Player Dossier

2017-2022

Arkansas State

James Blackman

QB • 6'5" • 190 lbs • South Bay, FL, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

James Blackman is a balanced quarterback profile with 17.8 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

58%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

92

Top-tier box-score impact for a quarterback

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

69

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Arkansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Florida State • Arkansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Player Story

James Blackman built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a quarterback from South Bay, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with Arkansas State and Florida State. The clearest part of James Blackman's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8852

Glades Central · Belle Glade, FL

Committed To
Florida State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

James Blackman, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Arkansas State. James Blackman is a balanced quarterback profile with 17.8 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
9,048
Passing yards
9,257
Touchdowns
69

Quick Answers

James Blackman quick answers

Latest team and position
Arkansas State · QB
Career Total Offense
9,048
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 48 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Arkansas State
Top game
NC State
Recruit profile
3-star · Glades Central · Florida State
High school pipeline
Glades Central · 44 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2022 Total offense rank
2,353 total offense · QB 77th (top 21%) · Sun Belt 10th (top 7%) · National 77th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2017 PostseasonFlorida State1226223329464.7
2017 Regular SeasonFlorida State121,9261,997-711564.7
2018 Regular SeasonFlorida State3490516-26542.3
2019 PostseasonFlorida State12237244-7165.1
2019 Regular SeasonFlorida State122,1432,095481765.1
2020 Regular SeasonFlorida State4342365-23235
2021 Regular SeasonArkansas State61,2951,334-39859.4
2022 Regular SeasonArkansas State112,3532,473-1201770.6

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021Florida State to Arkansas StateP4 to G5/FCS22.7Jan 12, 2021

James Blackman played QB for Florida State and Arkansas State. Across 6 tracked seasons, James Blackman recorded 9,257 passing yards, -209 rushing yards, and 2 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Arkansas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Arkansas State paired 2,353 primary output with 57.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 55.4 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Florida State, Arkansas State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Loss with 289 yards of offense and 59.3 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · Florida State

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

182.3

Efficiency

55.4

Usage

15.5

Consistency

77.2

Best Game by takeover score

NC State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 262. NC State: 289. Wake Forest: 82. Miami: 193. Duke: 197. Louisville: 254. Boston College: 89. Syracuse: 135. Clemson: 182. Delaware State: 182. Florida: 116. UL Monroe: 207

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Miss: 32 by 73.1. NC State: 44 by 59.3. Wake Forest: 26 by 50.1. Miami: 38 by 48.1. Duke: 25 by 56.4. Louisville: 35 by 52.7. Boston College: 30 by 39.9. Syracuse: 29 by 55.7. Clemson: 39 by 45.6. Delaware State: 16 by 75.7. Florida: 24 by 44.8. UL Monroe: 24 by 63

Split Comparison

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

Wins168.7 · Games = 7 · -32.7 vs Losses
Losses201.4 · Games = 5 · +32.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

NC State

Best efficiency game

75.7 vs Delaware State

Result
Wed 12/27vs Southern Miss3+ TDW 42-13182623369.24073.16294.80013
Sat 12/2vs UL MonroeW 42-10142219763.61263210506
Sat 11/25@ FloridaW 38-22102112847.62144.83-12-401
Sat 11/18vs Delaware State3+ TDW 77-6111517973.33075.713303
Sat 11/11@ ClemsonL 14-31133220840.61145.67-26-3.7006
Sat 11/4vs SyracuseW 27-24121913663.21055.710-1-0.1008
Sat 10/28@ Boston CollegeL 3-35112610242.30139.94-13-3.3002
Sat 10/21vs LouisvilleL 28-31162824857.12252.7760.90021
Sat 10/14@ DukeW 17-10182119785.71256.440007
Sat 10/7vs MiamiL 20-24172820360.72248.110-10-1011
Sat 9/30@ Wake ForestW 26-19112112152.41050.15-39-7.8000
Sat 9/23vs NC StateL 21-27223827857.91059.36111.80020

Player Story

James Blackman story

James Blackman built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a quarterback from South Bay, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with Arkansas State and Florida State. The clearest part of James Blackman's career was his passing role: 9,257 passing yards, 65 touchdown passes, and 1,247 attempts across 48 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Florida State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 2 receiving yards and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 48 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas State and Florida State.

The arc is straightforward: James Blackman 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Florida State

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arkansas State

    2021-2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20172017201820192019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonFlorida State2,18855.415.5
2017 Regular SeasonFlorida State2,18855.415.50
2018 Regular SeasonFlorida State49065.324.3-1,698
2019 PostseasonFlorida State2,38057.316.31,890
2019 Regular SeasonFlorida State2,38057.316.30
2020 Regular SeasonFlorida State34239.115.9-2,038
2021 Regular SeasonArkansas State1,29558.120.3953
2022 Regular SeasonArkansas State2,35357.617.81,058

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ NC State

Week 10 · L 28-47 · Conference game

Loss with 400 yards of offense and 57.7 efficiency.

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Total Offense

82.2 takeover

400 total offense with 57.7 efficiency.

#2

@ Boston College

Week 11 · W 38-31 · Conference game

375

Total Offense

77.9 takeover

Win with 375 yards of offense and 76.4 efficiency.

375 total offense with 76.4 efficiency.

#3

@ Tulsa

Week 4 · L 34-41

303

Total Offense

76.2 takeover

Loss with 303 yards of offense and 55.9 efficiency.

303 total offense with 55.9 efficiency.

#4

vs Troy

Week 13 · L 19-48 · Conference game

230

Total Offense

73.6 takeover

Loss with 230 yards of offense and 52 efficiency.

230 total offense with 52 efficiency.

#5

@ Old Dominion

Week 4 · L 26-29 · Conference game

271

Total Offense

73.6 takeover

Loss with 271 yards of offense and 55.7 efficiency.

271 total offense with 55.7 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Arkansas State

2,353 primary output · 57.6 efficiency · 17.8 usage

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#2

2019 Postseason · Florida State

65.1

2,380 primary · 57.3 efficiency · 16.3 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Florida State

65.1

2,380 primary · 57.3 efficiency · 16.3 usage

Milestones

12

250+ passing yards

5

300+ total offense

9

3+ TD games

17

Above avg efficiency