Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Iowa State
Ta'Shawn James
DB • 6'1" • 215 lbs • Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ta'Shawn James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
48
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
59
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
55
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Iowa State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State
Player Story
Ta'Shawn James built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Oklahoma City, OK wearing No. 19, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Ta'Shawn James' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Iowa State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Ta'Shawn James, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State. Ta'Shawn James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 79
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Ta'Shawn James quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 79
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
- Top game
- Arizona State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Carl Albert · Iowa State
- High school pipeline
- Carl Albert · 14 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 33 tackles · DB 282nd (top 29%) · Big 12 140th (top 20%) · National 1,250th (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa State | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.6 |
| 2024 Postseason | Iowa State | 10 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 17.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa State | 10 | 33 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 17.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa State | 8 | 33 | - | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 49 |
Related Context
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Ta'Shawn James played DB for Iowa State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ta'Shawn James recorded 79 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Iowa State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Iowa State paired 5 primary output with 23.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 87.5th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
23.4
Usage
3.5
Consistency
43.3
Best Game by takeover score
Cincinnati
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 0. Kansas State: 1. Iowa: 2. Arkansas State: 0. Arizona: 0. Cincinnati: 1. Colorado: 0. BYU: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota: 1 by 4.2. Kansas State: 1 by 14.2. Iowa: 1 by 24.2. Arkansas State: 5 by 20.8. Arizona: 3 by 12.5. Cincinnati: 9 by 47.5. Colorado: 8 by 33.3. BYU: 5 by 30.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Cincinnati
Best efficiency game
47.5 vs Cincinnati
Player Story
Ta'Shawn James story
Ta'Shawn James built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Oklahoma City, OK wearing No. 19, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Ta'Shawn James' career was his defensive production: 79 tackles and 6 passes defended across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Ta'Shawn James' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Iowa State
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 7 | 1.4 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Iowa State | 1 | 18.1 | 3.3 | 1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa State | 1 | 18.1 | 3.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa State | 5 | 23.4 | 3.5 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arizona State
Week 15 · L 19-45 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
64.7 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.7 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 56 Cincinnati
Week 6 · L 30-38 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
55.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 12 Iowa
Week 2 · W 16-13 · Ranked opponent
2
Havoc Plays
43.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 18 BYU
Week 9 · L 27-41 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
39.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.4 takeover score.
#5
@ Kansas
Week 11 · L 36-45 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
33.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 33.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
5 primary output · 23.4 efficiency · 3.5 usage
49
#2
2023 Regular Season · Iowa State
39.6
0 primary · 7 efficiency · 1.4 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Iowa State
17.2
1 primary · 18.1 efficiency · 3.3 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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