Phil Mafah

Former running back at Clemson. 2024: 1,115 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 21 catches.

RB · Clemson · Sr. · #7

6′1″ · 230 lb · Loganville, GA

CFB Index 68 · #40 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceDallas — drafted 2025, Rd 7, Pick 23, #239 overall

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 188 nationally · Signed with Clemson

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Clemson. 2024: 1,115 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 21 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Clemson in 2021.
Drafted round 7 by the Dallas in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Clemson, 2,887 rushing yards — drafted at #239 overall by Dallas.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 171 yds vs Louisville.Louisville · L 21-332024

20218 games

Signed with Clemson4-star out of Grayson

202414 games

All-ACCthird

2025

Drafted by Dallasround 7, pick 239

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#188 national

CFB

College

Clemson

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #239

Dallas · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-ACC

All-ACC mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DallasEntering 2nd NFL season

#239Rd 7 · Pick 23

DallasEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 40-14 over that span.

2021Clemson10-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2022Clemson11-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

2023Clemson9-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2024Clemson10-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

68Quality starter #40 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long run (95th percentile). Strength: carries (93rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#208 / 442 · 53rd pct

45.6%

Explosive rate#213 / 442 · 52nd pct

6.8%

EPA / carry#247 / 442 · 44th pct

0.14

Yards / carry#258 / 442 · 42nd pct

5.0

TD rate#299 / 442 · 32nd pct

3.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Long run#15 / 335 · 95th pct

Carries#23 / 335 · 93rd pct

216

Rush yards#28 / 335 · 92nd pct

1115

Receptions#64 / 330 · 79th pct

Rush TDs#71 / 335 · 76th pct

Rec yards#137 / 330 · 58th pct

103

Yards / carry#136 / 335 · 58th pct

5.2

Fumbles lost#55 / 204 · 49th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

44th → 44th percentile

Success rate

69th → 53rd percentile

Explosive rate

70th → 52nd percentile

Yards / carry

61st → 42nd percentile

TD rate

64th → 32nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

206 carries

16%

Stuffed (≤0)

35%

Grind (1–3)

35%

Chunk (4–9)

13%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	87.4	7.3	0.9
Road7g	71.9	4.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	87.6	7.6	0.6
Weeks 8+7g	71.7	3.7	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

68 · #40 of 310 RBs

Former four-star. Now #40 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Clemson	216	1,115	5.2	8	--
2023	Clemson	179	965	5.4	13	--
2022	Clemson	98	515	5.3	4	--
2021	Clemson	68	292	4.3	3	--
Career		561	2,887	5.1	28	--

Season	Team
2024	Clemson	21	103	4.9	--
2023	Clemson	21	108	5.1	--
2022	Clemson	9	48	5.3	--
2021	Clemson	6	38	6.3	--
Career		57	297	5.2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2024

W 34–31

at SMU

28 rush yds (13 car)

Edged out SMU on the road in a shootout.

With A. Swanson — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG · C. Klubnik — 262 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · 20 rush yds (14 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · South Carolina · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -4.00Phil Mafah run for no gain to the SC 11
Week 6 · Florida State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.51Phil Mafah run for 59 yds to the FSU 16 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Virginia Tech · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.18Phil Mafah run for 31 yds to the VT 49 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · NC State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.09Phil Mafah run for 38 yds for a TD (Nolan Hauser KICK)
Week 7 · Wake Forest · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.85Phil Mafah run for 2 yds for a TD (Nolan Hauser KICK)
Week 8 · Virginia · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.84Phil Mafah run for 7 yds to the UVA 39 for a 1ST down Virginia Penalty, UNS: Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Ben Smiley III) to the UVA 24 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Louisville · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Phil Mafah 1 Yd Run (Nolan Hauser Kick)
Week 4 · NC State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.69Phil Mafah run for 34 yds to the CLEM 43 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Louisville · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.62Phil Mafah 3 Yd Run (Nolan Hauser Kick)
Week 7 · Wake Forest · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.61Phil Mafah run for 22 yds to the CLEM 49 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 3-34@ Georgia	16	59	3.7	0	9
Wk 2	W 66-20vs App State	10	118	11.8	1	83
Wk 4	W 59-35vs NC State	7	107	15.3	1	38
Wk 5	W 40-14vs Stanford	10	58	5.8	0	26
Wk 6	W 29-13@ Florida State	25	154	6.2	0	59	154-yard day
Wk 7	W 49-14@ Wake Forest	19	108	5.7	2	22
Wk 8	W 48-31vs Virginia	18	78	4.3	2	9
Wk 10	L 21-33vs Louisville	30	171	5.7	2	24	Season-high 171 yds
Wk 11	W 24-14@ Virginia Tech	26	128	4.9	0	31
Wk 12	W 24-20@ Pittsburgh	17	17	1.0	0	6
Wk 13	W 51-14vs The Citadel	3	14	4.7	0	7
Wk 14	L 14-17vs South Carolina	20	66	3.3	0	14
Wk 15	W 34-31@ SMU	13	28	2.2	0	8
Bowl	L 24-38@ Texas	2	9	4.5	0	7
Total		216	1115	5.7	8	83

How he plays

Play style

Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

206Carries

1029Yards

18.3%Top-5 share

16.0%Stuffed rate

Just 18.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 16.0% of his carries. 2 carries for 9 yds vs Texas; 30 for 171 vs Louisville.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

47.2%Carry share

27.1%Q4-lead share

76.9%In competitive games

47.2% of carries overall (205/434) → 27.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (26/96) — 76.9% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

19/253rd/4th & short

11/25Inside-5 share