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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Middle Tennessee
James Shellman IV
CB • 6'0" • 197 lbs • Savannah, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
James Shellman IV shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
45
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
56
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
47
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Middle Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Player Story
James Shellman IV built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a cornerback from Savannah, GA wearing No. 37, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of James Shellman IV's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Middle Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
James Shellman IV, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee. James Shellman IV shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 24
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
James Shellman IV quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Middle Tennessee · CB
- Career Tackles
- 24
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
- Top game
- Duke
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Islands · Middle Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Islands · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 37 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 13 tackles · CB 210th (top 48%) · Conference USA 198th (top 44%) · National 2,589th (top 43%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 5 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 13 | - | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 53.7 |
Related Context
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James Shellman IV played CB for Middle Tennessee. Across 5 tracked seasons, James Shellman IV recorded 24 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Middle Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Middle Tennessee paired 3 primary output with 21.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.1 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: Duke
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
21.1
Usage
2.6
Consistency
72.4
Best Game by takeover score
Duke
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ole Miss: 1. Duke: 1. Memphis: 1. Louisiana Tech: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ole Miss: 2 by 18.3. Duke: 6 by 35. Memphis: 4 by 26.7. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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First Half1 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs First Half
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Duke
Best efficiency game
35 vs Duke
Player Story
James Shellman IV story
James Shellman IV built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a cornerback from Savannah, GA wearing No. 37, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of James Shellman IV's career was his defensive production: 24 tackles and 3 passes defended across 14 career games in the available record. That gives James Shellman IV's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Middle Tennessee
2020-2024
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Season Value Progression
20202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 0 | 4.2 | 0.5 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 0 | 5 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 21.1 | 2.6 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Duke
Week 4 · L 17-45
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Memphis
Week 5 · L 7-24
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Havoc Plays
52 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52 takeover score.
#3
@ Ole Miss
Week 2 · L 3-52
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Havoc Plays
42.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Florida International
Week 11 · W 50-10 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
7.5 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.5 takeover score.
#5
@ Western Kentucky
Week 10 · L 21-48 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
3 primary output · 21.1 efficiency · 2.6 usage
53.7
#2
2021 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
37.6
0 primary · 5 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
36.9
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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