#54

Diego Fagot

Senior linebacker for Navy. 2021: 94 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Navy · Sr. · #54

6′3″ · 240 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Index 78 · #69 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamNavy 2021 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Navy. 2021: 94 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Navy, 282 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20209 games

All-AACsecond

202112 games

All-AACfirst

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Navy

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

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ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM

All-AAC 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Ken Niumatalolo

Navy

Played his entire career under Ken Niumatalolo.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo — 21-27 over that span.

2018Navy3-10HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy

2019Navy11-2HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy

2020Navy3-7HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2021Navy4-8HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

78All-Conference level #69 of 578?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (97th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (96th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#81 / 2743 · 97th pct

QB hurries#97 / 2743 · 96th pct

Tackles for loss#113 / 2743 · 96th pct

11.0

Solo tackles#122 / 2743 · 95th pct

Sacks#829 / 2743 · 61st pct

1.0

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

Interceptions#320 / 824 · 31st 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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	8.5	1.2	0.0	0.2
Road6g	7.2	0.7	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	9.0	1.1	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	6.7	0.8	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Newberry

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

78 · #69 of 578 LBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Navy	94	49	11.0	1.0	1	1	--
2020	Navy	72	39	11.0	3.0	2	--	--
2019	Navy	100	52	12.0	5.5	2	1	--
2018	Navy	16	8	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		282	148	35.5	9.5	5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2021

W 20–17

at Tulsa

1 TFL · 3 SOLO · 8 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With R. Riethman — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 47 LONG · C. Acie — 80 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-49vs Marshall	6	4	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	L 3-23vs Air Force	13	7	1.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 4	L 20-28@ Houston	9	7	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 34-30vs UCF	11	4	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 24-31vs SMU	7	5	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 17-35@ Memphis	8	3	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 8	L 20-27vs Cincinnati	9	5	2.5	0.0	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 9	W 20-17@ Tulsa	8	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 6-34@ Notre Dame	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 35-38vs East Carolina	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 38-14@ Temple	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	W 17-13@ Army	9	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		94	49	11.0	1.0	1	1

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