Last confirmed: Air Force, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 230 lb · Dunnellon, FL
Cole Fagan: FB · Air Force · #34.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Cole Fagan
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. This is his second year in the same backfield at Air Force. A game that shows it: 260 rushing yards and 9 receiving yards against Colorado State — Week 13, 2018.
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 20.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 5.5% of his carries. 7 carries for 10 yds vs Nevada; 34 for 260 vs Colorado State.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
26.2% of carries overall (180/687) → 26.7% of Q4-with-lead carries (23/86) — 65.2% 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
13 of 19 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (68.4%). 5 of the team's 30 inside-the-5 carries (16.7%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-0vs Stony Brook | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 2 | L 26-33@ Florida Atlantic | 16 | 80 | 5.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 4 | L 32-42@ Utah State | 17 | 62 | 3.6 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 5 | L 25-28vs Nevada | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-7vs Navy | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-21@ San Diego State | 16 | 90 | 5.6 | 0 | 42 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-35@ UNLV | 9 | 77 | 8.6 | 1 | 49 | |
| Wk 9 | L 38-48vs Boise State | 14 | 67 | 4.8 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-17@ Army | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-24vs New Mexico | 17 | 98 | 5.8 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-35@ Wyoming | 17 | 116 | 6.8 | 1 | 26 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-19vs Colorado State | 34 | 260 | 7.6 | 1 | 56 | Season-high 260 yds |
| Total | 177 | 966 | 5.5 | 7 | 56 |
Week 13 · 2018
W 27-19
260 rush yds (34 car) · 1 TD
With J. Koehnke — 48.5 yards per punt · 2 punts · 56 long · D. Hammond III — 81 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 10 rush yds (4 car)
The plays that mattered most
Season context: team record and system
2 seasons under Troy Calhoun, all run-heavy offenses — 10-14 over that span.
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
50%182 carriesFumble rate
0.6%1 of 177 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.5 yds/carry on 177 carries · 9% explosive (10+ yds) · 50% success rate.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 84.0 | 4.4 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 77.0 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 51.8 | 3.8 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 109 | 6.2 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Troy Calhoun
Pass share
20.0%
171 pass / 686 run
Plays / game
71.4
12 games
Team sack rate
3.8%
182 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
177 carries and 3 catches in 12 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Air Force, 984 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Troy Calhoun.
