Player Dossier

2012-2016

Michigan

Amara Darboh

WR • 6'2" • West Des Moines, IA, USA

Alpha targetExplosive finisher

Amara Darboh reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

19%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

43

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

32

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

72

High-upside career profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Player Story

Amara Darboh built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a wide receiver from West Des Moines, IA wearing No. 82, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Amara Darboh's career was his receiving role:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.9188

Dowling Catholic · West Des Moines, IA

Committed To
Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2017
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 42
Overall
No. 106
NFL Team
Seattle Seahawks

Amara Darboh, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Michigan. Amara Darboh reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
2,062
Receptions
151
Touchdowns
14

Quick Answers

Amara Darboh quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan · WR
Career Receiving Yards
2,062
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 37 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Michigan
Top game
Michigan State
Recruit profile
4-star · Dowling Catholic · Michigan
High school pipeline
Dowling Catholic · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2017 · Round 3 · Pick 42 · Seattle Seahawks
Latest roster
No. 82 · Class 2016
2016 Receiving yards rank
862 receiving yards · WR 64th (top 7%) · Big Ten 6th (top 3%) · National 66th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonMichigan0-00-
2013 Regular SeasonMichigan0-00-
2014 Regular SeasonMichigan1136473265.2
2015 PostseasonMichigan13224077.6
2015 Regular SeasonMichigan1356703577.6
2016 PostseasonMichigan13536081
2016 Regular SeasonMichigan1352826781

Related Context

Amara Darboh played WR for Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Amara Darboh recorded 2 rushing yards, 2,062 receiving yards, and 14 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Michigan paired 862 primary output with 80.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 78.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2014 Regular Season · Michigan

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

43

Efficiency

78.2

Usage

20.4

Consistency

59.5

Best Game by takeover score

Miami (OH)

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. App State: 26. Notre Dame: 23. Miami (OH): 88. Utah: 5. Rutgers: 6. Penn State: 66. Michigan State: 41. Indiana: 107. Northwestern: 41. Maryland: 29. Ohio State: 41

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. App State: 1 by 100. Notre Dame: 2 by 76.7. Miami (OH): 6 by 97.8. Utah: 1 by 33.3. Rutgers: 1 by 40. Penn State: 4 by 100. Michigan State: 2 by 100. Indiana: 9 by 79.3. Northwestern: 4 by 68.3. Maryland: 2 by 96.7. Ohio State: 4 by 68.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins65.6 · Games = 5 · +41.4 vs Losses
Losses24.2 · Games = 6 · -41.4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Miami (OH)

Best efficiency game

100 vs Michigan State

Result
Sat 11/29@ Ohio StateL 28-4244110.310.30012
Sat 11/22vs MarylandL 16-2322914.514.50023
Sat 11/8@ NorthwesternW 10-944110.310.30016
Sat 11/1vs Indiana100 receiving yards · High volumeW 34-10910711.911.90134
Sat 10/25@ Michigan StateL 11-3524120.520.50024
Sat 10/11vs Penn StateW 18-1346616.516.50021
Sat 10/4@ RutgersL 24-26166606
Sat 9/20vs UtahL 10-26155505
Sat 9/13vs Miami (OH)W 34-1068814.714.70126
Sat 9/6@ Notre DameL 0-3122311.511.50013
Sat 8/30vs App StateW 52-141262626026

Player Story

Amara Darboh story

Amara Darboh built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a wide receiver from West Des Moines, IA wearing No. 82, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Amara Darboh's career was his receiving role: 151 catches, 2,062 receiving yards, 14 touchdowns, and 2 rushing yards across 37 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 rushing yards and 23 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Amara Darboh's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Michigan

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2012201320142015201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonMichigan0
2013 Regular SeasonMichigan00
2014 Regular SeasonMichigan47378.220.4473
2015 PostseasonMichigan72779.422.5254
2015 Regular SeasonMichigan72779.422.50
2016 PostseasonMichigan86280.824.1135
2016 Regular SeasonMichigan86280.824.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan State

Week 9 · W 32-23 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

165

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

165 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Miami (OH)

Week 3 · W 34-10

88

Receiving Yards

93.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

88 receiving yards with a 97.8 efficiency score.

#3

vs Indiana

Week 10 · W 34-10 · Conference game

107

Receiving Yards

93.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

107 receiving yards with a 79.3 efficiency score.

#4

@ Utah

Week 1 · L 17-24

101

Receiving Yards

91.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

101 receiving yards with a 84.2 efficiency score.

#5

@ Indiana

Week 11 · W 48-41 · Conference game

109

Receiving Yards

90.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

109 receiving yards with a 90.8 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Michigan

862 primary output · 80.8 efficiency · 24.1 usage

81

#2

2016 Regular Season · Michigan

81

862 primary · 80.8 efficiency · 24.1 usage

#3

2015 Postseason · Michigan

77.6

727 primary · 79.4 efficiency · 22.5 usage

Milestones

5

100+ receiving yards

5

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games