Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Louisville
James Hearns
LB • 6'3" • 249 lbs • Tallahassee, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
James Hearns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
54
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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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 Regular Season · Louisville
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Player Story
James Hearns built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Tallahassee, FL wearing No. 99, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of James Hearns' career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Louisville
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
James Hearns, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Louisville. James Hearns shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 85
- TFL
- 24.5
- Sacks
- 15
- QB hurries
- 9
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
James Hearns quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · LB
- Career Tackles
- 85
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Louisville
- Top game
- Wake Forest
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Lincoln · Louisville
- High school pipeline
- Lincoln · 56 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 42 tackles · LB 341st (top 31%) · ACC 106th (top 18%) · National 920th (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Louisville | 12 | 43 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 75.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Louisville | 12 | 42 | 13.5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 64.8 |
Related Context
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James Hearns played LB for Louisville. Across 5 tracked seasons, James Hearns recorded 85 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Louisville.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Louisville paired 28 primary output with 36.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 35 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Louisville
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
2.1
Efficiency
35
Usage
10.8
Consistency
43.3
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 0. North Carolina: 0.5. Clemson: 4. Kent State: 2. Murray State: 1. NC State: 0. Boston College: 3. Florida State: 2.5. Wake Forest: 0.5. Virginia: 6. Syracuse: 5. Kentucky: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Purdue: 3 by 12.5. North Carolina: 4 by 21.7. Clemson: 8 by 73.3. Kent State: 5 by 40.8. Murray State: 0 by 10. NC State: 3 by 12.5. Boston College: 2 by 38.3. Florida State: 4 by 41.7. Wake Forest: 1 by 9.2. Virginia: 4 by 66.7. Syracuse: 4 by 66.7. Kentucky: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
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Wins2.3 · Games = 8 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.9 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Virginia
Best efficiency game
73.3 vs Clemson
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Kentucky | W 44-17 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs SyracuseSplash game | W 56-10 | 4 | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Virginia2+ sacks · Splash game | W 38-21 | 4 | 4 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Wake Forest | L 32-42 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Florida StateSplash game | W 31-28 | 4 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Boston CollegeSplash game | L 42-45 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 10/6 | @ NC State | L 25-39 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Murray State | W 55-10 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Kent StateSplash game | W 42-3 | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/17 | vs Clemson2+ sacks · Splash game | L 21-47 | 8 | 6 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ North Carolina | W 47-35 | 4 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | @ Purdue | W 35-28 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
James Hearns story
James Hearns built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Tallahassee, FL wearing No. 99, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of James Hearns' career was his defensive production: 85 tackles, 24.5 tackles for loss, 15 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 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 Hearns' production has multiple signals. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Louisville.
The arc is straightforward: James Hearns 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
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Louisville | 28 | 36.6 | 12.4 | 28 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Louisville | 25.5 | 35 | 10.8 | -2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Wake Forest
Week 11 · W 44-12 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
7
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
7 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Virginia
Week 11 · W 38-21 · Conference game
6
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
6 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Syracuse
Week 12 · W 56-10 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
83.3 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Clemson
Week 3 · L 21-47 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
80 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.
#5
vs Boston College
Week 7 · L 42-45 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Louisville
28 primary output · 36.6 efficiency · 12.4 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Louisville
64.8
25.5 primary · 35 efficiency · 10.8 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Louisville
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
15
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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