Usage / Role
75%
Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012Miami
Mike James
RB • 5'11" • Hanies City, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Mike James leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
77
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
88
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Miami
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Miami
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Player Story
Mike James built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Hanies City, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Miami. The clearest part of Mike James' career was his backfield work: 1,340 rushing...
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- Committed To
- Miami
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2009
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2013
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 21
- Overall
- No. 189
- NFL Team
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Mike James, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Miami. Mike James leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,925
- Rushing yards
- 1,340
- Receiving yards
- 585
- Touchdowns
- 22
Quick Answers
Mike James quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Miami · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,925
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 49 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Miami
- Top game
- Duke
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Ridge Community · Miami
- High school pipeline
- Ridge Community · 7 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2013 · Round 6 · Pick 21 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Class 2012
- 2012 Scrimmage yards rank
- 965 scrimmage yards · RB 70th (top 15%) · ACC 10th (top 5%) · National 133rd (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Miami | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Miami | 13 | 151 | 46 | 105 | 1 | 29 |
| 2010 Postseason | Miami | 12 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 48.6 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Miami | 12 | 426 | 384 | 42 | 4 | 48.6 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Miami | 12 | 355 | 275 | 80 | 8 | 34.6 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Miami | 12 | 965 | 621 | 344 | 9 | 74.6 |
Related Context
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Mike James played RB for Miami. Across 4 tracked seasons, Mike James recorded 1,340 rushing yards, 585 receiving yards, and 22 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Miami.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Miami paired 965 primary output with 48.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 48.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2012 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Win with 164 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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Season Explorer
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2012 Regular Season · Miami
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
80.4
Efficiency
48.5
Usage
27.7
Consistency
70.9
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. Boston College: 61. Kansas State: 31. Bethune-Cookman: 91. Georgia Tech: 113. NC State: 84. Notre Dame: 36. North Carolina: 125. Florida State: 100. Virginia Tech: 66. Virginia: 69. South Florida: 25. Duke: 164
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. Boston College: 16 by 40. Kansas State: 10 by 31.7. Bethune-Cookman: 10 by 87.9. Georgia Tech: 18 by 63.2. NC State: 16 by 36.8. Notre Dame: 8 by 47.9. North Carolina: 26 by 47.3. Florida State: 15 by 50.1. Virginia Tech: 16 by 38. Virginia: 14 by 47.6. South Florida: 8 by 32.6. Duke: 20 by 58.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins86.3 · Games = 7 · +14.1 vs Losses
Losses72.2 · Games = 5 · -14.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Duke
Best efficiency game
87.9 vs Bethune-Cookman
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/24 | @ Duke150 scrimmage yards · 2+ TD | W 52-45 | 17 | 67 | 3.90 | 1 | 3 | 97 | 8.2 |
| Sat 11/17 | vs South Florida | W 40-9 | 8 | 25 | 3.10 | 0 | — | — | 3.1 |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Virginia | L 40-41 | 12 | 52 | 4.30 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4.9 |
| Thu 11/1 | vs Virginia Tech | W 30-12 | 15 | 50 | 3.30 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4.1 |
| Sun 10/21 | vs Florida State | L 20-33 | 7 | 25 | 3.60 | 1 | 8 | 75 | 6.7 |
| Sat 10/13 | vs North Carolina | L 14-18 | 22 | 96 | 4.40 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 4.8 |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Notre Dame | L 3-41 | 6 | 28 | 4.70 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.5 |
| Sat 9/29 | vs NC State | W 44-37 | 13 | 31 | 2.40 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 5.3 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Georgia Tech2+ TD | W 42-36 | 15 | 89 | 5.90 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 6.3 |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Bethune-Cookman | W 38-10 | 9 | 77 | 8.60 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9.1 |
| Sat 9/8 | @ Kansas State | L 13-52 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3.1 |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Boston College | W 41-32 | 14 | 54 | 3.90 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.8 |
Player Story
Mike James story
Mike James built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a running back from Hanies City, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Miami. The clearest part of Mike James' career was his backfield work: 1,340 rushing yards, 304 carries, 17 rushing touchdowns, and 585 receiving yards across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Miami. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 585 receiving yards and 415 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Miami.
The arc is straightforward: Mike James moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Miami
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200920092010201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Miami | 151 | 41.4 | 4.3 | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Miami | 151 | 41.4 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 2010 Postseason | Miami | 454 | 51.2 | 12.3 | 303 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Miami | 454 | 51.2 | 12.3 | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Miami | 355 | 33.9 | 12.7 | -99 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Miami | 965 | 48.5 | 27.7 | 610 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Duke
Week 13 · W 52-45 · Conference game
Win with 164 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
164
Scrimmage Yards
86.3 takeover
164 scrimmage yards and 35.7 usage.
#2
vs Duke
Week 10 · W 49-14 · Conference game
101
Scrimmage Yards
81.8 takeover
Win with 101 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
101 scrimmage yards and 17 usage.
#3
@ Duke
Week 7 · W 28-13 · Conference game
85
Scrimmage Yards
78.5 takeover
Win with 85 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
85 scrimmage yards and 16.1 usage.
#4
vs North Carolina
Week 7 · L 14-18 · Conference game
125
Scrimmage Yards
74.5 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
125 scrimmage yards and 39.4 usage.
#5
@ Georgia Tech
Week 4 · W 42-36 · Conference game
113
Scrimmage Yards
71.7 takeover
Win with 113 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
113 scrimmage yards and 29 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Miami
965 primary output · 48.5 efficiency · 27.7 usage
74.6
#2
2010 Postseason · Miami
48.6
454 primary · 51.2 efficiency · 12.3 usage
#3
2010 Regular Season · Miami
48.6
454 primary · 51.2 efficiency · 12.3 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
4
2+ TD games
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