Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017Florida State
Derwin James
DB • 6'3" • 211 lbs • Haines City, FL, USA
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Derwin James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 46.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
87
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
99
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Florida State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Florida State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse
Player Story
Derwin James built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a defensive back from Haines City, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of Derwin James' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Florida State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 17
- Overall
- No. 17
- NFL Team
- Los Angeles Chargers
Derwin James, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Florida State. Derwin James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 46.7 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Derwin James quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Florida State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 95
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Florida State
- Top game
- Syracuse
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Haines City · Florida State
- High school pipeline
- Haines City · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 1 · Pick 17 · Los Angeles Chargers
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 84 tackles · DB 19th (top 3%) · ACC 21st (top 4%) · National 171st (top 3%)
Derwin James played DB for Florida State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Derwin James recorded 95 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Florida State.
Recognition
Honors
- 20172017 All-ACC · official_conference_selectionfirst
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