Former tight end at Temple. 2024: 14 catches, 131 receiving yards.
6′3″ · 250 lb · River Vale, NJ
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 2355 nationally · Signed with Temple
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former tight end at Temple. 2024: 14 catches, 131 receiving yards.
James Della Pesca
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Four seasons at Temple, three different head coaches: Rod Carey, Stan Drayton and Everett Withers. The receipt: 42 rec yds, 4 receptions against Utah State — Week 4, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Temple, 148 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Rod Carey, Stan Drayton, and Everett Withers. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec tds (8th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 21.0 | 8.4 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 15.7 | 6.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.7 | 28.3 | 8.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 11.5 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
K.C. Keeler
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024
W 45–29
vs Utah State
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 11-38@ Navy | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | 25 | Season-high 42 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 45-29vs Utah State | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-29@ UConn | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-10vs Tulsa | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-56@ East Carolina | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 12 | W 18-15vs Florida Atlantic | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-24vs North Texas | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 23 | |
| Total | 14 | 131 | 7.5 | 0 | 25 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Brady Russell’s 2022 season.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to John Langan's senior season at Rutgers (2023).
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Player DNA