Player Dossier

2020-2021

Washington State

Nathaniel James

DL • 6'0" • 270 lbs • Avon, IN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Nathaniel James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive lineman

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Washington State

2021

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Washington State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: USC
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8356

Avon · Avon, IN

Committed To
Washington State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Nathaniel James, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Washington State. Nathaniel James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
1

Quick Answers

Nathaniel James quick answers

Latest team and position
Washington State · DL
Career Tackles
1
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 1 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Washington State
Top game
USC
Recruit profile
3-star · Avon · Washington State
High school pipeline
Avon · 24 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 90 · Sophomore
2021 Tackles rank
1 tackles · DL 919th (top 98%) · Pac-12 527th (top 96%) · National 5,659th (top 95%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonWashington State00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonWashington State11-0--036.7

Related Context

Nathaniel James played DL for Washington State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Nathaniel James recorded 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Washington State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Washington State paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 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: USC

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Washington State

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.7

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

USC

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

USC

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs USC

Result
Sat 9/18vs USCL 14-4511000

Career Arc

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    Washington State

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonWashington State0
2021 Regular SeasonWashington State04.20.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs USC

Week 3 · L 14-45 · Conference game

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

3.3 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Washington State

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

36.7

#2

2020 Regular Season · Washington State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games