Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Vanderbilt
Christian James
DL • 6'4" • 290 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Christian James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
30
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
26
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
46
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Vanderbilt
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Player Story
Christian James built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Memphis, TN wearing No. 91, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Christian James' career was his defensive...
Read the storyChristian James, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Christian James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 96
- TFL
- 10.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Christian James quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Vanderbilt · DL
- Career Tackles
- 96
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 42 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
- Top game
- Wake Forest
- Latest roster
- No. 91 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 19 tackles · DL 375th (top 37%) · SEC 265th (top 36%) · National 2,088th (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 11.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 8 | 23 | 2 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 27.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 12 | 30 | 5.5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 56.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 7 | 12 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 9.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22.4 |
Related Context
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Christian James played DL for Vanderbilt. Across 6 tracked seasons, Christian James recorded 96 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Vanderbilt.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Vanderbilt paired 12.5 primary output with 20.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Missouri
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
13.2
Usage
4
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Missouri
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Virginia Tech: 0. Alcorn State: 0. Georgia State: 1. Missouri: 2. Alabama: 0. Kentucky: 1. Ball State: 0. South Carolina: 0. LSU: 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. Virginia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Alcorn State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 3 by 22.5. Missouri: 3 by 32.5. Alabama: 3 by 12.5. Kentucky: 2 by 18.3. Ball State: 1 by 4.2. South Carolina: 2 by 8.3. LSU: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Missouri
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs Missouri
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/24 | @ LSU | L 17-24 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs South Carolina | L 7-28 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Ball State | W 24-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Kentucky | W 20-13 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Alabama | W 40-35 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ MissouriSplash game | L 27-30 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Georgia State | L 32-36 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Alcorn State | W 55-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Virginia Tech | W 34-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Christian James story
Christian James built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Memphis, TN wearing No. 91, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Christian James' career was his defensive production: 96 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 42 career games in the available record. That gives Christian James' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Vanderbilt
2019-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 1 | 11.2 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 3 | 15.7 | 3.9 | 2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 12.5 | 20.8 | 7.7 | 9.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 1 | 8.6 | 2 | -11.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 4 | 13.2 | 4 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Wake Forest
Week 2 · L 25-45
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Kentucky
Week 11 · W 24-21 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
74.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Tennessee
Week 13 · L 0-56 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Georgia
Week 7 · L 0-55 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Missouri
Week 4 · L 27-30 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
61.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
12.5 primary output · 20.8 efficiency · 7.7 usage
56.5
#2
2019 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
37.2
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
27.8
3 primary · 15.7 efficiency · 3.9 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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