Tyrick James

#80 · TE · Sr. · Tulane6′2″ · 245 lb · Waco, TX · China Spring

Tyrick James: TE · Tulane · #80.

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Tyrick James

TE · Tulane · Sr · #80

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Five seasons in the Tulane receiving corps to date. The first career honor came in 2022: All-AAC. On tape: 79 receiving yards and 5 receptions against South Florida, Week 7, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Tulane	25	285	11.4	5	29
2021	Tulane	31	429	13.8	4	43
2020	Tulane	18	202	11.2	3	29
2019	Tulane	19	283	14.9	1	45
2018	Tulane	3	19	6.3	0	9
Career		96	1,218	12.7	13	45

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 No. 22 UCF	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 12	W 59-24vs SMU	2	12	6.0	0	7
Wk 13	W 27-24@ No. 21 Cincinnati	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Wk 14	W 45-28vs No. 22 UCF	1	19	19.0	0	19
Total		25	285	11.4	5	29

Signature game

Week 3 · 2022

W 17-10

at Kansas State

2 rec · 11 yds · 1 TD

A close one, won by 7 on the road.

With C. Glover — 41.9 yards per punt · 7 punts · 1 inside the 20 · M. Pratt — 176 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 60.9 · 87 rush yds (13 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Alcorn State · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.85Pratt to James: a 25-yard touchdown pass.
Week 5 · Houston · 4th and 3 · Q4 · EPA +2.92Kai Horton pass complete to Tyrick James for 3 yds for a TD, (Kriston Esnard KICK)
Week 10 · Tulsa · 2nd and 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 · 4th and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Michael Pratt pass complete to Tyrick James for 8 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 10 · Tulsa · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Michael Pratt pass complete to Tyrick James for 19 yds to the Tulan 42 for a
Week 3 · Kansas State · 2nd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.33Michael Pratt pass complete to Tyrick James for 4 yds for a TD, (Kriston Esnard KICK)

4 more plays

Week 2 · Alcorn State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.32Michael Pratt pass complete to Tyrick James for 26 yds to the AlcSt 48 for a
Week 6 · East Carolina · 2nd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +2.21Michael Pratt pass complete to Tyrick James for 3 yds for a TD, (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 6 · East Carolina · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +1.99Michael Pratt pass complete to Tyrick James for 25 yds to the Tulan 35 for a
Week 7 · South Florida · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.92Michael Pratt pass complete to Tyrick James for 27 yds to the SFla 34 for a

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 50 (#54 of 132). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

50Rotational starter #54 of 132 · 2022?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2022. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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

2022 season

Head Coach

Willie Fritz

Pass share

41.0%

377 pass / 543 run

Plays / game

65.7

14 games

Team sack rate

7.3%

413 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

50 · #54 of 132 TEs · 2022

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

Tyrick James

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Five seasons at Tulane

2018 4 games

2022 11 games