Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Bowling Green
James Sanford
LB • 6'1" • Xenia, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
James Sanford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
20
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
25
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
32
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Bowling Green
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Bowling Green
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo
Player Story
James Sanford built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a linebacker from Xenia, OH wearing No. 4, spending time with Bowling Green. The clearest part of James Sanford's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Bowling Green
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
James Sanford, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Bowling Green. James Sanford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 19
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
James Sanford quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Bowling Green · LB
- Career Tackles
- 19
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Bowling Green
- Top game
- Buffalo
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Xenia · Bowling Green
- High school pipeline
- Xenia · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 19 tackles · LB 535th (top 52%) · Mid-American 198th (top 38%) · National 2,040th (top 36%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 8 | 19 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 31.9 |
Related Context
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James Sanford played LB for Bowling Green. Across 5 tracked seasons, James Sanford recorded 19 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Bowling Green.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Bowling Green paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Bowling Green
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
11.2
Usage
1.5
Consistency
4.2
Best Game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 0. North Dakota: 0. Middle Tennessee: 1. Memphis: 0. Toledo: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Akron: 0. Buffalo: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio State: 5 by 20.8. North Dakota: 5 by 20.8. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 18.3. Memphis: 3 by 12.5. Toledo: 1 by 4.2. Miami (OH): 1 by 4.2. Akron: 1 by 4.2. Buffalo: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
Best efficiency game
20.8 vs North Dakota
Player Story
James Sanford story
James Sanford built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a linebacker from Xenia, OH wearing No. 4, spending time with Bowling Green. The clearest part of James Sanford's career was his defensive production: 19 tackles, 1 interception, and 1 pass defended across 9 career games in the available record. That gives James Sanford's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Bowling Green
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20122013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 1 | 11.2 | 1.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Buffalo
Week 5 · W 28-22 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 3 · L 21-41
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Havoc Plays
43.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.3 takeover score.
#3
vs North Dakota
Week 2 · W 27-26
0
Havoc Plays
14.7 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Ohio State
Week 1 · L 10-77
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Havoc Plays
14.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Memphis
Week 4 · L 3-77
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Havoc Plays
10.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Bowling Green
1 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2016 Regular Season · Bowling Green
31.9
1 primary · 11.2 efficiency · 1.5 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Bowling Green
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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