Former defensive lineman at Vanderbilt. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′4″ · 290 lb · Memphis, TN
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
Former defensive lineman at Vanderbilt. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearChristian James
Wins his gap play after play. Six seasons at Vanderbilt, two different head coaches: Derek Mason and Clark Lea. The receipt: 3 tackles against LSU — Week 13, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Vanderbilt, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Derek Mason → Clark Lea. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (24th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 19 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Vanderbilt | 30 | 19 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Vanderbilt | 23 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Vanderbilt | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 96 | 41 | 10.5 | 3.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2024
W 40–35
vs Alabama
3 TOT · 1 SOLO
Edged out Alabama at home in a shootout.
With D. Pavia — 252 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.9 · 56 rush yds (20 car) · E. Stowers — 6 rec · 113 yds
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-27vs Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 55-0vs Alcorn State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 32-36@ Georgia State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 27-30@ Missouri | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-35vs Alabama | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-13@ Kentucky | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-14vs Ball State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-28vs South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-24@ LSU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Matthew Alexander’s 2024 season.
Matches Matthew on
Differs from Matthew on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Player DNA