Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2021Oregon
DJ James
CB • 6'0" • 180 lbs • Mobile, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DJ James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
52
Solid production for a corner
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Reliability
37
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Oregon
1919202021
Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Oregon
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UCLA
Player Story
DJ James built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a cornerback from Mobile, AL, spending time with Oregon. The clearest part of DJ James' career was his defensive production: 70 tackles, 0.5 tackles for...
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- Committed To
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2024
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 16
- Overall
- No. 192
- NFL Team
- Seattle Seahawks
DJ James, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Oregon. DJ James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 70
- TFL
- 0.5
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
DJ James quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oregon · CB
- Career Tackles
- 70
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Oregon
- Top game
- UCLA
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Miami Carol City
- High school pipeline
- Miami Carol City · 32 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2024 · Round 6 · Pick 16 · Seattle Seahawks
- Latest roster
- Sophomore
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 46 tackles · CB 37th (top 10%) · Pac-12 66th (top 12%) · National 717th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Oregon | 7 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Oregon | 7 | 8 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2020 Postseason | Oregon | 6 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 11.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Oregon | 6 | 12 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 11.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oregon | 12 | 46 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 41.1 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
DJ James played CB for Oregon. Across 3 tracked seasons, DJ James recorded 70 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Oregon.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Oregon paired 6.5 primary output with 21.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UCLA
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2021 Regular Season · Oregon
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
21.4
Usage
3.5
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
UCLA
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 0. Stony Brook: 0. Arizona: 0.5. Stanford: 1. California: 0. UCLA: 3. Colorado: 1. Washington: 0. Washington State: 0. Utah: 1. Oregon State: 0. Utah: 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. Ohio State: 5 by 20.8. Stony Brook: 1 by 4.2. Arizona: 5 by 25.8. Stanford: 3 by 22.5. California: 2 by 8.3. UCLA: 8 by 63.3. Colorado: 4 by 26.7. Washington: 3 by 12.5. Washington State: 5 by 20.8. Utah: 5 by 30.8. Oregon State: 2 by 8.3. Utah: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 9 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UCLA
Best efficiency game
63.3 vs UCLA
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/4 | @ Utah | L 10-38 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/27 | vs Oregon State | W 38-29 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/21 | @ Utah | L 7-38 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/14 | vs Washington State | W 38-24 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Washington | W 26-16 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | vs Colorado | W 52-29 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | @ UCLASplash game | W 34-31 | 8 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | vs California | W 24-17 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Stanford | L 24-31 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/26 | vs Arizona | W 41-19 | 5 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | vs Stony Brook | W 48-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | @ Ohio State | W 35-28 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
DJ James story
DJ James built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a cornerback from Mobile, AL, spending time with Oregon. The clearest part of DJ James' career was his defensive production: 70 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 6 passes defended across 25 career games in the available record. That gives DJ James' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Oregon
2019-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20192019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Oregon | 1 | 7.4 | 1 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Oregon | 1 | 7.4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Oregon | 1 | 11.4 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Oregon | 1 | 11.4 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oregon | 6.5 | 21.4 | 3.5 | 5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UCLA
Week 8 · W 34-31 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
85.3 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.
#2
@ USC
Week 16 · W 31-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
49.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Montana
Week 3 · W 35-3
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Havoc Plays
40.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Utah
Week 12 · L 7-38 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
30.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 30.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Colorado
Week 9 · W 52-29 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
28.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Oregon
6.5 primary output · 21.4 efficiency · 3.5 usage
41.1
#2
2020 Postseason · Oregon
11.5
1 primary · 11.4 efficiency · 1.6 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Oregon
11.5
1 primary · 11.4 efficiency · 1.6 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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