Usage Score
16
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.
Efficiency
53.1
Consistency
63.9
Season Value
58.3
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 6
- Program Path
- UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Scouting Read
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Mike 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.
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
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. 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 | — | — | — | — | — |
Career Arc
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UCLA
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201220132013201420152016
| 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
Win with 21 yards of offense and 95.8 efficiency.
21
Primary metric
21 total offense with 95.8 efficiency.
#2
New Mexico State
18
Primary metric
Win with 18 yards of offense and 83.3 efficiency.
18 total offense with 83.3 efficiency.
#3
Utah
487
Primary metric
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
487 total offense with 57 efficiency.
#4
Virginia Tech
20
Primary metric
Win with 20 yards of offense and 75 efficiency.
20 total offense with 75 efficiency.
#5
UNLV
13
Primary metric
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
58.3
#2
2015 Regular Season · UCLA
49.3
21 primary · 95.8 efficiency · 0 usage
#3
2013 Postseason · UCLA
47
38 primary · 79.2 efficiency · 8.3 usage
Milestones
3
250+ passing yards
1
300+ total offense
2
3+ TD games
4
Above avg efficiency
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Career Facts
1
Career teams
6
Seasons tracked
1,652
Career Total Offense
Data Context
Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 11 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.
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