purdue, Indiana and Marshall … three-star recruit by Scout and ESPN … ranked as the 67th-best running back nationally by Scout … three-time all-state selection, rushing for 6,666 yards and 91 TDs in his four-year career … was a dual-threat quarterback … named the Division III Ohio Player of the Year by the AP in 2015 … also was the Southwest District Offensive Player of the Year … rushed for 2,707 yards in 2015, the 21st-best single-season total in Ohio prep history … tallied 41 rushing TDs and averaged 10.1 yards per carry … posted seven 200-yard games and three 300-yard games … rambled for a career-high 373 yards vs. Edgewood … also passed for 726 yards and seven TDs … team finished 8-4 and made the regional semifinals … as a junior, ran for 1,951 yards and 22 TDs … threw for 836 yards and seven TDs … rushed for 1,783 yards and 22 TDs as a sophomore … also had 685 yards passing and 11 TDs … posted 13 games in his career with over 200 yards rushing … coached by Arvie Crouch.

Personal
Born June 7, 1997 … son of Roberta and Samuel Mitchell … child, adult and family services major ... Eagle Scout.