James Stewart

Former defensive end at Middle Tennessee. 2024: 1.5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.

DE · Middle Tennessee · Sr. · #7

6′3″ · 247 lb · Antioch, TN

CFB Index 31 · #325 of 426 edge rushersMedium confidenceMiddle Tennessee 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

DL recruit

No. 1240 nationally · Signed with Memphis

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Middle Tennessee. 2024: 1.5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Memphis in 2021.
Transferred from Middle Tennessee to Tennessee State in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Middle Tennessee, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

3 programs, one constant: he played.

2021

Signed with Memphis3-star out of Brentwood Academy

20238 games

Entered the portal

2025

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1240 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

2 coaches

2022–2023

Rick Stockstill

Middle Tennessee

2024

Derek Mason

Middle Tennessee

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rick Stockstill → Derek Mason. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Memphis7-6HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced

2023Middle Tennessee4-8HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2024Middle Tennessee3-9HC: Derek Mason · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

31Below cohort / limited sample #325 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (84th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#419 / 2892 · 84th pct

6.0

Sacks#714 / 2892 · 73rd pct

1.5

Solo tackles#1048 / 2892 · 63rd pct

Tackles#1275 / 2892 · 55th pct

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th 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

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.3	0.7	0.2	0.0
Road4g	4.5	0.5	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.8	0.6	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	0.6	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Derek Mason

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

31 · #325 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #325 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Middle Tennessee	32	20	6.0	1.5	--	--	--
2023	Middle Tennessee	15	6	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Memphis	4	3	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		51	29	8.0	2.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 32–25

vs Tennessee Tech

1 TFL · 1 SOLO · 1 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With N. Vattiato — 210 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 38.4 · 4 rush yds (3 car) · G. Chadwick — 35 AVG · 38 LONG · 2 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 32-25vs Tennessee Tech	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 21-49vs Western Kentucky	3	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 4	L 17-45vs Duke	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 21-48@ Louisiana Tech	5	4	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 14-5vs Kennesaw State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 20-42@ Jacksonville State	4	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 20-13@ UTEP	7	4	1.0	0.0	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 11	L 17-37vs Liberty	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 21-36vs New Mexico State	4	2	2.5	1.0	—	2.5 TFL
Wk 14	L 24-35@ Florida International	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		32	20	6.0	1.5	—

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