Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016UCLA
Mike Fafaul
QB • 6'2" • Cockeysville, MD, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Mike Fafaul is a balanced quarterback profile with 16 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
33
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
25
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
48
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Player Story
Mike Fafaul built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a quarterback from Cockeysville, MD wearing No. 12, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Mike Fafaul's career was his passing role: 1,670...
Read the storyMike Fafaul, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UCLA. Mike Fafaul is a balanced quarterback profile with 16 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 1,652
- Passing yards
- 1,670
- Touchdowns
- 12
Quick Answers
Mike Fafaul quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 1,652
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · UCLA
- Top game
- Oregon State
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Class 2016
- 2016 Total offense rank
- 1,593 total offense · QB 111th (top 35%) · Pac-12 12th (top 9%) · National 122nd (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Postseason | UCLA | 2 | 20 | 29 | -9 | 0 | 49.5 |
| 2013 Regular Season | UCLA | 2 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 49.5 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | UCLA | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 49.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCLA | 8 | 1,593 | 1,602 | -9 | 12 | 63.2 |
Related Context
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Mike Fafaul played QB for UCLA. Across 5 tracked seasons, Mike Fafaul recorded 1,670 passing yards, -18 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with UCLA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
UCLA paired 1,593 primary output with 53.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 53.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · UCLA
Games
8
Primary Metric / G
199.1
Efficiency
53.1
Usage
16
Consistency
63.9
Best Game by takeover score
Utah
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 13. Arizona State: 34. Washington State: 260. Utah: 487. Colorado: 166. Oregon State: 285. USC: 181. California: 167
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UNLV: 1 by 100. Arizona State: 13 by 22. Washington State: 42 by 50.9. Utah: 76 by 57. Colorado: 34 by 47.8. Oregon State: 49 by 53.6. USC: 32 by 49.3. California: 37 by 43.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins149 · Games = 2 · -66.8 vs Losses
Losses215.8 · Games = 6 · +66.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Utah
Best efficiency game
100 vs UNLV
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/27 | @ California | L 10-36 | 12 | 30 | 176 | 40.0 | 1 | 1 | 43.9 | 7 | -9 | -1.30 | 0 | 6 |
| Sun 11/20 | vs USC | L 14-36 | 15 | 31 | 181 | 48.4 | 2 | 0 | 49.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun 11/13 | vs Oregon State | W 38-24 | 25 | 47 | 281 | 53.2 | 0 | 1 | 53.6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Fri 11/4 | @ Colorado | L 10-20 | 15 | 29 | 185 | 51.7 | 1 | 1 | 47.8 | 5 | -19 | -3.80 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Utah300-yard game · 3+ TD | L 45-52 | 40 | 70 | 464 | 57.1 | 5 | 4 | 57 | 6 | 23 | 3.80 | 0 | 15 |
| Sun 10/16 | @ Washington State3+ TD | L 21-27 | 24 | 40 | 258 | 60.0 | 3 | 2 | 50.9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sun 10/9 | @ Arizona State | L 20-23 | 3 | 11 | 44 | 27.3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 2 | -10 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun 9/11 | vs UNLV | W 42-21 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Mike Fafaul story
Mike Fafaul built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a quarterback from Cockeysville, MD wearing No. 12, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Mike Fafaul's career was his passing role: 1,670 passing yards, 12 touchdown passes, and 265 attempts across 11 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with UCLA. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 11 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UCLA.
The arc is straightforward: Mike Fafaul 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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UCLA
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Postseason | UCLA | 38 | 79.2 | 8.3 | 38 |
| 2013 Regular Season | UCLA | 38 | 79.2 | 8.3 | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | — | — | -38 |
| 2015 Regular Season | UCLA | 21 | 95.8 | 0 | 21 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UCLA | 1,593 | 53.1 | 16 | 1,572 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Oregon State
Week 10 · W 41-0 · Conference game
Win with 21 yards of offense and 95.8 efficiency.
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Total Offense
97.9 takeover
21 total offense with 95.8 efficiency.
#2
vs New Mexico State
Week 4 · W 59-13
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Total Offense
86.7 takeover
Win with 18 yards of offense and 83.3 efficiency.
18 total offense with 83.3 efficiency.
#3
vs Utah
Week 8 · L 45-52 · Conference game
487
Total Offense
80.1 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
487 total offense with 57 efficiency.
#4
vs Virginia Tech
Week 1 · W 42-12 · Postseason
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Total Offense
64.5 takeover
Win with 20 yards of offense and 75 efficiency.
20 total offense with 75 efficiency.
#5
vs UNLV
Week 2 · W 42-21
13
Total Offense
51.3 takeover
Win with 13 yards of offense and 100 efficiency.
13 total offense with 100 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · UCLA
1,593 primary output · 53.1 efficiency · 16 usage
63.2
#2
2013 Postseason · UCLA
49.5
38 primary · 79.2 efficiency · 8.3 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · UCLA
49.5
38 primary · 79.2 efficiency · 8.3 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
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3+ TD games
4
Above avg efficiency
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