How does David Montgomery’s elusiveness stack up to his competition?
Last week we broke down some of the top running backs in this class in terms of pass catching, elusiveness, big plays and three-down ability. The goal was to find the running back who checked the most boxes. Of course, the Chicago Bears we quiet on the David Montgomery front, who was not included in the exercise.
Now that David Montgomery is the man, it is worth seeing how he would stack up. After looking into his pass catching profile, he showed to be one of the better options in the class. How does he stack up as an elusive option?
Elusive rating
David Montgomery had a 127.8 elusive rating. This rating would put him below Darrell Henderson and Devin Singletary, but ahead of the rest of the running back class. In fact, his score was so high that it would join these two in the “outliers” tier. He was exceptionally better than his peers.
Agility Score
When it comes to agility, Montgomery did struggle a bit. His 11.35 agility score would put him in below average range. Still, he featured better tested lateral agility than backs such as Devin Singletary, Darrell Henderson, and Trayveon Williams. This puts him in similar territory to Devine Oz
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% of runs going down on first contact
How often did Montgomery extend plays? 41.4% of the time he failed to go down on first contact. That is once again much better than his peers. Here are the other prospects who broke a tackle on 40% of first contact.
Darrell Henderson, Josh Jacobs, Devin Singletary, Bryce Love, James Williams
He joins the likes of these names as the top tackle breakers of the group.
When we broke down the most elusive options James Williams, Darrell Henderson, and Bryce Love stood out as the top options. Montgomery posted better agility and broke more tackles than Henderson, and had an elusive rating higher than Love and James Williams. David Montgomery was not one of the top pass-catching options on this class, he profiles as one of the more elusive options as well.