Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Syracuse
James Heard
LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Camden, NJ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
James Heard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
15
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
8
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Syracuse
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- West Virginia • Syracuse
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
James Heard, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Syracuse. James Heard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.9 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Syracuse · LB
- Career Tackles
- 19
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Syracuse
- Top game
- Ohio
- High school pipeline
- Camden · 17 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 12 tackles · LB 698th (top 55%) · ACC 349th (top 44%) · National 2,714th (top 44%)
James Heard played LB for West Virginia and Syracuse. Across 3 tracked seasons, James Heard recorded 19 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Syracuse.
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