Player Dossier

2008-2011

Oklahoma

James Hanna

TE • 6'4" • Flower Mound, TX, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

James Hanna reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

18

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

30

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Oklahoma

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Oklahoma
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Player Story

James Hanna built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a tight end from Flower Mound, TX wearing No. 82, spending time with Oklahoma. The clearest part of James Hanna's career was his receiving role: 52...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.9004

Flower Mound · Flower Mound, TX

Committed To
Oklahoma
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2012
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 16
Overall
No. 186
NFL Team
Dallas Cowboys

James Hanna, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Oklahoma. James Hanna reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
720
Receptions
52
Touchdowns
9

Quick Answers

James Hanna quick answers

Latest team and position
Oklahoma · TE
Career Receiving Yards
720
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 30 games
Best season
2011 Postseason · Oklahoma
Top game
Baylor
Recruit profile
4-star · Flower Mound · Oklahoma
High school pipeline
Flower Mound · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2012 · Round 6 · Pick 16 · Dallas Cowboys
Latest roster
No. 82 · Class 2011
2011 Receiving yards rank
381 receiving yards · TE 21st (top 7%) · Big 12 27th (top 17%) · National 283rd (top 17%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonOklahoma11-1025.8
2009 Regular SeasonOklahoma5648038.4
2010 PostseasonOklahoma1118146.4
2010 Regular SeasonOklahoma1117284646.4
2011 PostseasonOklahoma13218059.4
2011 Regular SeasonOklahoma1325363259.4

Related Context

James Hanna played TE for Oklahoma. Across 4 tracked seasons, James Hanna recorded 720 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Oklahoma.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Postseason

Oklahoma paired 381 primary output with 71 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 71 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2011 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2011 Postseason · Oklahoma

Games

13

Receiving Yards / G

29.3

Efficiency

71

Usage

7.6

Consistency

41.3

Best Game by takeover score

Baylor

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 18. Tulsa: 46. Florida State: 3. Missouri: 29. Ball State: 11. Texas: 7. Kansas: 15. Texas Tech: 49. Kansas State: 59. Texas A&M: 8. Baylor: 90. Iowa State: 33. Oklahoma State: 13

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. Iowa: 2 by 60. Tulsa: 2 by 100. Florida State: 1 by 20. Missouri: 2 by 96.7. Ball State: 2 by 36.7. Texas: 1 by 46.7. Kansas: 2 by 50. Texas Tech: 3 by 100. Kansas State: 3 by 100. Texas A&M: 1 by 53.3. Baylor: 4 by 100. Iowa State: 3 by 73.3. Oklahoma State: 1 by 86.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins22.9 · Games = 10 · -27.8 vs Losses
Losses50.7 · Games = 3 · +27.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Baylor

Best efficiency game

100 vs Baylor

Result
Sat 12/31vs IowaW 31-1421899012
Sun 12/4@ Oklahoma StateL 10-441131313013
Sat 11/26vs Iowa StateW 26-63331111016
Sun 11/20@ BaylorL 38-4549022.522.50054
Sat 11/5vs Texas A&MW 41-25188808
Sat 10/29@ Kansas StateW 58-1735919.719.70035
Sun 10/23vs Texas TechL 38-4134916.316.30122
Sun 10/16@ KansasW 47-172157.57.5009
Sat 10/8@ TexasW 55-17177707
Sat 10/1vs Ball StateW 62-62115.55.5016
Sun 9/25vs MissouriW 38-2822914.514.50017
Sun 9/18@ Florida StateW 23-13133303
Sun 9/4vs TulsaW 47-142462323041

Player Story

James Hanna story

James Hanna built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a tight end from Flower Mound, TX wearing No. 82, spending time with Oklahoma. The clearest part of James Hanna's career was his receiving role: 52 catches, 720 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns across 30 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Oklahoma. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 9 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 30 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oklahoma.

The arc is straightforward: James Hanna 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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    Oklahoma

    2008-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200820092010201020112011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonOklahoma-103.2
2009 Regular SeasonOklahoma4853.35.249
2010 PostseasonOklahoma292635.7244
2010 Regular SeasonOklahoma292635.70
2011 PostseasonOklahoma381717.689
2011 Regular SeasonOklahoma381717.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Baylor

Week 12 · L 38-45 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

90

Receiving Yards

79 takeover

90 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Oklahoma State

Week 13 · W 47-41 · Conference game

130

Receiving Yards

78.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

130 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Kansas State

Week 9 · W 42-30 · Conference game

19

Receiving Yards

70.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

19 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Kansas State

Week 9 · W 58-17 · Conference game

59

Receiving Yards

64.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

59 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Texas Tech

Week 8 · L 38-41 · Conference game

49

Receiving Yards

62.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

49 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Postseason · Oklahoma

381 primary output · 71 efficiency · 7.6 usage

59.4

#2

2011 Regular Season · Oklahoma

59.4

381 primary · 71 efficiency · 7.6 usage

#3

2010 Postseason · Oklahoma

46.4

292 primary · 63 efficiency · 5.7 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games