Christian James: DL · Vanderbilt · #91.
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Christian James
Wins the gap play after play. The six seasons at Vanderbilt span two head coaches: Derek Mason and Clark Lea. A game that shows it: 3 tackles against LSU — Week 13, 2024.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 1 pass 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
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| 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@ No. 7 Missouri | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-35vs No. 1 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
11%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
5%1 hurry19 tackles · 2 for loss.
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
Pass share
39.8%
304 pass / 459 run
Plays / game
58.7
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
326 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Six seasons at Vanderbilt, 3 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Derek Mason → Clark Lea. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
