Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Western Michigan
Ofa Mataele
RB • 6'0" • 210 lbs • East Palo Alto, CA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Ofa Mataele leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
13
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Western Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Western Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rhode Island
Player Story
Ofa Mataele built his college career in 2025 as a running back from East Palo Alto, CA wearing No. 24, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Ofa Mataele's career was his backfield work: 252...
Read the storyOfa Mataele, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Western Michigan. Ofa Mataele leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 260
- Rushing yards
- 252
- Receiving yards
- 8
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Ofa Mataele quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Michigan · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 260
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Western Michigan
- Top game
- Rhode Island
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Junior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 260 scrimmage yards · RB 331st (top 46%) · Mid-American 72nd (top 28%) · National 894th (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Western Michigan | 12 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 56.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 12 | 236 | 228 | 8 | 3 | 56.6 |
Related Context
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Ofa Mataele played RB for Western Michigan. Across 1 tracked season, Ofa Mataele recorded 252 rushing yards, 8 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Western Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Western Michigan paired 260 primary output with 42.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 42.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rhode Island
Win with 60 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Western Michigan
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
21.7
Efficiency
42.8
Usage
8.9
Consistency
58.2
Best Game by takeover score
Rhode Island
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kennesaw State: 24. North Texas: 0. Illinois: 48. Toledo: 11. Rhode Island: 60. Massachusetts: 21. Ball State: 15. Miami (OH): 12. Central Michigan: 21. Ohio: 9. Northern Illinois: 19. Miami (OH): 20
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. Kennesaw State: 4 by 62.5. Illinois: 9 by 58.2. Toledo: 4 by 39.6. Rhode Island: 10 by 62.5. Massachusetts: 6 by 37.1. Ball State: 5 by 31.3. Miami (OH): 5 by 25. Central Michigan: 4 by 54.7. Ohio: 4 by 26. Northern Illinois: 5 by 39.6. Miami (OH): 6 by 34.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins22.2 · Games = 9 · +2.2 vs Losses
Losses20 · Games = 3 · -2.2 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
Rhode Island
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Kennesaw State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/19 | vs Kennesaw State | W 41-6 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
| Sat 12/6 | vs Miami (OH) | W 23-13 | 6 | 20 | 3.30 | 0 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Wed 11/19 | @ Northern Illinois | W 35-19 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Wed 11/12 | vs Ohio | W 17-13 | 3 | 8 | 2.70 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Central Michigan | W 24-21 | 4 | 21 | 5.30 | 0 | — | — | 5.3 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Miami (OH) | L 17-26 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | — | — | 2.4 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Ball State | W 42-0 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Massachusetts | W 21-3 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.5 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Rhode Island2+ TD | W 47-14 | 10 | 60 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 6 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Toledo | W 14-13 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.8 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Illinois | L 0-38 | 8 | 46 | 5.80 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5.3 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs North Texas | L 30-33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Ofa Mataele story
Ofa Mataele built his college career in 2025 as a running back from East Palo Alto, CA wearing No. 24, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Ofa Mataele's career was his backfield work: 252 rushing yards, 57 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 8 receiving yards across 12 career games in the available record. His career also includes 8 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 23 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ofa Mataele's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Western Michigan
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Western Michigan | 260 | 42.8 | 8.9 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 260 | 42.8 | 8.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Rhode Island
Week 5 · W 47-14
Win with 60 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
60
Scrimmage Yards
67.8 takeover
60 scrimmage yards and 14.3 usage.
#2
@ No. 24 Illinois
Week 3 · L 0-38 · Ranked opponent
48
Scrimmage Yards
64.3 takeover
Loss with 48 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
48 scrimmage yards and 19.1 usage.
#3
vs No. 89 Kennesaw State
Week 1 · W 41-6 · Postseason
24
Scrimmage Yards
41.1 takeover
Win with 24 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
24 scrimmage yards and 7.3 usage.
#4
vs No. 100 Central Michigan
Week 10 · W 24-21 · Conference game
21
Scrimmage Yards
36.2 takeover
Win with 21 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
21 scrimmage yards and 6.6 usage.
#5
@ No. 136 Massachusetts
Week 6 · W 21-3 · Conference game
21
Scrimmage Yards
33.8 takeover
Win with 21 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
21 scrimmage yards and 10.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Western Michigan
260 primary output · 42.8 efficiency · 8.9 usage
56.6
#2
2025 Regular Season · Western Michigan
56.6
260 primary · 42.8 efficiency · 8.9 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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