Lamareon James

Former cornerback at TCU. 2024: 1 interception, 12 pass breakups, 34 tackles.

CB · TCU · Sr. · #6

5′10″ · 190 lb · Norfolk, VA

CFB Index 58 · #125 of 327 cornersLow confidenceTCU 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 822 nationally · Signed with Old Dominion

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at TCU. 2024: 1 interception, 12 pass breakups, 34 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Old Dominion in 2020.
Transferred from Old Dominion to TCU in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at TCU, 121 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

2020

Signed with Old Dominion3-star out of Indian River

202110 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202412 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#822 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

Gary Patterson

TCU

2022–2024

Sonny Dykes

TCU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Gary Patterson → Sonny Dykes. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Old Dominion6-7HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Old Dominion3-9HC: Ricky Rahne · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

2023Old Dominion6-7HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-leaning

2024TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

58Quality starter #125 of 327?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (100th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#4 / 2892 · 100th pct

Solo tackles#729 / 2892 · 74th pct

Tackles#1170 / 2892 · 59th pct

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

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QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Tackles for loss#2477 / 2892 · 7th pct

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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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.6	0.0	0.0	1.0
Road5g	3.2	0.0	0.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.2	0.0	0.0	1.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.8

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 · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #125 of 327 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #125 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	TCU	34	26	0.0	12	1	--
2023	Old Dominion	60	39	0.5	7	1	--
2022	Old Dominion	23	15	0.0	1	1	--
2021	Old Dominion	4	2	0.0	--	--	--
Career		121	82	0.5	20	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2024

W 13–7

at Utah

6 TOT · 5 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With E. Craw — 42 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 52 LONG · J. Hoover — 263 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 50.1 · 7 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-27@ Stanford	3	3	—	1
Wk 2	W 45-0vs Long Island University	0	0	—	1
Wk 3	L 34-35vs UCF	2	2	—	0
Wk 5	W 38-27@ Kansas	1	1	1	1
Wk 6	L 19-30vs Houston	5	5	—	1
Wk 8	W 13-7@ Utah	6	5	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 9	W 35-34vs Texas Tech	3	3	—	1
Wk 10	L 34-37@ Baylor	0	0	—	1
Wk 11	W 38-13vs Oklahoma State	3	2	—	1
Wk 13	W 49-28vs Arizona	3	1	—	0
Wk 14	W 20-13@ Cincinnati	6	4	—	2
Bowl	W 34-3vs Louisiana	2	0	—	3
Total		34	26	1	12

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