Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Houston
Will James
DB • 6'0" • 185 lbs • Grand Bay, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Will James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Mississippi State • Southern Miss • Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Stephen F. Austin
Player Story
Will James built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Grand Bay, AL wearing No. 15, spending time with Houston, Mississippi State, and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Will James'...
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- Committed To
- Mississippi State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Will James, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Houston. Will James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 74
- TFL
- 6
- Passes defended
- 12
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Will James quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · DB
- Career Tackles
- 74
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Houston
- Top game
- Stephen F. Austin
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Theodore · Mississippi State
- High school pipeline
- Theodore · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 39 tackles · DB 228th (top 24%) · Big 12 112th (top 16%) · National 977th (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 11 | 35 | 2 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 43.8 |
| 2025 Postseason | Houston | 12 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Houston | 12 | 33 | 4 | 0 | - | 5 | 2 | 50.6 |
Related Context
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Will James played DB for Mississippi State, Southern Miss, and Houston. Across 3 tracked seasons, Will James recorded 74 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Houston paired 12 primary output with 23.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 23.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Mississippi State, Southern Miss, Houston.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Stephen F. Austin
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 Workbench
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2025 Postseason · Houston
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
23.5
Usage
5.5
Consistency
33.3
Best Game by takeover score
Stephen F. Austin
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. LSU: 0. Stephen F. Austin: 3. Rice: 2. Colorado: 0. Oregon State: 0. Texas Tech: 0. Arizona: 0. Arizona State: 2. West Virginia: 0. UCF: 2. TCU: 2. Baylor: 1
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. LSU: 6 by 25. Stephen F. Austin: 4 by 46.7. Rice: 3 by 32.5. Colorado: 2 by 8.3. Oregon State: 2 by 8.3. Texas Tech: 4 by 16.7. Arizona: 1 by 4.2. Arizona State: 3 by 32.5. West Virginia: 2 by 8.3. UCF: 4 by 36.7. TCU: 5 by 40.8. Baylor: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.1 · Games = 9 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Stephen F. Austin
Best efficiency game
46.7 vs Stephen F. Austin
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/28 | vs LSU | W 38-35 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Baylor | W 31-24 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs TCUSplash game | L 14-17 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ UCFSplash game | W 30-27 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs West Virginia | L 35-45 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/26 | @ Arizona StateSplash game | W 24-16 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Arizona | W 31-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Texas Tech | L 11-35 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Oregon State | W 27-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/12 | vs Colorado | W 36-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ RiceSplash game | W 35-9 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Stephen F. AustinSplash game | W 27-0 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Will James story
Will James built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Grand Bay, AL wearing No. 15, spending time with Houston, Mississippi State, and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Will James' career was his defensive production: 74 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 12 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Houston. 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 Will James' production has multiple signals. His career also includes 17 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Houston, Mississippi State, and Southern Miss.
The arc is straightforward: Will 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Mississippi State
2023
Opening stop
- 2
Southern Miss
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Houston
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 9 | 21.4 | 3.3 | 9 |
| 2025 Postseason | Houston | 12 | 23.5 | 5.5 | 3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Houston | 12 | 23.5 | 5.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Stephen F. Austin
Week 1 · W 27-0
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 37 TCU
Week 13 · L 14-17 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
69.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 120 Rice
Week 2 · W 35-9
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Havoc Plays
62.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 76 UCF
Week 11 · W 30-27 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
57.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.
#5
vs SE Louisiana
Week 2 · W 35-10
2
Havoc Plays
55.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Houston
12 primary output · 23.5 efficiency · 5.5 usage
50.6
#2
2025 Regular Season · Houston
50.6
12 primary · 23.5 efficiency · 5.5 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss
43.8
9 primary · 21.4 efficiency · 3.3 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
8
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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