Usage / Role
54%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2015-2016East Carolina
James Summers
RB • Greensboro, NC, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
James Summers leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
75
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
65
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · East Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Navy
Player Story
James Summers built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a running back from Greensboro, NC, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of James Summers' career was his backfield work: 1,314 rushing...
Read the storyJames Summers, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · East Carolina. James Summers leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,430
- Rushing yards
- 1,314
- Receiving yards
- 116
- Touchdowns
- 22
Quick Answers
James Summers quick answers
- Latest team and position
- East Carolina · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,430
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · East Carolina
- Top game
- Navy
- Latest roster
- Class 2016
- 2016 Scrimmage yards rank
- 977 scrimmage yards · RB 86th (top 16%) · American Athletic 17th (top 8%) · National 145th (top 7%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | East Carolina | 10 | 453 | 446 | 7 | 13 | 44.2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | East Carolina | 12 | 977 | 868 | 109 | 9 | 74.9 |
Related Context
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James Summers played RB for East Carolina. Across 2 tracked seasons, James Summers recorded 729 passing yards, 1,314 rushing yards, and 116 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2015 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
East Carolina paired 977 primary output with 56.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 56.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Navy
Loss with 134 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · East Carolina
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
81.4
Efficiency
56.6
Usage
24.3
Consistency
73.3
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. Western Carolina: 95. NC State: 80. South Carolina: 65. Virginia Tech: 34. UCF: 6. South Florida: 139. Cincinnati: 121. UConn: 88. Tulsa: 74. SMU: 92. Navy: 134. Temple: 49
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Carolina: 10 by 89.6. NC State: 7 by 90.3. South Carolina: 12 by 62.9. Virginia Tech: 10 by 35.4. UCF: 9 by 5.1. South Florida: 22 by 65.9. Cincinnati: 24 by 49.3. UConn: 20 by 46. Tulsa: 18 by 44.1. SMU: 14 by 73.7. Navy: 14 by 89.9. Temple: 20 by 27.3
Split Comparison
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Wins87.7 · Games = 3 · +8.3 vs Losses
Losses79.3 · Games = 9 · -8.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Navy
Best efficiency game
90.3 vs NC State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/27 | @ Temple | L 10-37 | 19 | 52 | 2.70 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2.5 |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Navy100 rush yards | L 31-66 | 14 | 134 | 9.60 | 1 | — | — | 9.6 |
| Sat 11/12 | vs SMU | L 31-55 | 12 | 89 | 7.40 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6.6 |
| Sun 11/6 | @ Tulsa | L 24-45 | 13 | 56 | 4.30 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 4.1 |
| Sat 10/29 | vs UConn2+ TD | W 41-3 | 19 | 84 | 4.40 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.4 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Cincinnati | L 19-31 | 21 | 95 | 4.50 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 5.0 |
| Sat 10/8 | @ South Florida100 rush yards | L 22-38 | 18 | 114 | 6.30 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 6.3 |
| Sat 10/1 | vs UCF | L 29-47 | 8 | 3 | 0.40 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Virginia Tech | L 17-54 | 10 | 34 | 3.40 | 0 | — | — | 3.4 |
| Sat 9/17 | @ South Carolina | L 15-20 | 11 | 71 | 6.50 | 0 | 1 | -6 | 5.4 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs NC State2+ TD | W 33-30 | 6 | 41 | 6.80 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 11.4 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Western Carolina | W 52-7 | 10 | 95 | 9.50 | 0 | — | — | 9.5 |
Player Story
James Summers story
James Summers built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a running back from Greensboro, NC, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of James Summers' career was his backfield work: 1,314 rushing yards, 257 carries, 15 rushing touchdowns, and 116 receiving yards across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with East Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 729 passing yards, 116 receiving yards, and 143 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across East Carolina.
The arc is straightforward: James Summers 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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East Carolina
2015-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | East Carolina | 453 | 38.9 | 17.1 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | East Carolina | 977 | 56.6 | 24.3 | 524 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Navy
Week 12 · L 31-66 · Conference game
Loss with 134 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
134
Scrimmage Yards
94.6 takeover
134 scrimmage yards and 34.1 usage.
#2
vs Virginia Tech
Week 4 · W 35-28
169
Scrimmage Yards
94.5 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
169 scrimmage yards and 38.2 usage.
#3
@ South Florida
Week 6 · L 22-38 · Conference game
139
Scrimmage Yards
86.2 takeover
Loss with 139 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
139 scrimmage yards and 32.4 usage.
#4
@ Cincinnati
Week 8 · L 19-31 · Conference game
121
Scrimmage Yards
77.2 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
121 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
#5
vs SMU
Week 11 · L 31-55 · Conference game
92
Scrimmage Yards
68.5 takeover
Loss with 92 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
92 scrimmage yards and 23 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · East Carolina
977 primary output · 56.6 efficiency · 24.3 usage
74.9
#2
2015 Regular Season · East Carolina
44.2
453 primary · 38.9 efficiency · 17.1 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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