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Player Dossier
2019-2021Indiana
Sampson James
RB • 6'1" • 220 lbs • Avon, IN, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Sampson James leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
16
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Indiana
1919202021
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Indiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
Sampson James built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a running back from Avon, IN wearing No. 6, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Sampson James' career was his backfield work: 371 rushing...
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- Committed To
- Indiana
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Sampson James, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Indiana. Sampson James leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 401
- Rushing yards
- 371
- Receiving yards
- 30
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Sampson James quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Indiana · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 401
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Indiana
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Avon · Indiana
- High school pipeline
- Avon · 24 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Junior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Indiana | 11 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Indiana | 11 | 271 | 250 | 21 | 3 | 51 |
| 2020 Postseason | Indiana | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Indiana | 8 | 103 | 94 | 9 | 0 | 29.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Sampson James played RB for Indiana. Across 3 tracked seasons, Sampson James recorded 371 rushing yards, 30 receiving yards, and 12 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Indiana.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Indiana paired 296 primary output with 29.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 31.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Win with 33 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 87.5th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Postseason · Indiana
Games
8
Scrimmage Yards / G
13.1
Efficiency
31.8
Usage
7
Consistency
30.3
Best Game by takeover score
Rutgers
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ole Miss: 2. Penn State: 4. Rutgers: 33. Michigan: 34. Michigan State: 22. Ohio State: 10. Maryland: 0. Wisconsin: 0
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. Ole Miss: 3 by 6.9. Penn State: 1 by 41.7. Rutgers: 7 by 49.1. Michigan: 9 by 35.3. Michigan State: 10 by 22.9. Ohio State: 3 by 34.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins15.5 · Games = 6 · +9.5 vs Losses
Losses6 · Games = 2 · -9.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Rutgers
Best efficiency game
49.1 vs Rutgers
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/2 | vs Ole Miss | L 20-26 | 3 | 2 | 0.70 | 0 | — | — | 0.7 |
| Sat 12/5 | @ Wisconsin | W 14-6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/28 | vs Maryland | W 27-11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Ohio State | L 35-42 | 3 | 10 | 3.30 | 0 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Michigan State | W 24-0 | 10 | 22 | 2.20 | 0 | — | — | 2.2 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Michigan | W 38-21 | 8 | 25 | 3.10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3.8 |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Rutgers | W 37-21 | 7 | 33 | 4.70 | 0 | — | — | 4.7 |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Penn State | W 36-35 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
Player Story
Sampson James story
Sampson James built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a running back from Avon, IN wearing No. 6, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Sampson James' career was his backfield work: 371 rushing yards, 113 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 30 receiving yards across 19 career games in the available record. His career also includes 30 receiving yards and 12 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Sampson James' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Indiana
2019-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20192019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Indiana | 296 | 29.3 | 12.2 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Indiana | 296 | 29.3 | 12.2 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Indiana | 105 | 31.8 | 7 | -191 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Indiana | 105 | 31.8 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Indiana | 0 | — | — | -105 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Purdue
Week 14 · W 44-41 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
118
Scrimmage Yards
80.6 takeover
118 scrimmage yards and 30.1 usage.
#2
@ Rutgers
Week 9 · W 37-21 · Conference game
33
Scrimmage Yards
61.1 takeover
Win with 33 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
33 scrimmage yards and 13 usage.
#3
vs Michigan
Week 10 · W 38-21 · Conference game
34
Scrimmage Yards
57.7 takeover
Win with 34 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
34 scrimmage yards and 13.2 usage.
#4
@ Michigan State
Week 11 · W 24-0 · Conference game
22
Scrimmage Yards
44.3 takeover
Win with 22 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
22 scrimmage yards and 15.9 usage.
#5
vs Eastern Illinois
Week 2 · W 52-0
43
Scrimmage Yards
41.1 takeover
Win with 43 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
43 scrimmage yards and 21.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Indiana
296 primary output · 29.3 efficiency · 12.2 usage
51
#2
2019 Regular Season · Indiana
51
296 primary · 29.3 efficiency · 12.2 usage
#3
2020 Postseason · Indiana
29.4
105 primary · 31.8 efficiency · 7 usage
Milestones
1
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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