RB · Houston Texans · week 6 vs Jacksonville Jaguars · Sun Oct 18 · 9:30 AM ET
David Montgomery
TYPE Committee back
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2019 · R3 P73
EXP 8 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH RB1
David Montgomery is a RB for HOU, age 29.2, 7 seasons of experience, drafted in round 3. In 2026 through week 5 he is listed as a starter (depth rank 1); he has played 5 games on 47% of snaps; his line is 27.6 rush yards a game, 10.4 carries a game and 13.4 receiving yards a game (Committee back by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 110 games (postseason included) over 7 seasons. His injury history holds 15 episodes (illness 3, ankle 2, knee 2), 5 of them reaching OUT, 5 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was an illness injury in 2025 week 17.
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In short
David Montgomery is a starter at running back for HOU — 63% of the snaps in his best week of 5. He has a groin injury. He left last week's game. Of players in that position who did play the following week, 45% took under 70% of their usual snaps. This week he did not practise. His team has listed him Out.
His team's word: Out
This is the TEAM'S OWN ANNOUNCEMENT, not a reading of ours. His team filed him on the injury report and we are restating it so the record is complete. There is nothing early about repeating an announcement — what we say ahead of one is on the week's page. Source: his team's own word, restated.
Practice this week
Wed
DNPdated Wed Oct 14
Shape of the week: single reading. Only days the publisher dated are shown; a day we could not date is left out until the nightly sweep stamps it. The shape is a fact, not a forecast.
Stats, with ranges -- dot = his average, bar = his game range
Rush yds / game28 range 10–60
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Carries / game10 range 5.0–20
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Rec yds / game13 range 0.0–19
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Snap share46.8% range 14–63
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Snaps by week -- his larger of the offence and defence share
49%wk 1
52%wk 2
63%wk 3
56%wk 4
14%wk 5
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2026 · wk 6
groin
1
—
2025 · wk 17
illness
1
Questionable
2024 · wk 16
knee
4
Out
2024 · wk 13
shoulder
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 13
foot
1
—
2023 · wk 7
chest
3
Out
2023 · wk 3
thigh
2
Doubtful
2022 · wk 15
illness
1
—
2022 · wk 11
non_injury
1
—
2022 · wk 4
ankle
2
Out
2021 · wk 15
illness
1
—
2021 · wk 14
shoulder
1
—
2021 · wk 5
knee
1
Out
2020 · wk 10
concussion
2
Out
2020 · wk 4
wrist
1
—
2020 · wk 1
groin
1
Questionable
2019 · wk 11
ankle
1
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 17 episodes · 25 weeks on a report · same site more than once: illness ×3
2019
ankle · 1w
2020
concussion · 2wwrist · 1wgroin · 1w
2021
illness · 1wshoulder · 1wknee · 1w
2022
illness · 1wnon_injury · 1wankle · 2w
2023
foot · 1wchest · 3wthigh · 2w
2024
knee · 4wshoulder · 1w
2025
illness · 1w
2026
groin · 1w
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
doubtful
questionable
listed, and played
Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 6not ourshis club's word, restated
Season on him: no call of ours graded yet. Graded by the record: right or a miss against whether he played. A week we did not call, or his club's own word, is not graded.
The rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Jalen Pitre
S
DNP
team's word
Out
Ja'Marcus Ingram
CB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Henry To'oTo'o
LB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Tank Dell
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show
age 29.2 · 7 seasons' experience · drafted round 3
Where the profile comes from
Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.