Player Dossier

2024-2025

Cincinnati

Daniel James

CB • 5'10" • 185 lbs • Powder Springs, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Daniel James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

1

Efficiency

10.3

Consistency

10

Season Value

13

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Cincinnati

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Cincinnati
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Daniel James, CB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Cincinnati. Daniel James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.3 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Cincinnati paired 4 primary output with 10.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 10.3 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: Utah

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Postseason · Cincinnati

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

10.3

Usage

1

Consistency

10

Best Game by takeover score

Navy

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Navy: 1. Bowling Green: 0. Unknown: 0. Iowa State: 1. UCF: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. Baylor: 0. Utah: 2. Arizona: 0. TCU: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Navy: 3 by 22.5. Bowling Green: 3 by 12.5. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Iowa State: 0 by 10. UCF: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma State: 2 by 8.3. Baylor: 1 by 4.2. Utah: 1 by 24.2. Arizona: 1 by 4.2. TCU: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Wins0.2 · n=5 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · n=4 · +0.6 vs Wins
First Half0.4 · n=5 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0.4 · n=5 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Utah

Best efficiency game

24.2 vs Utah

Result
Fri 1/2vs NavyL 13-3533001
Sat 11/29@ TCUL 23-4520000
Sat 11/15vs ArizonaL 24-3011000
Sun 11/2@ UtahL 14-4510002
Sat 10/25vs BaylorW 41-2010000
Sun 10/19@ Oklahoma StateW 49-1722000
Sat 10/11vs UCFW 20-1110000
Sat 10/4vs Iowa StateW 38-3000001
Sat 9/13vs Unknown11000
Sat 9/6vs Bowling GreenW 34-2032000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Cincinnati

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonCincinnati0
2025 PostseasonCincinnati410.314
2025 Regular SeasonCincinnati410.310

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Utah

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 41.6 takeover score.

#2

Navy

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 25 takeover score.

#3

Iowa State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 20 takeover score.

#4

Bowling Green

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.8 takeover score.

#5

Oklahoma State

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Postseason · Cincinnati

4 primary output · 10.3 efficiency · 1 usage

13

#2

2025 Regular Season · Cincinnati

13

4 primary · 10.3 efficiency · 1 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8873

McEachern · Powder Springs, GA

Committed To
Cincinnati
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

15

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 10 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Daniel James quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
CB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
15