#80

Tyrick James

Senior tight end for Tulane. 2022: 25 catches, 285 receiving yards, 5 TD.

TE · Tulane · Sr. · #80

6′2″ · 245 lb · Waco, TX

CFB Index 50 · #54 of 132 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceTulane 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 2088 nationally · Signed with Tulane

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Tulane. 2022: 25 catches, 285 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tulane in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Tulane, 1,218 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20184 games

Signed with Tulane3-star out of China Spring

202211 games

The role got bigger.

All-AAChonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2088 national

CFB

College

Tulane

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-AAC

All-AAC mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Willie Fritz

Tulane

Played his entire career under Willie Fritz.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Willie Fritz — 34-30 over that span.

2018Tulane7-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2019Tulane7-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2020Tulane6-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2021Tulane2-10HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning

2022Tulane12-2HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

50Rotational starter #54 of 132?

Medium-low confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (97th percentile). Strength: epa / target (83rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#17 / 636 · 97th pct

16.7%

EPA / target#108 / 636 · 83rd pct

0.98

Catch rate#202 / 636 · 68th pct

83.3%

Explosive rate#199 / 636 · 68th pct

16.7%

Yards / catch#378 / 636 · 41st pct

11.4

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#17 / 158 · 86th pct

Rec yards#61 / 158 · 61st pct

285

Receptions#59 / 158 · 61st pct

Yards / catch#72 / 158 · 53rd pct

11.4

Rush yards#18 / 35 · 47th pct

Rush TDs#7 / 35 · 41st pct

Long catch#108 / 158 · 30th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

81st → 83rd percentile

Explosive rate

66th → 68th percentile

Catch rate

52nd → 68th percentile

TD rate

65th → 97th percentile

Yards / catch

63rd → 41st percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	1.8	25.0	14.0	0.3
Road5g	2.8	27.0	6.7	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	36.0	12.2	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	1.8	17.5	9.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #54 of 132 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #54 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Tulane	25	285	11.4	5	--
2021	Tulane	31	429	13.8	4	--
2020	Tulane	18	202	11.2	3	--
2019	Tulane	19	283	14.9	1	--
2018	Tulane	3	19	6.3	0	--
Career		96	1,218	12.7	13	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2022

W 17–10

at Kansas State

2 rec · 11 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With C. Glover — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 61 LONG · M. Pratt — 176 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 60.9 · 87 rush yds (13 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Alcorn State · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.85Tyrick James 25 Yd pass from Michael Pratt (Kriston Esnard Kick)
Week 5 · Houston · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.92Kai Horton pass complete to Tyrick James for 3 yds for a TD, (Kriston Esnard KICK)
Week 10 · Tulsa · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.70Michael Pratt pass complete to Tyrick James for 10 yds for a TD TULSA Penalty, Defensive Pass Interference ( Yards) declined, (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 10 · Tulsa · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Michael Pratt pass complete to Tyrick James for 8 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Tulsa · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Michael Pratt pass complete to Tyrick James for 19 yds to the Tulan 42 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Kansas State · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.33Michael Pratt pass complete to Tyrick James for 4 yds for a TD, (Kriston Esnard KICK)
Week 2 · Alcorn State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.32Michael Pratt pass complete to Tyrick James for 26 yds to the AlcSt 48 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · East Carolina · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.21Michael Pratt pass complete to Tyrick James for 3 yds for a TD, (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 6 · East Carolina · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +1.99Michael Pratt pass complete to Tyrick James for 25 yds to the Tulan 35 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · South Florida · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.92Michael Pratt pass complete to Tyrick James for 27 yds to the SFla 34 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 52-0vs Alcorn State	2	51	25.5	1	26
Wk 3	W 17-10@ Kansas State	2	11	5.5	1	7
Wk 5	W 27-24@ Houston	2	7	3.5	1	4
Wk 6	W 24-9vs East Carolina	3	32	10.7	1	25
Wk 7	W 45-31@ South Florida	5	79	15.8	0	29	Season-high 79 yds
Wk 8	W 38-28vs Memphis	2	26	13.0	0	16
Wk 10	W 27-13@ Tulsa	4	39	9.8	1	19
Wk 11	L 31-38vs UCF	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 12	W 59-24vs SMU	2	12	6.0	0	7
Wk 13	W 27-24@ Cincinnati	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Wk 14	W 45-28vs UCF	1	19	19.0	0	19
Total		25	285	10.7	5	29

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