Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2023-2025UTSA
James Walley Jr.
LB • 6'2" • 250 lbs • Missouri City, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
James Walley Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UTSA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- UTSA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Player Story
James Walley Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Missouri City, TX wearing No. 34, spending time with UTSA. The clearest part of James Walley Jr.'s career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- UTSA
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
James Walley Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UTSA. James Walley Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 25
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 3
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
James Walley Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTSA · LB
- Career Tackles
- 25
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · UTSA
- Top game
- Florida International
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Ridge Point · UTSA
- High school pipeline
- Ridge Point · 36 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 34 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 19 tackles · LB 593rd (top 47%) · American Athletic 221st (top 35%) · National 2,127th (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | UTSA | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 17.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UTSA | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 17.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UTSA | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 12.7 |
| 2025 Postseason | UTSA | 7 | 4 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 56.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UTSA | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 56.2 |
Related Context
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James Walley Jr. played LB for UTSA. Across 3 tracked seasons, James Walley Jr. recorded 25 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UTSA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
UTSA paired 9.5 primary output with 24.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 24.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · UTSA
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
24.9
Usage
5.7
Consistency
52.8
Best Game by takeover score
Florida International
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida International: 2.5. Incarnate Word: 1. Rice: 2. North Texas: 1. Charlotte: 2. East Carolina: 0. Army: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida International: 4 by 41.7. Incarnate Word: 2 by 18.3. Rice: 5 by 40.8. North Texas: 2 by 18.3. Charlotte: 1 by 24.2. East Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Army: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1.5 · Games = 5 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida International
Best efficiency game
41.7 vs Florida International
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/27 | vs Florida InternationalSplash game | W 57-20 | 4 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Army | L 24-27 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs East Carolina | W 58-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ CharlotteSplash game | W 28-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ North Texas | L 17-55 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs RiceSplash game | W 61-13 | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Incarnate Word | W 48-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
James Walley Jr. story
James Walley Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Missouri City, TX wearing No. 34, spending time with UTSA. The clearest part of James Walley Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 25 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 14 career games in the available record. That gives James Walley Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UTSA
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20232023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | UTSA | 1 | 7.1 | 0.4 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | UTSA | 1 | 7.1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UTSA | 2 | 8.2 | 1.8 | 1 |
| 2025 Postseason | UTSA | 9.5 | 24.9 | 5.7 | 7.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UTSA | 9.5 | 24.9 | 5.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 107 Florida International
Week 1 · W 57-20 · Postseason
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 120 Rice
Week 7 · W 61-13 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
61.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.9 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 134 Charlotte
Week 12 · W 28-7 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Kennesaw State
Week 1 · W 28-16
2
Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 74 Army
Week 14 · L 24-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
47.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · UTSA
9.5 primary output · 24.9 efficiency · 5.7 usage
56.2
#2
2025 Regular Season · UTSA
56.2
9.5 primary · 24.9 efficiency · 5.7 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · UTSA
17.7
1 primary · 7.1 efficiency · 0.4 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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