Player Dossier

2025-2025

Notre Dame

Nolan James Jr.

RB • 5'10" • 214 lbs • Westwood, NJ, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Nolan James Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 25.4 efficiency.

Usage Score

7.2

Efficiency

25.4

Consistency

43.8

Season Value

43.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
1
Program Path
Notre Dame
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas

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.

Nolan James Jr., RB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame. Nolan James Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 25.4 efficiency.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Notre Dame paired 37 primary output with 25.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 25.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas

Win with 22 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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

2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame

Games

4

Scrimmage Yards / G

9.3

Efficiency

25.4

Usage

7.2

Consistency

43.8

Best Game by takeover score

Stanford

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 11. Arkansas: 22. Syracuse: 2. Stanford: 2

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. Purdue: 4 by 28.6. Arkansas: 4 by 57.3. Syracuse: 4 by 5.2. Stanford: 2 by 10.4

Split Comparison

Wins9.3 · n=4
First Half16.5 · n=2 · +14.5 vs Second Half
Second Half2 · n=2 · -14.5 vs First Half
All Games9.3 · n=4

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Arkansas

Best efficiency game

57.3 vs Arkansas

Result
Sun 11/30@ StanfordW 49-2022101
Sat 11/22vs SyracuseW 70-7420.5000.5
Sat 9/27@ ArkansasW 56-134225.5005.5
Sat 9/20vs PurdueW 56-304112.8002.8

Career Arc

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

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    Notre Dame

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 Regular SeasonNotre Dame3725.47.2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Arkansas

Win with 22 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

22

Primary metric

22 scrimmage yards and 6.3 usage.

#2

Purdue

11

Primary metric

Win with 11 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

11 scrimmage yards and 7.1 usage.

#3

Syracuse

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

2 scrimmage yards and 12.1 usage.

#4

Stanford

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

2 scrimmage yards and 3.3 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame

37 primary output · 25.4 efficiency · 7.2 usage

43.4

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2025 · Rating 0.9051

DePaul Catholic · Wayne, NJ

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Career Facts

1

Career teams

1

Seasons tracked

37

Career Scrimmage Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 1 tracked seasons, 4 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Nolan James Jr. quick answers

Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
RB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
1
Career rushing yards
37