Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2022Arkansas 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.
Impact Production
45
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
63
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
52
Limited ceiling signals so far
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Florida State | 12 | 262 | 233 | 29 | 4 | 64.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Florida State | 12 | 1,926 | 1,997 | -71 | 15 | 64.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Florida State | 3 | 490 | 516 | -26 | 5 | 42.3 |
| 2019 Postseason | Florida State | 12 | 237 | 244 | -7 | 1 | 65.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Florida State | 12 | 2,143 | 2,095 | 48 | 17 | 65.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Florida State | 4 | 342 | 365 | -23 | 2 | 35 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 6 | 1,295 | 1,334 | -39 | 8 | 59.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 11 | 2,353 | 2,473 | -120 | 17 | 70.6 |
Related Context
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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
2022 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 57.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
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: Troy
Loss with 230 yards of offense and 52 efficiency. It landed in the 63.6th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Arkansas State
Games
11
Primary Metric / G
213.9
Efficiency
57.6
Usage
17.8
Consistency
86.3
Best Game by takeover score
Old Dominion
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Grambling: 221. Ohio State: 178. Memphis: 288. Old Dominion: 271. UL Monroe: 236. James Madison: 232. Southern Miss: 213. South Alabama: 134. Massachusetts: 120. Texas State: 230. Troy: 230
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Grambling: 22 by 79.4. Ohio State: 38 by 51.2. Memphis: 39 by 66.7. Old Dominion: 50 by 55.7. UL Monroe: 36 by 61.1. James Madison: 34 by 60.2. Southern Miss: 39 by 57.8. South Alabama: 43 by 48.6. Massachusetts: 21 by 49.8. Texas State: 41 by 51.1. Troy: 45 by 52
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins192.3 · Games = 3 · -29.7 vs Losses
Losses222 · Games = 8 · +29.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Troy
Best efficiency game
79.4 vs Grambling
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Troy | L 19-48 | 20 | 35 | 220 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| Sat 11/19 | @ Texas State | L 13-16 | 22 | 40 | 237 | 55.0 | 1 | 0 | 51.1 | 1 | -7 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Massachusetts | W 35-33 | 10 | 18 | 142 | 55.6 | 2 | 1 | 49.8 | 3 | -22 | -7.30 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/29 | vs South Alabama | L 3-31 | 22 | 39 | 177 | 56.4 | 0 | 0 | 48.6 | 4 | -43 | -10.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Southern Miss | L 19-20 | 25 | 34 | 236 | 73.5 | 2 | 0 | 57.8 | 5 | -23 | -4.60 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs James Madison | L 20-42 | 16 | 26 | 247 | 61.5 | 2 | 0 | 60.2 | 8 | -15 | -1.90 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/1 | vs UL Monroe | W 45-28 | 25 | 32 | 254 | 78.1 | 2 | 0 | 61.1 | 4 | -18 | -4.50 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Old Dominion | L 26-29 | 23 | 35 | 287 | 65.7 | 1 | 1 | 55.7 | 15 | -16 | -1.10 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Memphis | L 32-44 | 25 | 34 | 275 | 73.5 | 2 | 0 | 66.7 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Ohio State | L 12-45 | 20 | 34 | 188 | 58.8 | 0 | 0 | 51.2 | 4 | -10 | -2.50 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Grambling3+ TD | W 58-3 | 15 | 20 | 210 | 75.0 | 2 | 0 | 79.4 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 2 | 9 |
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
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- 1
Florida State
2017-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Arkansas State
2021-2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20172017201820192019202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Florida State | 2,188 | 55.4 | 15.5 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Florida State | 2,188 | 55.4 | 15.5 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Florida State | 490 | 65.3 | 24.3 | -1,698 |
| 2019 Postseason | Florida State | 2,380 | 57.3 | 16.3 | 1,890 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Florida State | 2,380 | 57.3 | 16.3 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Florida State | 342 | 39.1 | 15.9 | -2,038 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 1,295 | 58.1 | 20.3 | 953 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 2,353 | 57.6 | 17.8 | 1,058 |
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.
400
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
70.6
#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
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