Player Dossier

2022-2023

Auburn

D.J. James

CB • 6'1" • 164 lbs • Mobile, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

D.J. James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

54%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

76

High-end production for a corner

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Reliability

63

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

79

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Auburn

2223

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Auburn
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt

Player Story

D.J. James built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a cornerback from Mobile, AL wearing No. 4, spending time with Auburn. The clearest part of D.J. James' career was his defensive production: 75 tackles,...

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D.J. James, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Auburn. D.J. James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
75
TFL
4.5
Passes defended
17
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

D.J. James quick answers

Latest team and position
Auburn · CB
Career Tackles
75
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 23 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Auburn
Top game
Vanderbilt
Latest roster
No. 4 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
38 tackles · CB 51st (top 13%) · SEC 105th (top 18%) · National 949th (top 16%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonAuburn123710-8246.4
2023 Regular SeasonAuburn11383.50-9054.7

Related Context

D.J. James played CB for Auburn. Across 2 tracked seasons, D.J. James recorded 75 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Auburn.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Auburn paired 14.5 primary output with 27.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 27.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Auburn

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

27.6

Usage

5.5

Consistency

45.3

Best Game by takeover score

Vanderbilt

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. California: 1. Samford: 2. Texas A&M: 0.5. Georgia: 1. LSU: 1. Ole Miss: 0. Mississippi State: 0. Vanderbilt: 3. Arkansas: 3. New Mexico State: 1. Alabama: 2

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. California: 5 by 30.8. Samford: 4 by 36.7. Texas A&M: 2 by 13.3. Georgia: 1 by 14.2. LSU: 6 by 35. Ole Miss: 3 by 12.5. Mississippi State: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 7 by 59.2. Arkansas: 2 by 38.3. New Mexico State: 3 by 22.5. Alabama: 4 by 36.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.8 · Games = 5 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 6 · -0.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Vanderbilt

Best efficiency game

59.2 vs Vanderbilt

Result
Sat 11/25vs AlabamaSplash gameL 24-2742002
Sat 11/18vs New Mexico StateL 10-3133001
Sat 11/11@ ArkansasSplash gameW 48-1022003
Sat 11/4@ VanderbiltSplash gameW 31-1577102
Sat 10/28vs Mississippi StateW 27-1311000
Sat 10/21vs Ole MissL 21-2832000
Sat 10/14@ LSUL 18-48620010
Sat 9/30vs GeorgiaL 20-2711100
Sat 9/23@ Texas A&ML 10-27210.5000
Sat 9/16vs SamfordSplash gameW 45-1344101
Sun 9/10@ CaliforniaW 14-10550010

Player Story

D.J. James story

D.J. James built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a cornerback from Mobile, AL wearing No. 4, spending time with Auburn. The clearest part of D.J. James' career was his defensive production: 75 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 17 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Auburn. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but D.J. James' production has multiple signals. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Auburn.

The arc is straightforward: D.J. 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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    Auburn

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonAuburn1021.24.1
2023 Regular SeasonAuburn14.527.65.54.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Vanderbilt

Week 10 · W 31-15 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

80 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.

#2

vs Western Kentucky

Week 12 · W 41-17

2

Havoc Plays

79.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Georgia

Week 6 · L 10-42 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

58.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Penn State

Week 3 · L 12-41

2

Havoc Plays

58.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Samford

Week 3 · W 45-13

2

Havoc Plays

56.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Auburn

14.5 primary output · 27.6 efficiency · 5.5 usage

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#2

2022 Regular Season · Auburn

46.4

10 primary · 21.2 efficiency · 4.1 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games