• At Navy: Enters the fall as the starter at free safety after starting 13 games there a year ago ... excellent football player ... moved back to safety from outside linebacker last spring and flourished at his new position ... came to Navy as a quarterback ... has good speed and loves to hit ... has the chance to play on the next level ... has earned two varsity letters.
• 2019: A starter in all 13 games, he was the team’s fifth-leading tackler with 53 (34-19) ... also contributed 2.5 tackles for loss, a sack, broke up 5 passes and intercepted 2 passes ... garnered First-Team All-ECAC honors ... chipped in a pair of tackles in Navy’s win over Kansas State in the Liberty Bowl ... turned in 5 tackles in the win over Army ... Navy’s defense held Army scoreless for the final 45:27 of the game ... after allowing the Black Knights 73 yards of total offense in the opening quarter, Army mustered just 75 yards over the final three quarters ... the defense held the nation’s No. 2-ranked rushing offense (311.7 yd/gm) to a season-low 123 yards on the ground ... recorded his second interception of the season with a pick at Houston ... also tallied 6 tackles, including 5 solo stops ... posted 4 tackles against SMU ... pitched in a pair of tackles at Notre Dame ... chipped in 4 tackles and broke up a pass at UConn ... led the Mids with a career-high 9 tackles in the Homecoming win over Tulane ... chipped in a pair of tackles against USF ... produced a pair of tackles and broke up 2 passes at Tulsa ... turned in 7 tackles and broke up 2 passes, the first 2 of his career, against Air Force ... also recorded his first collegiate interception and returned it 5 yards against the Falcons ... posted 3 stops at Memphis ... produced 4 tackles, including a half a tackle for loss in the AAC opener against East Carolina ... turned in 3 tackles, including a pair of tackles for loss (9 yds) and a sack (6 yds) against Holy Cross in the Mids’ season-opening win.
• 2018: Saw action in 10 games where he amassed 23 tackles, including a sack ... turned in a pair of tackles at UCF ... pitched in 3 solo stops against Cincinnati ... posted 3 tackles against Notre Dame ... chipped in a solo tackle against Houston ... recorded 4 tackles against Temple ... pitched in a pair of tackles at Air Force ... chipped in a pair of tackles in the win over Lehigh ... making his collegiate debut, he turned in 6 tackles against Hawai’i in the opener, including his first career tackle for loss and first sack.
• 2017: Did not see any varsity action.
• High School / Personal: A 2017 graduate of Archbishop Spalding High School, Fochtman was a two-sport standout who earned letters in baseball (2) and football (3) ... named the 2016 Baltimore Sun Player of the Year, while earning All-MIAA honors as both a junior and senior ... served as captain of the football team his senior year ... high school teammate of Towson freshman fullback Nick Vermillion ... father played baseball at Eckerd College ... also took recruiting visit to Army ... son of Fred and Linda Fochtman ... outstanding student with over a 3.10 grade-point average ... majoring in political science.
