James McFarland: DE · TCU · #40.
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James McFarland
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Two seasons in the TCU defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against Georgia — Bowl, 2016.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
35 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
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There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-41vs South Dakota State | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| 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@ No. 12 West Virginia | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 62-22@ No. 13 Baylor | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 6-31vs No. 13 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
6%2 sacksTFL rate
10%4 TFLHurry rate
17%6 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
25%2 of 8 pressures35 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
2 seasons under Gary Patterson, all balanced, fast tempo offenses — 18-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 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
Head Coach
Gary Patterson
Pass share
50.6%
498 pass / 486 run
Plays / game
75.7
13 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
540 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at TCU, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Gary Patterson.
