#99

James Carpenter

Former defensive lineman at Indiana. 2024: 5 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 37 tackles.

DL · Indiana · Sr. · #99

6′2″ · 284 lb · Roanoke, VA

CFB Index 54 · #186 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceIndiana 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive lineman at Indiana. 2024: 5 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 37 tackles.

Transferred from James Madison to Indiana in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Indiana, 14 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

202210 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

202313 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

202411 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

2 coaches

2022–2023

Tom Allen

Indiana

2024

Curt Cignetti

Indiana

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Allen → Curt Cignetti. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022James Madison8-3HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-leaning

2023James Madison11-2HC: Damian Wroblewski · Balanced

2024Indiana11-2HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

54Rotational starter #186 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (96th percentile). Strength: sacks (95th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#91 / 2892 · 96th pct

10.5

Sacks#117 / 2892 · 95th pct

5.0

QB hurries#160 / 2892 · 93rd pct

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Tackles#1043 / 2892 · 63rd pct

Solo tackles#1114 / 2892 · 60th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.2
Road5g	4.0	1.1	0.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.0	1.3	0.8	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	0.7	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #186 of 426 edge rushers

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Indiana	37	19	10.5	5.0	2	--	--
2023	James Madison	53	22	9.5	4.0	3	1	--
2022	James Madison	52	15	11.5	5.5	3	--	--
Career		142	56	31.5	14.5	8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024

W 20–15

vs Michigan

1 QB HUR · 1 PD · 3 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With K. Rourke — 206 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 44.3 · -28 rush yds (5 car) · J. Evans — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 31-7vs Florida International	3	0	0.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 3	W 42-13@ UCLA	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 42-28vs Maryland	3	3	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 6	W 41-24@ Northwestern	4	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 56-7vs Nebraska	3	3	2.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 31-17vs Washington	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 47-10@ Michigan State	3	2	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 20-15vs Michigan	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 15-38@ Ohio State	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 66-0vs Purdue	2	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 17-27@ Notre Dame	7	6	2.0	1.0	—	1
Total		37	19	10.5	5.0	—	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology