Usage / Role
11%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018East Carolina
Shaun James
DT • 6'4" • 263 lbs • Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Shaun James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
20
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
13
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · East Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
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- Committed To
- East Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Shaun James, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · East Carolina. Shaun James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 28
- TFL
- 3
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Shaun James quick answers
- Latest team and position
- East Carolina · DT
- Career Tackles
- 28
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · East Carolina
- Top game
- Virginia Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Green Run · East Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Green Run · 20 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 50 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 13 tackles · DT 137th (top 56%) · American Athletic 232nd (top 42%) · National 2,424th (top 42%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | East Carolina | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 28.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | East Carolina | 9 | 12 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 37 |
| 2018 Regular Season | East Carolina | 9 | 13 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 22.8 |
Related Context
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Shaun James played DT for East Carolina. Across 5 tracked seasons, Shaun James recorded 28 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
East Carolina paired 4.5 primary output with 10.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · East Carolina
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
8.8
Usage
2.3
Consistency
7.4
Best Game by takeover score
Memphis
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Florida: 0. Old Dominion: 0. Temple: 0. Houston: 0. Memphis: 1.5. Tulane: 1. UConn: 0. Cincinnati: 0. NC State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Florida: 1 by 4.2. Old Dominion: 1 by 4.2. Temple: 1 by 4.2. Houston: 1 by 4.2. Memphis: 2 by 23.3. Tulane: 1 by 14.2. UConn: 2 by 8.3. Cincinnati: 3 by 12.5. NC State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Memphis
Best efficiency game
23.3 vs Memphis
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/1 | @ NC State | L 3-58 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/23 | @ Cincinnati | L 6-56 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/18 | vs UConn | W 55-21 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Tulane | L 18-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Memphis | L 41-59 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Houston | L 20-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Temple | L 6-49 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Old Dominion | W 37-35 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/23 | @ South Florida | L 13-20 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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East Carolina
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | East Carolina | 1 | 7.5 | 9 | 1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | East Carolina | 4.5 | 10.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | East Carolina | 2.5 | 8.8 | 2.3 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Virginia Tech
Week 3 · L 17-64
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
72 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.
#2
@ Cincinnati
Week 8 · L 19-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Memphis
Week 10 · L 41-59 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
63.3 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Tulane
Week 11 · L 24-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
52 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52 takeover score.
#5
@ Tulane
Week 11 · L 18-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
42.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · East Carolina
4.5 primary output · 10.6 efficiency · 2.7 usage
37
#2
2016 Regular Season · East Carolina
28.9
1 primary · 7.5 efficiency · 9 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · East Carolina
22.8
2.5 primary · 8.8 efficiency · 2.3 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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