Shemar James

Former linebacker at Florida. 2024: 64 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · Florida · Jr. · #6

6′1″ · 229 lb · Mobile, AL

CFB Index 68 · #137 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceDallas — drafted 2025, Rd 5, Pick 16, #152 overall

Recruiting

4★

LB recruit

No. 67 nationally · Signed with Florida

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Florida. 2024: 64 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Florida in 2022.
Drafted round 5 by the Dallas in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Florida, 159 tackles — drafted at #152 overall by Dallas.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

202212 games

Signed with Florida4-star out of Faith Academy

2025

Drafted by Dallasround 5, pick 152

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#67 national

CFB

College

Florida

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #152

Dallas · 2025

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Billy Napier

Florida

Played his entire career under Billy Napier.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DallasEntering 2nd NFL season

#152Rd 5 · Pick 16

DallasEntering 2nd NFL season

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2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Billy Napier — 19-19 over that span.

2022Florida6-7HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2023Florida5-7HC: Billy Napier · Balanced

2024Florida8-5HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

68Quality starter #137 of 571?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (89th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (86th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#318 / 2892 · 89th pct

Solo tackles#382 / 2892 · 86th pct

Sacks#502 / 2892 · 79th pct

2.0

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

QB hurries#585 / 2892 · 74th pct

Tackles for loss#779 / 2892 · 71st pct

4.0

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	5.5	0.4	0.2	0.4
Road5g	4.0	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Jon Sumrall

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

68 · #137 of 571 LBs

Former four-star. Now #137 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Florida	64	34	4.0	2.0	3	1	--
2023	Florida	55	24	5.5	1.0	--	--	--
2022	Florida	40	14	2.0	2.0	--	--	--
Career		159	72	11.5	5.0	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024

W 24–17

vs Ole Miss

4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 0 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. Crawshaw — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 62 LONG · D. Lagway — 180 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 66.5 · -9 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 17-41vs 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@ Tennessee	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 48-20vs Kentucky	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 20-34@ Georgia	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 17-49@ Texas	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 27-16vs LSU	11	5	2.0	2.0	—	2	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 13	W 24-17vs 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

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