Phil Mafah

#7 · RB · Sr. · Clemson6′1″ · 230 lb · Loganville, GA · Grayson

Phil Mafah: RB · Clemson · #7.

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Phil Mafah

RB · Clemson · Sr · #7

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Four seasons in the Clemson backfield to date. All-ACC in 2024 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 171 rushing yards and 28 receiving yards against Louisville — Week 10, 2024.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

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

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

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.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

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.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

19/253rd/4th & short
11/25Inside-5 share

19 of 25 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (76.0%). 11 of the team's 25 inside-the-5 carries (44.0%).

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