Usage / Role
21%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2022Maryland
Challen Faamatau
RB • 5'11" • 225 lbs • Kalihi, HI, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Challen Faamatau leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
34
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Maryland
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Maryland
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State
Player Story
Challen Faamatau built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a running back from Kalihi, HI wearing No. 29, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Challen Faamatau's career was his backfield work:...
Read the storyChallen Faamatau, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Maryland. Challen Faamatau leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 328
- Rushing yards
- 239
- Receiving yards
- 89
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Challen Faamatau quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Maryland · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 328
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Maryland
- Top game
- Ohio State
- Latest roster
- No. 29 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Maryland | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 41.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Maryland | 7 | 316 | 235 | 81 | 3 | 60.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Challen Faamatau played RB for Maryland. Across 3 tracked seasons, Challen Faamatau recorded 239 rushing yards, 89 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Maryland.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Maryland paired 316 primary output with 50.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 50.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State
Loss with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Maryland
Games
7
Scrimmage Yards / G
45.1
Efficiency
50.8
Usage
14.2
Consistency
51.1
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. West Virginia: -5. Howard: 31. Kent State: 30. Ohio State: 90. Minnesota: 35. Indiana: 81. Penn State: 54
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. West Virginia: 1 by 0. Howard: 6 by 53.8. Kent State: 2 by 100. Ohio State: 11 by 83.4. Minnesota: 8 by 51.3. Indiana: 22 by 28.4. Penn State: 13 by 38.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins34.3 · Games = 4 · -25.4 vs Losses
Losses59.7 · Games = 3 · +25.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Ohio State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Kent State
Player Story
Challen Faamatau story
Challen Faamatau built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a running back from Kalihi, HI wearing No. 29, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Challen Faamatau's career was his backfield work: 239 rushing yards, 57 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 89 receiving yards across 8 career games in the available record. His career also includes 89 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Challen Faamatau's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Maryland
2020-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Maryland | 12 | 50 | 4.8 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Maryland | 316 | 50.8 | 14.2 | 304 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | — | — | -316 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Ohio State
Week 6 · L 17-66 · Conference game
Loss with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
90
Scrimmage Yards
77.5 takeover
90 scrimmage yards and 17.2 usage.
#2
vs Indiana
Week 9 · W 38-35 · Conference game
81
Scrimmage Yards
68.6 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
81 scrimmage yards and 30.6 usage.
#3
@ Indiana
Week 13 · L 11-27 · Conference game
12
Scrimmage Yards
54.6 takeover
Loss with 12 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
12 scrimmage yards and 4.8 usage.
#4
vs Penn State
Week 10 · L 14-31 · Conference game
54
Scrimmage Yards
51.2 takeover
Loss with 54 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
54 scrimmage yards and 19.1 usage.
#5
@ Minnesota
Week 8 · L 16-34 · Conference game
35
Scrimmage Yards
49.1 takeover
Loss with 35 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
35 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Maryland
316 primary output · 50.8 efficiency · 14.2 usage
60.7
#2
2020 Regular Season · Maryland
41.9
12 primary · 50 efficiency · 4.8 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Maryland
—
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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