Shemar James: LB · Florida · #6.
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Shemar James
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Third year in the same linebacker corps at Florida. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against LSU — Week 12, 2024.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
64 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 4 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-41vs No. 19 Miami | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-7vs Samford | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-33vs Texas A&M | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-28@ Mississippi State | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-13vs UCF | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-23@ No. 8 Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-20vs Kentucky | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-34vs No. 2 Georgia | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-49@ No. 5 Texas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-16vs No. 21 LSU | 11 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 24-17vs No. 9 Ole Miss | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-11@ Florida State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 33-8vs Tulane | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 64 | 34 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
64tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%4 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
5%3 pass breakups64 tackles · 4 for loss · 2 sacks · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Billy Napier — 19-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Billy Napier
Pass share
42.7%
336 pass / 450 run
Plays / game
60.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
366 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #137 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Florida, 159 tackles — drafted at #152 overall by the Dallas Cowboys.
A stat line in 33 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Billy Napier.
Next stop · NFL
Dallas CowboysEntering 2nd NFL season
Dallas CowboysEntering 2nd NFL season
