Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2022-2024Navy
Daba Fofana
FB • 5'8" • 213 lbs • Cumming, GA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Daba Fofana leans balanced backfield option traits and 33 efficiency.
Impact Production
52
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
35
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
73
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Navy
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Navy
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Player Story
Daba Fofana built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a FB from Cumming, GA wearing No. 45, spending time with Navy. The clearest part of Daba Fofana's career was his backfield work: 1,315 rushing yards, 318...
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- Committed To
- Navy
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Daba Fofana, FB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Navy. Daba Fofana leans balanced backfield option traits and 33 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,364
- Rushing yards
- 1,315
- Receiving yards
- 49
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Daba Fofana quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Navy · FB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,364
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Navy
- Top game
- Tulsa
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · West Forsyth · Navy
- High school pipeline
- West Forsyth · 11 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 45 · Senior
- 2024 Scrimmage yards rank
- 266 scrimmage yards · FB 1st (top 12%) · American Athletic 86th (top 29%) · National 843rd (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Navy | 12 | 769 | 769 | 0 | 6 | 65.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Navy | 12 | 329 | 283 | 46 | 3 | 36.3 |
| 2024 Postseason | Navy | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Navy | 13 | 260 | 257 | 3 | 2 | 27.8 |
Related Context
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Daba Fofana played FB for Navy. Across 3 tracked seasons, Daba Fofana recorded 1,315 rushing yards, 49 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Navy.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Navy paired 769 primary output with 38.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 38.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Navy
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
64.1
Efficiency
38.5
Usage
24.2
Consistency
53.2
Best Game by takeover score
Tulsa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Delaware: 47. Memphis: 15. East Carolina: 44. Air Force: 10. Tulsa: 159. SMU: 61. Houston: 89. Temple: 63. Cincinnati: 14. Notre Dame: 133. UCF: 114. Army: 20
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Delaware: 15 by 32.6. Memphis: 9 by 17.4. East Carolina: 15 by 30.6. Air Force: 7 by 14.9. Tulsa: 21 by 78.9. SMU: 21 by 30.3. Houston: 20 by 46.4. Temple: 24 by 27.3. Cincinnati: 8 by 18.2. Notre Dame: 15 by 86.9. UCF: 20 by 59.4. Army: 11 by 18.9
Split Comparison
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Wins95 · Games = 4 · +46.4 vs Losses
Losses48.6 · Games = 8 · -46.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Tulsa
Best efficiency game
86.9 vs Notre Dame
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/10 | @ Army | L 17-20 | 11 | 20 | 1.80 | 0 | — | — | 1.8 |
| Sat 11/19 | @ UCF100 rush yards | W 17-14 | 20 | 114 | 5.70 | 0 | — | — | 5.7 |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Notre Dame100 rush yards | L 32-35 | 15 | 133 | 8.90 | 1 | — | — | 8.9 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Cincinnati | L 10-20 | 8 | 14 | 1.80 | 0 | — | — | 1.8 |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Temple | W 27-20 | 24 | 63 | 2.60 | 1 | — | — | 2.6 |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Houston | L 20-38 | 20 | 89 | 4.50 | 1 | — | — | 4.5 |
| Fri 10/14 | @ SMU | L 34-40 | 21 | 61 | 2.90 | 0 | — | — | 2.9 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Tulsa100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 53-21 | 21 | 159 | 7.60 | 3 | — | — | 7.6 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Air Force | L 10-13 | 7 | 10 | 1.40 | 0 | — | — | 1.4 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ East Carolina | W 23-20 | 15 | 44 | 2.90 | 0 | — | — | 2.9 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Memphis | L 13-37 | 9 | 15 | 1.70 | 0 | — | — | 1.7 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Delaware | L 7-14 | 15 | 47 | 3.10 | 0 | — | — | 3.1 |
Player Story
Daba Fofana story
Daba Fofana built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a FB from Cumming, GA wearing No. 45, spending time with Navy. The clearest part of Daba Fofana's career was his backfield work: 1,315 rushing yards, 318 carries, 11 rushing touchdowns, and 49 receiving yards across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Navy. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 49 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Navy.
The arc is straightforward: Daba Fofana moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Navy
2022-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Navy | 769 | 38.5 | 24.2 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Navy | 329 | 36 | 11.7 | -440 |
| 2024 Postseason | Navy | 266 | 33 | 8.5 | -63 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Navy | 266 | 33 | 8.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Tulsa
Week 6 · W 53-21 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
159
Scrimmage Yards
87.8 takeover
159 scrimmage yards and 29.6 usage.
#2
vs Notre Dame
Week 11 · L 32-35
133
Scrimmage Yards
84.3 takeover
Loss with 133 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
133 scrimmage yards and 28.8 usage.
#3
vs Bucknell
Week 1 · W 49-21
82
Scrimmage Yards
76.3 takeover
Win with 82 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
82 scrimmage yards and 12.7 usage.
#4
@ UCF
Week 12 · W 17-14 · Conference game
114
Scrimmage Yards
73.9 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
114 scrimmage yards and 31.7 usage.
#5
@ Memphis
Week 3 · L 24-28 · Conference game
77
Scrimmage Yards
72.8 takeover
Loss with 77 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
77 scrimmage yards and 18.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Navy
769 primary output · 38.5 efficiency · 24.2 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · Navy
36.3
329 primary · 36 efficiency · 11.7 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Navy
27.8
266 primary · 33 efficiency · 8.5 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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