Nick James: DL · Mississippi State · #88.
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Nick James
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Samford — Week 9, 2016.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Mississippi State | 19 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Career | 19 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 27-14vs South Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-23@ No. 20 LSU | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 47-35@ Massachusetts | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-38vs Auburn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-28@ BYU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 38-40@ Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 56-41vs Samford | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-28vs No. 7 Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-51@ No. 1 Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 17-16vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.5 | — | 1 |
Bowl · 2016
W 17-16
vs Miami (OH) · neutral site
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 2 tackles
A close one, won by 1 at a neutral site.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
16%3 TFLSack rate
8%2 sacksHurry rate
16%3 hurries19 tackles · 3 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Mullen
Pass share
44.3%
411 pass / 517 run
Plays / game
71.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
440 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Mississippi State, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dan Mullen.
