Naval Academy Athletics

2025 // Freshman Year
• Appeared in 3 contests, playing both defensive midfield and faceoff specialist ... won 8 of the 29 draws (27.6) he took, while scooping up 5 ground balls.
• Won 3 of the 8 draws he took against Le Moyne
• Making just his 2nd-career appearance, he took over Navy’s primary faceoff duties against #11 Johns Hopkins where he won 5 of the 21 draws (23.8) he took and grabbed 3 ground balls
• Made his collegiate debut in the Mids’ 22-9 win over Iona where he picked up a ground ball

High School 
• 2024 graduate of Delbarton School in Morristown, N.J.
• Two-sport standout who lettered in football (3) and lacrosse (4)
• Two-time (2022, ‘23) First-Team All-Northwest Jersey Athletic League selection in lacrosse
• Two-time All-State selection, earning second-team honors as a sophomore and honorable mention as a junior
• Led Delbarton to the 2023 Non-Public A State Championship in lacrosse
• Completed his football career with 2,623 rushing yards and 34 touchdowns
• 2023 First-Team All-State football selection
• Two-time (2022, ‘23) First-Team Non-Public A and Super Football Conference United White Division selection in football
• Two-time (2022, ‘23) First-Team All-Morris County in football
• Two-time (2022, ‘23) All-New Jersey Offense in football
• Ranked among the top-10 running backs in New Jersey and one of the top 75 players over in the state his senior year
• 2023 Maxwell Football Club Mini Max Award winner
• Led Delbarton to the 2023 Super Football Conference United White Division Championship

Personal
• Son of Rob and Kimberly Trafford
• Majoring in Quantitative Economics, he owns a 3.21 grade-point average
• Has been named to the Commandant’s (F2024, S2025, F2025) List multiple times, while aso earning Dean’s List (F2025) accolades
• Brother, Robert, is a senior at the Naval Academy and a member of the heavyweight crew team
• Uncle, Rodney Trafford, is a 2002 graduate of South Carolina where he was a tight end for the Gamecocks’ football team
• Also recruited by the Navy football staff
• Also considered Harvard, Michigan, Notre Dame, Princeton and Yale