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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Mississippi State
Nick James
DL • 6'5" • Long Beach, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nick James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
90
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Player Story
Nick James built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Long Beach, MS wearing No. 88, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Nick James' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Mississippi State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Nick James, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Mississippi State. Nick James shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 19
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Nick James quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 19
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Mississippi State
- Top game
- Miami (OH)
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Long Beach · Mississippi State
- High school pipeline
- Long Beach · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 88 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 19 tackles · DL 302nd (top 43%) · SEC 254th (top 42%) · National 2,060th (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Mississippi State | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 43.4 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 43.4 |
Related Context
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Nick James played DL for Mississippi State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Nick James recorded 19 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Mississippi State paired 8.5 primary output with 16.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 16.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Postseason · Mississippi State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
16.4
Usage
5.3
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Miami (OH): 3. South Carolina: 2. LSU: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Auburn: 0. BYU: 0. Kentucky: 0. Samford: 2.5. Texas A&M: 0. Alabama: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami (OH): 2 by 38.3. South Carolina: 1 by 24.2. LSU: 4 by 16.7. Massachusetts: 2 by 8.3. Auburn: 1 by 4.2. BYU: 3 by 12.5. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Samford: 4 by 41.7. Texas A&M: 1 by 4.2. Alabama: 0 by 10
Split Comparison
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Wins1.5 · Games = 5 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -1.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
Best efficiency game
41.7 vs Samford
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 12/26 | vs Miami (OH)Splash game | W 17-16 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Alabama | L 3-51 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Texas A&M | W 35-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs SamfordSplash game | W 56-41 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Kentucky | L 38-40 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ BYU | L 21-28 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Auburn | L 14-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Massachusetts | W 47-35 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ LSU | L 20-23 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs South CarolinaSplash game | W 27-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Nick James story
Nick James built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Long Beach, MS wearing No. 88, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Nick James' career was his defensive production: 19 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Nick James' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Mississippi State
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Mississippi State | 8.5 | 16.4 | 5.3 | 8.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 8.5 | 16.4 | 5.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Miami (OH)
Week 1 · W 17-16 · Postseason
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Samford
Week 9 · W 56-41
2.5
Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
#3
vs South Carolina
Week 2 · W 27-14 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
45.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Alabama
Week 11 · L 3-51 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
14.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 14.4 takeover score.
#5
@ LSU
Week 3 · L 20-23 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
12 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 12 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Mississippi State
8.5 primary output · 16.4 efficiency · 5.3 usage
43.4
#2
2016 Regular Season · Mississippi State
43.4
8.5 primary · 16.4 efficiency · 5.3 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Mississippi State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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