James Summers: RB · East Carolina.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
James Summers
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Played for two head coaches in two seasons at East Carolina. One game to point at: 134 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Navy — Week 12, 2016.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 23.1% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 21.4% of his carries. 7 carries for 8 yds vs UCF; 14 for 134 vs Navy.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
12 of 17 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (70.6%). 10 of the team's 21 inside-the-5 carries (47.6%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | East Carolina | 161 | 868 | 5.4 | 7 | 81 |
| 2015 | East Carolina | 96 | 446 | 4.6 | 8 | 41 |
| Career | 257 | 1,314 | 5.1 | 15 | 81 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | East Carolina | 19 | 109 | 5.7 | 1 | 39 |
| 2015 | East Carolina | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Career | 20 | 116 | 5.8 | 1 | 39 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-7vs Western Carolina | 10 | 95 | 9.5 | 0 | 42 | |
| Wk 2 | W 33-30vs NC State | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 2 | 27 | |
| Wk 3 | L 15-20@ South Carolina | 11 | 71 | 6.5 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-54@ Virginia Tech | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 5 | L 29-47vs UCF | 8 | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 6 | L 22-38@ South Florida | 18 | 114 | 6.3 | 1 | 31 | |
| Wk 8 | L 19-31@ Cincinnati | 21 | 95 | 4.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-3vs UConn | 19 | 84 | 4.4 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-45@ Tulsa | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 11 | L 31-55vs SMU | 12 | 89 | 7.4 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 12 | L 31-66vs Navy | 14 | 134 | 9.6 | 1 | 81 | Season-high 134 yds |
| Wk 13 | L 10-37@ Temple | 19 | 52 | 2.7 | 0 | 12 | |
| Total | 161 | 868 | 5.4 | 7 | 81 |
Week 2 · 2016
W 33-30
vs NC State
41 rush yds (6 car) · 2 TD · 1 rec · 39 yds
Edged out NC State at home in a shootout.
With P. Nelson — 297 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 67.1 · Q. Johnson — 13 rec · 75 yds
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
49%159 carriesFumble rate
0.6%1 of 161 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.4 yds/carry on 161 carries · 16% explosive (10+ yds) · 49% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 74.3 | 6.4 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 70.3 | 4.6 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 59.7 | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 85.0 | 5.5 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scottie Montgomery
Pass share
58.1%
552 pass / 398 run
Plays / game
79.2
12 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
594 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
161 carries, 19 catches and 2 pass attempts in 12 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at East Carolina, 1,314 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ruffin McNeill → Scottie Montgomery. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
