CFB Zeitgeist Score
64
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rush yards at the 77th percentile.
London Montgomery
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
742 RUSH YDS · 7 RUSH TD · 156 CARRIES
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Florida
RB · EAST CAROLINA · AMERICAN ATHLETIC
CFB Zeitgeist Score
64
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rush yards at the 77th percentile.
Heisman Heat
#3422
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP RB AWARD
Doak Walker
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterImpact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Career Arc
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4-star | 0.8925 | No. 416 recruit | HighSchool | Penn State |
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | East Carolina -> Florida | 3-star | 0.8900 | Immediate |
| 2024 | Penn State -> East Carolina | 3-star | 0.8700 | Immediate |
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
Achievements
Selector Grid · 2025
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★★☆
to Penn State
Composite
0.8925
#416 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
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Awaiting per-cohort signal
Top Take
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Trajectory
Rival Radar
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the rushing totals stand
To hit 750-yard season (currently 742): needs 8/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 742): needs 258/game over remaining 1.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 742): needs 758/game over remaining 1.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 7): needs 3/game over remaining 1.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 7): needs 8/game over remaining 1.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 7): needs 13/game over remaining 1.
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
London Montgomery's story is about how role and output meet each other. For East Carolina, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
2025 season snapshot | final
30-second read
Workhorse | Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
Receiving
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-24@ NC State | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-3vs Campbell | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 2 | 4 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-0@ Coastal Carolina | 15 | 59 | 3.9 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-34vs BYU | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 0 | 33 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-6vs Army | 15 | 58 | 3.9 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 7 | L 19-26@ Tulane | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-27vs Tulsa | 16 | 125 | 7.8 | 1 | 51 | Season-high 125 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 45-14@ Temple | 14 | 84 | 6.0 | 1 | 28 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-22vs Charlotte | 11 | 85 | 7.7 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-27vs Memphis | 27 | 103 | 3.8 | 2 | 23 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-58@ UTSA | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-3@ Florida Atlantic | 17 | 53 | 3.1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 156 | 742 | 4.8 | 7 | 51 |
Traditional history
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | East Carolina | 156 | 742 | 4.8 | 7 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 156 | 742 | 4.8 | 7 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | East Carolina | 15 | 76 | 5.1 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 1 loaded season | 15 | 76 | 5.1 | 0 | -- |
Advanced metrics second
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 742 | #81/735 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 7 | #62/739 | 92nd pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.8 | #326/735 | 56th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 15 | #140/552 | 75th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 76 | #214/548 | 61st pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.16 | #111/362 | 70th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 148 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 18.0% | #114/738 | 85th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 156 | #62/739 | 92nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 51 | #155/733 | 79th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 21 | #218/540 | 60th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 5.1 | #403/548 | 27th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #169/552 | 70th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 114 | #55/200 | 73rd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 22.8 | #44/199 | 78th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Returns | Kick returns | 5 | #59/206 | 72nd pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 30.3% | #119/738 | 84th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 20.1% | #123/738 | 83rd pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 18.8% | #114/738 | 85th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 18.4% | #166/738 | 78th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 16.9% | #48/738 | 94th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 12.0% | #132/738 | 82nd pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 3.9% | #237/738 | 68th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 71.8 | 5.5 | 1.0 |
| Road6g | 51.8 | 4.2 | 0.2 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins8g | 73.0 | 4.8 | 0.9 |
| Losses4g | 39.5 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 40.0 | 4.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 83.7 | 5.5 | 0.8 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Elite: carries (81st).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 2024
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Sheldon Evans’s 2020 season.
Sheldon Evans
Rodrigues Clark
Daijun Edwards
TJ Green
TJ McDaniel
Matches Sheldon on
Differs from Sheldon on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Davion Ervin-Poindexter’s path through Western Kentucky.
Davion Ervin-Poindexter
Kyle Porter
Kenan Christon II
Justin Johnson
Marcus Williams Jr.
Matches Davion on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Justin Johnson's sophomore season at West Virginia (2022).
Justin Johnson
Anthony Carrie
Jordan Gant
C.J. Hester
Titus Swen
Matches Justin on
Differs from Justin on
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Pass share
44.5%
440 pass / 548 run
Plays / game
76.0
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
4.7%
343 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Blake Harrell.
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
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Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | East Carolina | RB2 | #3422 | #3396 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | American Athletic |
| 2023 | Penn State | RB2 | #1791 | #1304 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Big Ten |
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | East Carolina | American Athletic | RB | 2 | No. 7 | 5-11 | 197 lb | Scranton, PA |
| 2024 | East Carolina | American Athletic | RB | 2 | No. 7 | 5-11 | 197 lb | Scranton, PA |
| 2023 | Penn State | Big Ten | RB | 2 | No. 7 | 5-11 | 197 lb | Scranton, PA |