Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Northern Illinois paired 14.5 primary output with 25.3 efficiency.
Player Stats
James Ester College Stats
Career production, season-by-season totals, and the selected-season workbench are grouped here for stat-first searches.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 107
- TFL
- 16.5
- Sacks
- 9
- QB hurries
- 12
- Passes defended
- 6
- Touchdowns
- 2
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 55.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 34.3 |
| 2021 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 13 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 13 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 46.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 10 | 20 | 3.5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 52.4 |
| 2023 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 13 | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 63.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 13 | 43 | 5.5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 63.4 |
Player insights
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 25.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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Season Explorer
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2023 Postseason · Northern Illinois
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
25.3
Usage
8.5
Consistency
57.5
Best Game by takeover score
Akron
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arkansas State: 1. Boston College: 1. Southern Illinois: 1. Nebraska: 2. Tulsa: 0. Toledo: 0. Akron: 3. Ohio: 0. Eastern Michigan: 2.5. Central Michigan: 1. Ball State: 0. Western Michigan: 2. Kent State: 1
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. Arkansas State: 1 by 14.2. Boston College: 1 by 14.2. Southern Illinois: 2 by 18.3. Nebraska: 5 by 40.8. Tulsa: 1 by 4.2. Toledo: 3 by 12.5. Akron: 3 by 42.5. Ohio: 5 by 20.8. Eastern Michigan: 6 by 50. Central Michigan: 5 by 30.8. Ball State: 5 by 20.8. Western Michigan: 3 by 32.5. Kent State: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.5 · Games = 7 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 6 · -0.8 vs Wins
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