Senior safety on James Madison's 2022 roster.
6′1″ · 207 lb · Reston, VA
The story
4 safety on James Madison's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearSam Kidd
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The receipt: 10 tackles, 1 TFL against Georgia Southern — Week 7, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at James Madison, 31 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (85th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2022 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 7.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Billy Napier
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | James Madison | 31 | 20 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| Career | 31 | 20 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022
W 63–7
1 TFL · 1 SOLO · 1 TOT
Dominant 56-point win at home against Norfolk State.
With T. Centeio — 165 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.5 · 29 rush yds (4 car) · K. Thornton — 7 rec · 102 yds · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 44-7vs Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 63-7vs Norfolk State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 32-28@ App State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 40-13vs Texas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-20@ Arkansas State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 38-45@ Georgia Southern | 10 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 12-26vs Marshall | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 20 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Lathan Ransom’s 2021 season.
Matches Lathan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jermari Harris's junior season at Iowa (2021).
Matches Jermari on
Player DNA