James Gray: DB · North Texas · #21.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
James Gray
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at North Texas: Dan McCarney and Seth Littrell. One game to point at: 9 tackles against UTEP — Week 13, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
64 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 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.
University of North Texas Athletics Oct 20
CBS News Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | North Texas | 64 | 36 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2015 | North Texas | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 64 | 36 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-34vs SMU | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-20vs Bethune-Cookman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-32@ No. 23 Florida | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-35@ Rice | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-30vs Middle Tennessee | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-21vs Marshall | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-18@ Army | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-31@ UTSA | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-45vs Louisiana Tech | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-45@ Western Kentucky | 7 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 29-23vs Southern Miss | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-52@ UTEP | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
 Bowl | L 31-38vs Army | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 64 | 36 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
64tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL64 tackles · 1 for loss · 5 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Seth Littrell
Pass share
51.8%
449 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
66.6
13 games
Team sack rate
8.8%
488 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
64 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at North Texas, 64 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan McCarney → Seth Littrell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
