Player Dossier

2020-2024

Temple

James Della Pesca

TE • 6'3" • 250 lbs • River Vale, NJ, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

James Della Pesca reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

18

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

19

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

30

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Temple

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Temple
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Player Story

James Della Pesca built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a tight end from River Vale, NJ wearing No. 8, spending time with Temple. The clearest part of James Della Pesca's career was his receiving role:...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8148

Pascack Valley · Hillsdale, NJ

Committed To
Temple
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

James Della Pesca, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Temple. James Della Pesca reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
148
Receptions
17

Quick Answers

James Della Pesca quick answers

Latest team and position
Temple · TE
Career Receiving Yards
148
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 12 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Temple
Top game
Utah State
Recruit profile
3-star · Pascack Valley · Temple
High school pipeline
Pascack Valley · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2024 Receiving yards rank
131 receiving yards · TE 157th (top 36%) · American Athletic 93rd (top 39%) · National 843rd (top 40%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonTemple1-00100
2021 Regular SeasonTemple327018.5
2022 Regular SeasonTemple1110047.1
2023 Regular SeasonTemple0-00-
2024 Regular SeasonTemple714131054.2

Related Context

James Della Pesca played TE for Temple. Across 5 tracked seasons, James Della Pesca recorded 148 receiving yards and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Temple.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Temple paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 50.3 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: Utah State

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Regular Season · Temple

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

18.7

Efficiency

50.3

Usage

8.8

Consistency

37

Best Game by takeover score

Utah State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Navy: 42. Utah State: 42. UConn: 1. Tulsa: 11. East Carolina: 4. Florida Atlantic: 3. North Texas: 28

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. Navy: 3 by 93.3. Utah State: 4 by 70. UConn: 1 by 6.7. Tulsa: 1 by 73.3. East Carolina: 1 by 26.7. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 20. North Texas: 3 by 62.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins18.7 · Games = 3 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses18.8 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Utah State

Best efficiency game

93.3 vs Navy

Result
Sat 11/30vs North TexasL 17-243289.39.30023
Sat 11/16vs Florida AtlanticW 18-15133303
Sat 10/26@ East CarolinaL 34-56144404
Sat 10/19vs TulsaW 20-101111111011
Sat 10/5@ UConnL 20-29111101
Sat 9/21vs Utah StateW 45-2944210.510.50012
Sat 9/7@ NavyL 11-383421414025

Player Story

James Della Pesca story

James Della Pesca built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a tight end from River Vale, NJ wearing No. 8, spending time with Temple. The clearest part of James Della Pesca's career was his receiving role: 17 catches and 148 receiving yards across 12 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives James Della Pesca's 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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    Temple

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonTemple0
2021 Regular SeasonTemple723.467
2022 Regular SeasonTemple1066.74.23
2023 Regular SeasonTemple0-10
2024 Regular SeasonTemple13150.38.8131

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Utah State

Week 4 · W 45-29

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

42

Receiving Yards

82.8 takeover

42 receiving yards with a 70 efficiency score.

#2

@ Navy

Week 2 · L 11-38 · Conference game

42

Receiving Yards

75.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

42 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

#3

@ UCF

Week 7 · L 13-70 · Conference game

10

Receiving Yards

60.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

10 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.

#4

vs North Texas

Week 14 · L 17-24 · Conference game

28

Receiving Yards

55.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

28 receiving yards with a 62.2 efficiency score.

#5

@ Akron

Week 2 · W 45-24

6

Receiving Yards

52.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

6 receiving yards with a 40 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Temple

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2024 Regular Season · Temple

54.2

131 primary · 50.3 efficiency · 8.8 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Temple

47.1

10 primary · 66.7 efficiency · 4.2 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games