#54

Fatorma Mulbah

Former defensive lineman at West Virginia. 2024: 1 sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, 50 tackles.

DL · West Virginia · Sr. · #54

6′4″ · 306 lb · Harrisburg, PA

CFB Index 56 · #119 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceWest Virginia 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 804 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at West Virginia. 2024: 1 sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, 50 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Penn State in 2020.
Transferred from Penn State to West Virginia in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at West Virginia, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Signed with Penn State3-star out of Susquehanna Township

202311 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#804 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

Neal Brown

West Virginia

2023

Neal Brown

West Virginia

2024

Chad Scott

West Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Neal Brown → Chad Scott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2023West Virginia9-4HC: Neal Brown · Run-heavy

2024West Virginia6-7HC: Chad Scott · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #119 of 285?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#611 / 2892 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#682 / 2892 · 75th pct

4.5

QB hurries#585 / 2892 · 74th pct

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1048 / 2892 · 63rd pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road4g	4.8	0.9	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.4	0.3	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	0.5	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #119 of 285 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #119 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	West Virginia	50	20	4.5	1.0	--	--	--
2023	West Virginia	25	10	3.0	0.5	--	--	--
2021	Penn State	4	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		79	32	7.5	1.5	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 12-34vs Penn State	4	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 32-28vs Kansas	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 38-14@ Oklahoma State	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 7	L 16-28vs Iowa State	8	4	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 18-45vs Kansas State	4	3	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 31-26@ Arizona	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 31-24@ Cincinnati	13	5	0.5	0.0	—	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 12	L 35-49vs Baylor	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 31-21vs UCF	4	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 15-52@ Texas Tech	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 37-42vs Memphis	5	2	0.5	0.0	—
Total		50	20	4.5	1.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Fatorma Mulbah

2020

202311 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Game log

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