Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2014Louisville
James Sample
S • 6'2" • Sacramento, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
James Sample shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a safety
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
68
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Louisville
14
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Player Story
James Sample built his college career in 2014 as a safety from Sacramento, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of James Sample's career was his defensive production: 4 interceptions...
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- Committed To
- Washington
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2015
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 5
- Overall
- No. 104
- NFL Team
- Jacksonville Jaguars
James Sample, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Louisville. James Sample shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Quick Answers
James Sample quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · S
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 4 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · Louisville
- Top game
- Kentucky
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Grant Union · Washington
- High school pipeline
- Grant Union · 28 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2015 · Round 4 · Pick 5 · Jacksonville Jaguars
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Class 2014
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Louisville | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
Related Context
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James Sample is listed as a S for Louisville. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
Louisville paired 4 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2014 Regular Season · Louisville
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Kentucky
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Game by game trend chart. Miami: 1. Syracuse: 1. Clemson: 1. Kentucky: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kentucky
Best efficiency game
20 vs Kentucky
Player Story
James Sample story
James Sample built his college career in 2014 as a safety from Sacramento, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of James Sample's career was his defensive production: 4 interceptions across 4 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Louisville. 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 James Sample's production has multiple signals. With 4 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Louisville.
The arc is straightforward: James Sample 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
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Louisville
2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Louisville | 4 | 20 | — | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kentucky
Week 14 · W 44-40
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
@ Clemson
Week 7 · L 17-23 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ Syracuse
Week 6 · W 28-6 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
vs Miami
Week 1 · W 31-13 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · Louisville
4 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
Milestones
4
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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