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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2006-2009Notre Dame
James Aldridge
FB • 6'0" • St. Louis, MO, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
James Aldridge leans balanced backfield option traits and 25.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
3
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
1
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Notre Dame
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Notre Dame
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Player Story
James Aldridge built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a FB from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 34, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of James Aldridge's career was his backfield work: 979...
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- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2006
James Aldridge, FB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Notre Dame. James Aldridge leans balanced backfield option traits and 25.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,010
- Rushing yards
- 979
- Receiving yards
- 31
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
James Aldridge quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Notre Dame · FB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,010
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2007 Regular Season · Notre Dame
- Top game
- Michigan State
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Crown Point · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- Crown Point · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 34 · Class 2009
- 2009 Scrimmage yards rank
- 17 scrimmage yards · FB 65th (top 70%) · FBS Independents 41st (top 74%) · National 1,760th (top 84%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Postseason | Notre Dame | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 39.1 |
| 2006 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 7 | 135 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 39.1 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 10 | 493 | 463 | 30 | 0 | 62.8 |
| 2008 Postseason | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.7 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 12 | 358 | 357 | 1 | 3 | 48.7 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 3 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 16.1 |
Related Context
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James Aldridge played FB for Notre Dame. Across 4 tracked seasons, James Aldridge recorded 979 rushing yards, 31 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2007 with Notre Dame.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season
Notre Dame paired 493 primary output with 35.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 25.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2009 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nevada
Win with 13 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Games
3
Scrimmage Yards / G
5.7
Efficiency
25.4
Usage
3.4
Consistency
25.7
Best Game by takeover score
Nevada
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 13. USC: 2. UConn: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nevada: 3 by 45.1. USC: 2 by 10.4. UConn: 1 by 20.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins13 · Games = 1 · +11 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 2 · -11 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Nevada
Best efficiency game
45.1 vs Nevada
Player Story
James Aldridge story
James Aldridge built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a FB from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 34, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of James Aldridge's career was his backfield work: 979 rushing yards, 255 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 31 receiving yards across 32 career games in the available record. His career also includes 31 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives James Aldridge's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Notre Dame
2006-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200620062007200820082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Postseason | Notre Dame | 142 | 37.3 | 9.9 | — |
| 2006 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 142 | 37.3 | 9.9 | 0 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 493 | 35.2 | 22.3 | 351 |
| 2008 Postseason | Notre Dame | 358 | 33.1 | 14.9 | -135 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 358 | 33.1 | 14.9 | 0 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 17 | 25.4 | 3.4 | -341 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Michigan State
Week 4 · L 14-31
Loss with 104 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
104
Scrimmage Yards
81.1 takeover
104 scrimmage yards and 39.1 usage.
#2
vs Navy
Week 10 · L 44-46 · Conference game
125
Scrimmage Yards
80.2 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
125 scrimmage yards and 40 usage.
#3
@ Washington
Week 9 · W 33-7
85
Scrimmage Yards
76.1 takeover
Win with 85 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
85 scrimmage yards and 21.9 usage.
#4
@ Navy
Week 12 · W 27-21 · Conference game
74
Scrimmage Yards
70.5 takeover
Win with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
74 scrimmage yards and 26.2 usage.
#5
@ USC
Week 14 · L 3-38
58
Scrimmage Yards
69.6 takeover
Loss with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
58 scrimmage yards and 31.6 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2007 Regular Season · Notre Dame
493 primary output · 35.2 efficiency · 22.3 usage
62.8
#2
2008 Postseason · Notre Dame
48.7
358 primary · 33.1 efficiency · 14.9 usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · Notre Dame
48.7
358 primary · 33.1 efficiency · 14.9 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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