Player Dossier

2012-2015

Army

Matt Giachinta

RB • 6'1" • Cold Spring, NY, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Matt Giachinta leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.5 efficiency.

Usage / Role

25%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

16

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

31

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Army

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Army
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Player Story

Matt Giachinta built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a running back from Cold Spring, NY wearing No. 40, spending time with Army. The clearest part of Matt Giachinta's career was his backfield work: 556...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.7667

Paramus Catholic · Paramus, NJ

Committed To
Army
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

Matt Giachinta, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Army. Matt Giachinta leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.5 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
578
Rushing yards
556
Receiving yards
22
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

Matt Giachinta quick answers

Latest team and position
Army · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
578
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 31 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · Army
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Recruit profile
2-star · Paramus Catholic · Army
High school pipeline
Paramus Catholic · 24 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 40 · Class 2015
2015 Scrimmage yards rank
291 scrimmage yards · RB 267th (top 48%) · FBS Independents 20th (top 34%) · National 778th (top 33%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonArmy1660035.3
2013 Regular SeasonArmy712911217238.1
2014 Regular SeasonArmy111521520134.8
2015 Regular SeasonArmy122912865149.3

Related Context

Matt Giachinta played RB for Army. Across 4 tracked seasons, Matt Giachinta recorded 556 rushing yards, 22 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Army.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

Army paired 291 primary output with 41.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 41.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Win with 95 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2015 Regular Season · Army

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

24.3

Efficiency

41.5

Usage

9

Consistency

29.7

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Fordham: 10. UConn: 11. Wake Forest: 32. Eastern Michigan: 95. Penn State: 54. Duke: 11. Bucknell: 29. Rice: 16. Air Force: 5. Tulane: 16. Rutgers: 7. Navy: 5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Fordham: 3 by 34.7. UConn: 4 by 24. Wake Forest: 8 by 41.7. Eastern Michigan: 14 by 70.7. Penn State: 7 by 80.4. Duke: 5 by 22.9. Bucknell: 8 by 37.8. Rice: 4 by 41.7. Air Force: 2 by 26. Tulane: 3 by 55.6. Rutgers: 2 by 36.5. Navy: 2 by 26

Split Comparison

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

Wins62 · Games = 2 · +45.3 vs Losses
Losses16.7 · Games = 10 · -45.3 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

Eastern Michigan

Best efficiency game

80.4 vs Penn State

Result
Sat 12/12@ NavyL 17-21252.5002.5
Sat 11/21vs RutgersL 21-31273.5003.5
Sat 11/14vs TulaneL 31-343165.3005.3
Sat 11/7@ Air ForceL 3-20252.5002.5
Sat 10/24@ RiceL 31-38416404
Sat 10/17vs BucknellW 21-148293.6003.6
Sat 10/10vs DukeL 3-445112.2002.2
Sat 10/3@ Penn StateL 14-207547.7007.7
Sat 9/26@ Eastern MichiganW 58-3614956.8006.8
Sat 9/19vs Wake ForestL 14-17832404
Sat 9/12@ UConnL 17-223620152.8
Fri 9/4vs FordhamL 35-373103.3013.3

Player Story

Matt Giachinta story

Matt Giachinta built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a running back from Cold Spring, NY wearing No. 40, spending time with Army. The clearest part of Matt Giachinta's career was his backfield work: 556 rushing yards, 136 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 22 receiving yards across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 22 receiving yards and 34 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Matt Giachinta's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Army

    2012-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2012201320142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonArmy631.32.7
2013 Regular SeasonArmy12939.47123
2014 Regular SeasonArmy15232.96.923
2015 Regular SeasonArmy29141.59139

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 4 · W 58-36

Win with 95 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

74.4 takeover

95 scrimmage yards and 18.4 usage.

#2

@ Western Kentucky

Week 12 · L 24-52

63

Scrimmage Yards

71.1 takeover

Loss with 63 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

63 scrimmage yards and 22 usage.

#3

@ Hawai'i

Week 14 · L 42-49

43

Scrimmage Yards

69.4 takeover

Loss with 43 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

43 scrimmage yards and 7.8 usage.

#4

vs Western Kentucky

Week 11 · L 17-21

43

Scrimmage Yards

65.9 takeover

Loss with 43 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

43 scrimmage yards and 22.2 usage.

#5

@ Penn State

Week 5 · L 14-20

54

Scrimmage Yards

57.6 takeover

Loss with 54 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

54 scrimmage yards and 12.5 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · Army

291 primary output · 41.5 efficiency · 9 usage

49.3

#2

2013 Regular Season · Army

38.1

129 primary · 39.4 efficiency · 7 usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · Army

35.3

6 primary · 31.3 efficiency · 2.7 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games