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Kyle Monangai

Running Back, Chicago Bears · #25.

Player facts

Team: Chicago Bears
Position: Running Back
Number: 25
Born: Jun 6, 2002 (age 24)
Birthplace: Roseland, NJ, USA
Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 207 lbs
College: Rutgers
Experience: 2 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Regular Season	60	324	5.4	3	61	5	39	7.8	0	19	0	0
Career	229	1,107	4.8	8	61	23	203	8.8	0	34	0	0

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Rushing	60 carries	+0.10	42%		2nd of 41
Receiving	5 targets	+0.10	40%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Rushing					Receiving					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 4	vs NYJ	W 23-12	30	146	4.9	2	26	1	4	4.0	0	4	0	0
Mon, Sep 28	vs PHI	W 27-7	10	31	3.1	0	8	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs MIN	L 9-3	10	47	4.7	0	15	2	11	5.5	0	7	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ CAR	W 59-37	10	100	10.0	1	61	2	24	12.0	0	19	0	0

Last 4 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Kyle Monangai (/ˌməˈnʌŋˌgaɪ/ 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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kyle Monangai, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Born and raised in Roseland, New Jersey to Cameroonian parents, 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. 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.

College career

Monangai played in five games his first year with the Scarlet Knights 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. As a sophomore in 2022, he started 11 of 12 games and recorded 445 yards on 109 carries with two touchdowns. Monangai returned as a starter in 2023. 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 second-team All Big-Ten honors.