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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2024New Mexico State
Monte Watkins
RB • 5'11" • 195 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Monte Watkins leans balanced backfield option traits and 52.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a back
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Reliability
14
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
40
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · New Mexico State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- TCU • New Mexico State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Player Story
Monte Watkins built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with New Mexico State and TCU. The clearest part of Monte Watkins' career was his...
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- Committed To
- TCU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Monte Watkins, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · New Mexico State. Monte Watkins leans balanced backfield option traits and 52.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,076
- Rushing yards
- 857
- Receiving yards
- 219
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Monte Watkins quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,076
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · New Mexico State
- Top game
- UTEP
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Klein Forest · TCU
- High school pipeline
- Klein Forest · 15 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Junior
- 2024 Scrimmage yards rank
- 135 scrimmage yards · RB 412th (top 58%) · Conference USA 86th (top 45%) · National 1,253rd (top 47%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | TCU | 3 | 90 | 49 | 41 | 0 | 40.3 |
| 2022 Postseason | New Mexico State | 9 | 76 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 33.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 9 | 126 | 94 | 32 | 3 | 33.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | New Mexico State | 14 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 62.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 14 | 640 | 563 | 77 | 3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 6 | 135 | 66 | 69 | 1 | 34.7 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico State to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 21 | Apr 15, 2025 |
Monte Watkins played RB for TCU and New Mexico State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Monte Watkins recorded 857 rushing yards, 219 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with New Mexico State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
New Mexico State paired 649 primary output with 69.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 52.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across TCU, New Mexico State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Loss with 78 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Games
6
Scrimmage Yards / G
22.5
Efficiency
52.4
Usage
6
Consistency
48.5
Best Game by takeover score
Liberty
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southeast Missouri State: 29. Liberty: 78. Fresno State: 5. Sam Houston: -21. New Mexico: 30. Jacksonville State: 14
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southeast Missouri State: 5 by 60.4. Liberty: 4 by 79.2. Fresno State: 2 by 10.4. Sam Houston: 2 by 0. New Mexico: 3 by 91.7. Jacksonville State: 2 by 72.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins29 · Games = 1 · +7.8 vs Losses
Losses21.2 · Games = 5 · -7.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Liberty
Best efficiency game
91.7 vs New Mexico
Player Story
Monte Watkins story
Monte Watkins built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with New Mexico State and TCU. The clearest part of Monte Watkins' career was his backfield work: 857 rushing yards, 125 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 219 receiving yards across 32 career games in the available record. His career also includes 219 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 365 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Monte Watkins' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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TCU
2021
Opening stop
- 2
New Mexico State
2022-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | TCU | 90 | 54.3 | 10.1 | — |
| 2022 Postseason | New Mexico State | 202 | 39.2 | 10.4 | 112 |
| 2022 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 202 | 39.2 | 10.4 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | New Mexico State | 649 | 69.1 | 9.8 | 447 |
| 2023 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 649 | 69.1 | 9.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 135 | 52.4 | 6 | -514 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UTEP
Week 8 · W 28-7 · Conference game
Win with 114 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
85.4 takeover
114 scrimmage yards and 22 usage.
#2
@ Bowling Green
Week 1 · W 24-19 · Postseason
76
Scrimmage Yards
76.5 takeover
Win with 76 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
76 scrimmage yards and 15.5 usage.
#3
vs Florida International
Week 6 · W 34-17 · Conference game
93
Scrimmage Yards
71.8 takeover
Win with 93 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
93 scrimmage yards and 11.8 usage.
#4
@ Oklahoma State
Week 11 · L 17-63 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
69.5 takeover
Loss with 53 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
53 scrimmage yards and 13.6 usage.
#5
vs Liberty
Week 2 · L 24-30 · Conference game
78
Scrimmage Yards
67.1 takeover
Loss with 78 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
78 scrimmage yards and 7.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · New Mexico State
649 primary output · 69.1 efficiency · 9.8 usage
62.9
#2
2023 Regular Season · New Mexico State
62.9
649 primary · 69.1 efficiency · 9.8 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · TCU
40.3
90 primary · 54.3 efficiency · 10.1 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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