Player Career

James Sims Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

James Sims story

James Sims built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a player from Irving, TX wearing No. 29, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of James Sims' career was his backfield work: 3,592 rushing yards, 798 carries, 34 rushing touchdowns, and 587 receiving yards across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with Kansas. 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 587 receiving yards and 10 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas.

The arc is straightforward: James Sims 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. 1

    Kansas

    2010-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2010201120122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2010 Regular SeasonKansas10
2011 Regular SeasonKansas9-1
2012 Regular SeasonKansas101
2013 Regular SeasonKansas7-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Colorado

Week 10 · W 52-45 · Conference game

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

4

Touchdowns

100 takeover

4 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs Northern Illinois

Week 2 · W 45-42

2

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

2 primary-metric impact.

#3

@ Texas Tech

Week 11 · L 34-41 · Conference game

3

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

3 primary-metric impact.

#4

vs West Virginia

Week 12 · W 31-19 · Conference game

3

Touchdowns

100 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

3 primary-metric impact.

#5

@ Northern Illinois

Week 4 · L 23-30

2

Touchdowns

66.7 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

2 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Regular Season · Kansas

10 primary output · efficiency · usage

81.5

#2

2011 Regular Season · Kansas

76.2

9 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · Kansas

75.8

10 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games