Biography
• 2023 Phil Steele’s Preseason All-AAC Team / Third Team
• 2023 Athlon Sports Preseason All-AAC Team / Third Team
• 2022 Phil Steele’s All-AAC Team / Fourth Team
• 2022, ‘23 Academic All-District (College Sports Communicators)
• At Navy: Has played in 24-career games, starting 13 ... enters the fall listed second on the depth chart at fullback ... was named co-captain for the 2024 season by his teammates, which is the greatest honor a Navy athlete can receive ... has earned 2 varsity letters.
• 2023: Garnered Academic All-District recognition from College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) ... a starter in 6 of the 12 games in which he played ... finished the year as the team’s second-leading rusher with 283 yards and 3 touchdowns on 72 carries (3.9 yds/carry, 23.6 yds/gm) ... also caught 5 passes for 46 yards (9.2 yds/catch, 3.8 yds/gm) ... carried the ball just once for 4 yards against Army ... scored on a 1-yard run at SMU following an Eli Heidenreich fumble recovery off a muffed punt by the Mustangs ... carried the ball 5 times for 10 yards and caught a 2-yard pass in the Mids’ win over East Carolina ... carried the ball 7 times for 12 yards against UAB, including a 2-yard touchdown run ... had just 2 carries for 4 yards at Temple ... carried the ball just once for 2 yards against Air Force, while gaining 13 yards on his lone reception ... caught a pass for a 7-yard gain at Charlotte, while also carrying the ball twice for 2 yards ... carried the ball 10 times for 55 yards in the win over North Texas ... rushed for 53 yards on 9 carries, including a season-long 20-yard run, against USF, while pairing up with fellow fullback Alex Tecza to account for 135 of Navy’s 240 rushing yards ... Navy’s second-leading rusher at Memphis where he gained 53 yards on 9 carries ... caught the first-2 passes of his career for 24 yards, including a long of 17 yards ... carried the ball 8 times for 34 yards and scored the game’s first touchdown, a 3-yarder, in the win over Wagner ... Navy’s leading rusher in the opener against Notre Dame where he carried the ball 15 times for 56 yards.
• 2022: Named to Phil Steele’s All-American Athletic Conference Fourth Team ... garnered Academic All-District recognition from College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) ... appeared in all 12 contests, earning 7 starts ... led Navy in rushing with 769 yards and a team-high 6 touchdowns on 186 carries (4.1 yds/carry, 64.1 yds/gm) ... carried the ball 11 times for 20 yards against Army ... led a Navy rushing attack that gained 248 yards on the day and accounted for all 248 yards of total offense in the win over UCF ... he led the charge with a team-best 114 yards on 20 carries, marking his third-career 100-yard rushing afternoon ... part of an offensive unit that rattled off 363 yards of total offense, the most against the Irish since its 368 yards on Nov. 5, 2016 ... Navy’s 108 yards passing were the most against the Irish since its 118 on Nov. 1, 2014 ... Navy’s 32 points were the most it has scored in the series since dropping a 49-39 contest to Notre Dame on Nov. 1, 2014 ... paced the Mids with 133 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries ... it marked his second-career 100-yard rushing game (Tulsa, 2022) ... rumbled off a career-long 50-yard run and scored Navy’s first points of the game on a 36-yard touchdown run ... he is the first Navy fullback in the triple-option era to have four-consecutive 20-carry games (21 vs. Tulsa, 21 at SMU, 20 vs. Houston, 24 vs. Temple) ... made the start against Temple where he led Navy with 63 yards rushing on a career-high 24 carries ... scored his fifth TD of the year on a 15-yard run against the Owls ... led Navy Navy in rushing against Houston with 89 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries ... scored a TD on a 25-yard run... carried the ball 21 times for 61 yards at SMU, including a long run of 13 yards ... had a monster day against Tulsa, recording a career-best 159 yards on 21 carries ... he is the first Navy player to rush for 100 yards since Carlinos Acie rushed for 155 yards against East Carolina on Nov. 20, 2021 ... he is the first Navy fullback to rush for 100 yards since Nelson Smith rushed for 142 yards against Memphis on Nov. 20, 2020 ... it’s the most yards by a Navy fullback since Jamale Carothers’ 188 yards at Houston on Nov. 30, 2019 ... he is the first Navy player to score 3 or more touchdowns in a game since Carothers scored 5 rushing TDs at Houston in a 56-41 victory on Nov. 30, 2019 ... broke free for a career-long 47-yard touchdown run, the first of his career, to start the second quarter ... rushed for 10 yards on 7 carries at Air Force ... carried the ball 15 times for 44 yards at East Carolina ... earned his first-collegiate start in the Mids’ AAC opener against Memphis where he carried the ball 9 times for 15 yards ... also made a solo tackle, the first tackle of his career ... made his collegiate debut in the Mids’ opener against Delaware where he led the Mids in rushing with 47 yards on 15 carries ... his long rush in the contest was 13 yards.
• 2021: Did not see any varsity action.
• High School / Personal: A 2021 graduate of West Forsyth High School in Cumming, Ga., Fofana was a three-sport athlete who earned letters in football (4), track & field (1) and wrestling (2) ... a two-time (2019, ‘20) All-Region football player, who also earned All-State (Ga.) and All-County honors as a senior ... recipient of the Vince Dooley Award ... placed third at the 2020 Georgia State Wrestling Championship at 182 pounds in Class 7A ... rushed for nearly 1,400 yards over his career, including 708 yards in an injury-shortened senior campaign ... led West Forsyth to three-consecutive region titles (2018, ‘19, ‘20) in football ... also received an offer from Army ... has played the cello since he was in the fifth grade when he had to choose between orchestra, band or choir ... was a member of the orchestra his first semester at the Naval Academy ... son of Souleymane and Sasha Fofana ... Daba, which means hard worker, is named after his grandfather (father’s father) ... his father is from the Ivory Coast located on the southern coast of West Africa ... has aspirations of becoming a doctor ... excels in the classroom where he owns a 3.57 grade-point average while majoring in applied physics.
