No. 25 – Chicago Bears | |
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Position: | Running back |
Personal information | |
Born: | Roseland, New Jersey, U.S. | June 6, 2002
Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Weight: | 207 lb (94 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, New Jersey) |
College: | Rutgers (2020–2024) |
NFL draft: | 2025: 7th round, 233rd pick |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Active |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Pro Football Reference |
Kyle Monangai (born June 6, 2002) is an American professional football running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and was selected by the Bears in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL draft.
Raised in Roseland, New Jersey, Monangai attended Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange for his freshman and sophomore years before transferring to Don Bosco Preparatory High School in Ramsey, New Jersey. [1] As a senior, he had over 900 rushing yards with 11 touchdowns, and 400 receiving yards with five touchdowns. He committed to Rutgers University to play college football. [2] [3]
Monangai played in five games his first year at Rutgers in 2020 and did not have a carry. He played in 11 games in 2021 and had 236 yards on 62 carries with four touchdowns. [4] As a sophomore in 2022, he started 11 of 12 games and recorded 445 yards on 109 carries with two touchdowns. [5] Monangai returned as a starter in 2023. [6] He became the first Rutgers running back since Jawan Jamison in 2012 to rush for 1,000 yards, finishing the season with 1,262 rushing yards and 8 rushing touchdowns en route to All Big-Ten Second Team honors. [7] [8]
Rutgers Scarlet Knights | ||||||||||||||
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Season | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||
GP | GS | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD | |||||
2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | ||||
2021 | 11 | 0 | 62 | 236 | 3.8 | 4 | 10 | 68 | 6.8 | 0 | ||||
2022 | 12 | 11 | 109 | 445 | 4.1 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | ||||
2023 | 13 | 13 | 242 | 1,262 | 5.2 | 8 | 8 | 78 | 9.8 | 0 | ||||
2024 | 11 | 11 | 256 | 1,279 | 5.0 | 13 | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 1 | ||||
Career | 52 | 35 | 669 | 3,222 | 4.8 | 27 | 38 | 252 | 6.6 | 1 |
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | Broad jump | |||
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5 ft 8+1⁄4 in (1.73 m) | 211 lb (96 kg) | 28+3⁄4 in (0.73 m) | 9 in (0.23 m) | 4.60 s | 1.54 s | 2.70 s | 4.32 s | 34.5 in (0.88 m) | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) | |||
All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day [9] [10] |
Monangai was selected by the Chicago Bears with the 233rd overall pick in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL draft. [11]