#40

James McFarland

Defensive end for TCU. 2016: 2 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 35 tackles.

DE · TCU · #40

6′2″ · West Monroe, LA

TCU 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 410 nationally · Signed with TCU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 defensive end for TCU. 2016: 2 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 35 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to TCU in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at TCU, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2012

Signed with TCU3-star out of West Monroe

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#410 national

CFB

College

TCU

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Gary Patterson, all balanced, fast tempo offenses — 18-8 over that span.

2014TCU12-1HC: Gary Patterson · Balanced, fast tempo

2016TCU6-7HC: Gary Patterson · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (97th percentile). Strength: passes defended (84th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#74 / 2668 · 97th pct

Passes defended#360 / 2668 · 84th pct

Sacks#489 / 2668 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#884 / 2668 · 65th pct

3.5

Tackles#1164 / 2668 · 56th pct

Solo tackles#1457 / 2668 · 44th 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

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Road5g	2.6	0.5	0.2	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	0.1	0.1	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	TCU	35	16	3.5	2.0	4	--	--
2014	TCU	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		35	16	3.5	2.0	4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2016

W 59–41

vs South Dakota State

5 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out South Dakota State at home in a shootout.

With K. Hill — 439 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 86.4 · 45 rush yds (7 car) · 3 TD · K. Turpin — 33 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 59-41vs South Dakota State	5	2	1.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 2	L 38-41vs Arkansas	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 41-20vs Iowa State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 33-3@ SMU	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 46-52vs Oklahoma	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 24-23@ Kansas	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 8	L 10-34@ West Virginia	4	3	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 62-22@ Baylor	4	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 6-31vs Oklahoma State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 31-9@ Texas	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 6-30vs Kansas State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 23-31vs Georgia	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		35	16	3.5	2.0	—	4

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