AT COLORADO: Has played in 35 career games with 14 starts … Has carried the ball 292 times for 1,244 yards and 11 touchdowns … Has 40 receptions for 212 yards and a touchdown, giving him 1,456 yards from scrimmage and 12 total touchdowns … His 1,309 rushing yards rank 40th in CU history, his 40 career receptions tied for 74th and his 72 points rank 79th in scoring.

2022 (Sr.):

• Named to the preseason watch list for the Doak Walker Award for the third straight season 
• Named to the watch list for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, given to the most outstanding player from the state of Texas 
• Listed on the watch list for the East-West Shrine Game 1000. 
• Played in six games this season, had 65 carries for 328 yards and one touchdown.
• Had eight rushes for 53 yards against Air Force

2021 (Jr.-2)—Played in all 12 games and started three at tailback … Second on the team with 96 rushes for 326 yards and five touchdowns … Added 13 receptions for 80 yards and a touchdown … Had his best game against Arizona State with 65 yards rushing … Had a 43-yard reception against Arizona and a season-best 27 yard rush against UCLA … Scored two touchdowns against both UCLA and Oregon … After coming back from injury that forced him to miss the entire 2020 season, he was named to the preseason watch lists for the Doak Walker Award (nation’s top running back), the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award (outstanding player from Texas) and was CU’s nominee for the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year.

2020 (Jr.)—Injured prior to the start of the season and missed the entire season … In the preseason, named second-team All-Pac-12 by Pick Six Previews and third-team by both Athlon and Phil Steele's College Football … Also One of 76 players on the official watch list for the Doak Walker Award (top running back) and on the watch list for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award (top player from Texas). 

2019 (Soph.)—Played and started in 11 of 12 games, missing the UCLA game due to injury … Finished the season with 185 rushes for 874 yards and five touchdowns and 27 catches for 122 yards … Won the teams Most Improved Offensive Player Award and was named to the Colorado Chapter of the National Football Foundation All-Colorado second team … Recorded three 100-yard games on the season … Opened the season with 19 carries for 125 yards and three touchdowns against Colorado State … His three touchdowns ranked second most by a running back in a starting debut and his 125 yards ranked as the 13th most … He was named the Arrow CU Athlete of the Week, the Colorado Chapter/NFF State of Colorado Player of the Week, honorable mention on the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Player of the Week, CU's Player of the Game on offense and CU's nominee for Pac-12 Player of the Week for his performance against the Rams … Earned CU's Offensive Player of the Game for the second time against Oregon with 15 rushes for 71 yards … Rushed for 105 yards on just 11 carries at Washington State, earning CU's nomination again for Pac-12 Player of the Week for the second time … Had his third 100-yard game against Washington with 24 carries for 105 yards and a touchdown … He was critical on the game's final drive as the Buffs ran out the final 5:09 off the clock with the Huskies using all three timeouts … He ran the ball on the last five plays of the game, picking up 26 yards and earning two first downs … He earned mention on the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose honorable mention list for the second time and was the Offensive Player of the Game for the third time and CU's nominee for Pac-12 Player of the Week for the third time … Recorded 18 carries for 95 yards the week before against Stanford, in another critical win … In a four-quarter drive that tied the game 13-13, he had 36 yards on seven carries picking up a pair of first downs and drawing a facemask penalty for another first down … In two scrimmages and the spring game, he ran 28 times for 92 yards and two touchdowns and caught six passes for 19 yards.

2018 (Fr.-RS)—Played in all 12 games … Had 11 carries for 43 yards and one touchdown, all coming in the first three games … Had three rushes for 14 yards against Colorado State … Against New Hampshire had eight carries for 29 yards and a 15-yard touchdown scamper … Also played on special teams and had the only two blocked punts of the season for the Buffs … Had three total points on special teams also adding a first down field notation … He was presented with the Fred Casotti Award as the team’s most improved offensive back (quarterback or tailback) following spring practices … At the end of the spring semester he recorded a 1.50 10-yard sprint time (tied for the second fastest on the team) and a 36-inch vertical jump (tied for the third highest).
2017 (Fr.)—Redshirted; did not see game action … Dressed for the Arizona game.
 
HIGH SCHOOL—He was rated as a top 20 prospect by the Houston Chronicle in its list of the Houston area’s top 100 players for the class of 2017 ... Garnered first-team All-District honors as a senior under coach Ricky Tullos when he led the Longhorns into the Class 6A bi-district playoffs ... Rushed 91 times for 642 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior, averaging 7.1 yards per carry ... Helped George Ranch win the Texas Class 5A Division I state title in 2015 when the Longhorns went 16-0 ... Rushed for three touchdowns in the 56-0 victory over Mansfield Lake Ridge in the state championship game at NRG Stadium, the home of the Houston Texans and site of Super Bowl 51 ... In a semifinal victory over Cedar Park Vista Ridge, he rushed 16 times for 162 yards and one touchdown ... Overall as a junior he ran for a total of 1,408 yards on 158 carries with 21 touchdowns, averaging 8.9 yards per carry.
 
ACADEMICS—He graduated with a degree in Sociology and minors in Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences and Geology in December 2021 and is pursuing a master's degree in Outdoor Recreation and Economy … Carried a 3.8 GPA in high school … Named one of CU's Most Improve Student-Athletes at the 2022 Academic Breakfast.
 
PERSONAL—He was born on March 16, 1999 in Sugarland, Texas ... Hobbies include playing video games and hanging out with friends ... Father, Albert Fontenot, played 10 seasons in the NFL with three teams after being drafted in the fourth round of the 1993 NFL Draft out of Baylor ... A defensive lineman, the elder Fontenot had 27½ sacks and 156 tackles in 130 career games in the NFL. (Last name is pronounced font-en-know)