Player Dossier

2007-2009

Utah State

James Brindley

S • 5'11" • Grass Valley, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

James Brindley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a safety

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Utah State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Utah State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Idaho

Player Story

James Brindley built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a safety from Grass Valley, CA wearing No. 3, spending time with Utah State. The clearest part of James Brindley's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2006 · Rating 0.7

Nevada Union · Grass Valley, CA

Committed To
Utah State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2006

James Brindley, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Utah State. James Brindley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Quick Answers

James Brindley quick answers

Latest team and position
Utah State · S
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 9 games
Best season
2007 Regular Season · Utah State
Top game
Idaho
Recruit profile
2-star · Nevada Union · Utah State
High school pipeline
Nevada Union · 5 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 3 · Class 2009

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonUtah State30-0--073.3
2008 Regular SeasonUtah State30-0--073.3
2009 Regular SeasonUtah State30-0--073.3

Related Context

James Brindley is listed as a S for Utah State. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season

Utah State paired 3 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Nevada

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2009 Regular Season · Utah State

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Nevada

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah: 1. Southern Utah: 1. Nevada: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Nevada

Best efficiency game

20 vs Nevada

Result
Sat 10/17vs NevadaL 32-351
Sun 9/27vs Southern UtahW 53-341
Fri 9/4@ UtahL 17-351

Player Story

James Brindley story

James Brindley built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a safety from Grass Valley, CA wearing No. 3, spending time with Utah State. The clearest part of James Brindley's career was his defensive production: 9 interceptions across 9 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with Utah State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but James Brindley's production has multiple signals. With 9 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Utah State.

The arc is straightforward: James Brindley moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Utah State

    2007-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200720082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonUtah State320
2008 Regular SeasonUtah State3200
2009 Regular SeasonUtah State3200

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Idaho

Week 13 · W 24-19 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ Fresno State

Week 10 · L 27-38 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

@ Utah

Week 5 · L 18-34

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

vs New Mexico State

Week 14 · W 47-2 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

@ Boise State

Week 11 · L 14-49 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2007 Regular Season · Utah State

3 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2008 Regular Season · Utah State

73.3

3 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Utah State

73.3

3 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games