Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2023Wyoming
D.Q. James
RB • 5'7" • 170 lbs • Lancaster, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
D.Q. James leans balanced backfield option traits and 35.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
18
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
6
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
27
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Wyoming
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Wyoming
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Player Story
D.Q. James built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a running back from Lancaster, TX wearing No. 7, spending time with Wyoming. The clearest part of D.Q. James' career was his backfield work: 452 rushing...
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- Committed To
- Wyoming
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
D.Q. James, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Wyoming. D.Q. James leans balanced backfield option traits and 35.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 510
- Rushing yards
- 452
- Receiving yards
- 58
Quick Answers
D.Q. James quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wyoming · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 510
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Wyoming
- Top game
- Hawai'i
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lancaster · Wyoming
- High school pipeline
- Lancaster · 40 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Sophomore
- 2023 Scrimmage yards rank
- 120 scrimmage yards · RB 429th (top 61%) · Mountain West 119th (top 52%) · National 1,338th (top 51%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Wyoming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wyoming | 8 | 390 | 346 | 44 | 0 | 51.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wyoming | 4 | 120 | 106 | 14 | 0 | 47.2 |
Related Context
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D.Q. James played RB for Wyoming. Across 3 tracked seasons, D.Q. James recorded 452 rushing yards and 58 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Wyoming.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Wyoming paired 390 primary output with 46.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 35.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech
Win with 49 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Wyoming
Games
4
Scrimmage Yards / G
30
Efficiency
35.4
Usage
17.2
Consistency
73.6
Best Game by takeover score
Texas Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas Tech: 49. Portland State: 33. Texas: 34. App State: 4
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. Texas Tech: 11 by 42.9. Portland State: 14 by 24.6. Texas: 11 by 32.2. App State: 1 by 41.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins28.7 · Games = 3 · -5.3 vs Losses
Losses34 · Games = 1 · +5.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Texas Tech
Best efficiency game
42.9 vs Texas Tech
Player Story
D.Q. James story
D.Q. James built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a running back from Lancaster, TX wearing No. 7, spending time with Wyoming. The clearest part of D.Q. James' career was his backfield work: 452 rushing yards, 75 carries, and 58 receiving yards across 12 career games in the available record. His career also includes 58 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives D.Q. James' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Wyoming
2021-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Wyoming | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wyoming | 390 | 46.5 | 10.7 | 390 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wyoming | 120 | 35.4 | 17.2 | -270 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Hawai'i
Week 9 · W 27-20 · Conference game
Win with 181 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
181
Scrimmage Yards
94.7 takeover
181 scrimmage yards and 29.4 usage.
#2
vs Utah State
Week 8 · W 28-14 · Conference game
120
Scrimmage Yards
70.6 takeover
Win with 120 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
120 scrimmage yards and 15.9 usage.
#3
vs Texas Tech
Week 1 · W 35-33
49
Scrimmage Yards
64.5 takeover
Win with 49 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
49 scrimmage yards and 17.7 usage.
#4
vs Portland State
Week 2 · W 31-17
33
Scrimmage Yards
57.3 takeover
Win with 33 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
33 scrimmage yards and 28 usage.
#5
@ Texas
Week 3 · L 10-31
34
Scrimmage Yards
52.9 takeover
Loss with 34 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
34 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Wyoming
390 primary output · 46.5 efficiency · 10.7 usage
51.1
#2
2023 Regular Season · Wyoming
47.2
120 primary · 35.4 efficiency · 17.2 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Wyoming
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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