Senior defensive lineman on Indiana's 2022 roster.
6′5″ · 258 lb · Miami, FL
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 658 nationally · Signed with Indiana
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Indiana's roster.
James Head Jr.
Wins his gap play after play. He has spent five seasons in the Indiana defensive front. The receipt: 10 tackles against Michigan State — Week 12, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Indiana, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Tom Allen.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Tom Allen — 25-32 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th 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
2022 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Curt Cignetti
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 24-45@ Cincinnati | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-35@ Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-24@ Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-45vs Penn State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-56@ Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 39-31@ Michigan State | 10 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 16-30vs Purdue | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Mukendi Wa-Kalonji’s 2022 season.
Matches Mukendi on
Differs from Mukendi on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Niko Cooper's graduate season at Western Kentucky (2022).
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Player DNA