Player Dossier

2020-2024

Washington

Daniyel Ngata

RB • 5'9" • 191 lbs • Folsom, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Daniyel Ngata leans balanced backfield option traits and 23.5 efficiency.

Usage / Role

58%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

46

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Arizona State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Arizona State • Washington
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: BYU

Player Story

Daniyel Ngata built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a running back from Folsom, CA wearing No. 21, spending time with Arizona State and Washington. The clearest part of Daniyel Ngata's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.9464

Folsom · Folsom, CA

Committed To
Arizona State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Daniyel Ngata, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Arizona State. Daniyel Ngata leans balanced backfield option traits and 23.5 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
819
Rushing yards
721
Receiving yards
98
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Daniyel Ngata quick answers

Latest team and position
Washington · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
819
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 37 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Arizona State
Top game
BYU
Recruit profile
4-star · Folsom · Arizona State
High school pipeline
Folsom · 38 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 21 · Senior
2024 Scrimmage yards rank
9 scrimmage yards · RB 664th (top 94%) · Big Ten 305th (top 89%) · National 2,390th (top 90%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonArizona State212410816156.9
2021 PostseasonArizona State1023230160.1
2021 Regular SeasonArizona State1031528629360.1
2022 Regular SeasonArizona State1132527253161.6
2023 PostseasonWashington8000015.4
2023 Regular SeasonWashington823230115.4
2024 Regular SeasonWashington699008.7

Related Context

Daniyel Ngata played RB for Arizona State and Washington. Across 5 tracked seasons, Daniyel Ngata recorded 721 rushing yards, 98 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Arizona State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Arizona State paired 325 primary output with 51.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 58.5 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 Arizona State, Washington.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: BYU

Loss with 82 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2021 Postseason · Arizona State

Games

10

Scrimmage Yards / G

33.8

Efficiency

58.5

Usage

11.3

Consistency

49.6

Best Game by takeover score

BYU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 23. Southern Utah: 44. UNLV: 64. BYU: 82. Colorado: 33. Stanford: 21. Utah: 24. Washington State: 26. USC: 11. Washington: 10

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Wisconsin: 11 by 21.8. Southern Utah: 12 by 36.3. UNLV: 6 by 94.4. BYU: 8 by 92.7. Colorado: 7 by 49.1. Stanford: 5 by 43.8. Utah: 3 by 83.3. Washington State: 3 by 73.6. USC: 3 by 38.2. Washington: 2 by 52.1

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins30.5 · Games = 6 · -8.3 vs Losses
Losses38.8 · Games = 4 · +8.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

BYU

Best efficiency game

94.4 vs UNLV

Result
Fri 12/31vs WisconsinL 13-2011232.1012.1
Sun 11/14@ WashingtonW 35-30210505
Sun 11/7vs USCW 31-163113.7003.7
Sat 10/30vs Washington StateL 21-34212601148.7
Sun 10/17@ UtahL 21-35116160288
Sat 10/9vs StanfordW 28-105214.2004.2
Sun 9/26vs ColoradoW 35-137334.7004.7
Sun 9/19@ BYUL 17-2788210.30110.3
Sun 9/12vs UNLVW 37-1066410.70110.7
Fri 9/3vs Southern UtahW 41-1411373.401173.7

Player Story

Daniyel Ngata story

Daniyel Ngata built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a running back from Folsom, CA wearing No. 21, spending time with Arizona State and Washington. The clearest part of Daniyel Ngata's career was his backfield work: 721 rushing yards, 147 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 98 receiving yards across 37 career games in the available record. His career also includes 98 receiving yards and 1,039 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Daniyel Ngata's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Arizona State

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Washington

    2023-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120212022202320232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonArizona State12446.124.2
2021 PostseasonArizona State33858.511.3214
2021 Regular SeasonArizona State33858.511.30
2022 Regular SeasonArizona State32551.710.6-13
2023 PostseasonWashington2341.71.7-302
2023 Regular SeasonWashington2341.71.70
2024 Regular SeasonWashington923.51.1-14

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ BYU

Week 3 · L 17-27

Loss with 82 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

78.3 takeover

82 scrimmage yards and 14.8 usage.

#2

@ Arizona

Week 15 · W 70-7 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

74.3 takeover

Win with 76 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

76 scrimmage yards and 28.3 usage.

#3

vs Northern Arizona

Week 1 · W 40-3

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Scrimmage Yards

70.3 takeover

Win with 60 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

60 scrimmage yards and 17.7 usage.

#4

vs UNLV

Week 2 · W 37-10

64

Scrimmage Yards

66 takeover

Win with 64 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

64 scrimmage yards and 9 usage.

#5

vs UCLA

Week 10 · L 36-50 · Conference game

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Scrimmage Yards

64.3 takeover

Loss with 50 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

50 scrimmage yards and 8.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Arizona State

325 primary output · 51.7 efficiency · 10.6 usage

61.6

#2

2021 Postseason · Arizona State

60.1

338 primary · 58.5 efficiency · 11.3 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Arizona State

60.1

338 primary · 58.5 efficiency · 11.3 usage

Milestones

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100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games