Player Dossier

2016-2017

NC State

James Valdez

CB • 5'11" • 193 lbs • Orangeburg, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

James Valdez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

18

Developing production for a corner

lowelite

Reliability

6

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

25

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8544

Orangeburg-Wilkinson · Orangeburg, SC

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

James Valdez, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · NC State. James Valdez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
5

Quick Answers

James Valdez quick answers

Latest team and position
NC State · CB
Career Tackles
5
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 3 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · NC State
Top game
Marshall
Recruit profile
3-star · Orangeburg-Wilkinson · NC State
High school pipeline
Orangeburg-Wilkinson · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 30 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
5 tackles · CB 273rd (top 73%) · ACC 346th (top 58%) · National 3,385th (top 59%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonNC State00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonNC State25-0--042.5

Related Context

James Valdez played CB for NC State. Across 2 tracked seasons, James Valdez recorded 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

NC State paired 0 primary output with 10.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Liberty

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · NC State

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

10.5

Usage

2.1

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Liberty

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Liberty

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Liberty

Result
Sat 9/21@ Liberty22000

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    NC State

    2016-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonNC State0
2017 Regular SeasonNC State010.52.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Marshall

Week 2 · W 37-20

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

14.2 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.2 takeover score.

#2

@ South Carolina

Week 1 · L 28-35

0

Havoc Plays

4.2 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Liberty

Week 4

0

Havoc Plays

4.2 takeover

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · NC State

0 primary output · 10.5 efficiency · 2.1 usage

42.5

#2

2016 Regular Season · NC State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games