#28

James Charles

Senior running back for Florida Atlantic. 2021: 168 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 7 catches.

RB · Florida Atlantic · Sr. · #28

5′10″ · 190 lb · North Lauderdale, FL

CFB Index 33 · #270 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceFlorida Atlantic 2021 alumnus

The story

4 running back for Florida Atlantic. 2021: 168 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 7 catches.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Florida Atlantic, 1,030 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Florida Atlantic

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018–2019

Lane Kiffin

Florida Atlantic

2020–2021

Willie Taggart

Florida Atlantic

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Lane Kiffin → Willie Taggart. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2019Florida Atlantic11-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced

2020Florida Atlantic5-4HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2021Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

33Below cohort / limited sample #270 of 315?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / carry (5th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / carry#315 / 409 · 23rd pct

0.04

TD rate#344 / 409 · 16th pct

2.2%

Success rate#372 / 409 · 9th pct

34.8%

Explosive rate#384 / 409 · 6th pct

2.2%

Yards / carry#388 / 409 · 5th pct

3.6

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#155 / 331 · 53rd pct

Receptions#216 / 331 · 31st pct

Long run#237 / 343 · 30th pct

Rush TDs#243 / 343 · 22nd pct

Yards / carry#315 / 343 · 7th pct

3.6

Carries#317 / 343 · 7th pct

Rush yards#337 / 343 · 2nd pct

168

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	20.8	4.0	0.3
Road6g	7.2	2.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	16.8	4.6	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	11.2	2.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Zach Kittley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #270 of 315 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Florida Atlantic	47	168	3.6	2	--
2020	Florida Atlantic	92	429	4.7	4	--
2019	Florida Atlantic	78	413	5.3	5	--
2018	Florida Atlantic	3	20	6.7	0	--
Career		220	1,030	4.7	11	--

Season	Team
2021	Florida Atlantic	7	83	11.9	0	--
2020	Florida Atlantic	9	55	6.1	0	--
2019	Florida Atlantic	6	46	7.7	0	--
2018	Florida Atlantic	--	--	--	--	--
Career		22	184	8.4	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 45–14

vs Fordham

26 rush yds (8 car)

Dominant 31-point win at home against Fordham.

With N. Perry — 278 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.3 · 29 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · M. Hayball — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 45 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Western Kentucky · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.62N'Kosi Perry pass complete to James Charles for 45 yds to the WKent 20 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Fordham · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.68N'Kosi Perry pass complete to James Charles for 19 yds to the Fordh 1 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · UTEP · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +1.62James Charles run for 2 yds to the UTEP 2 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Fordham · 1&1 · Q1 · EPA -1.13James Charles run for a loss of 1 yard to the Fordh 2
Week 12 · Western Kentucky · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +1.04James Charles run for 2 yds to the WKent 24 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Fordham · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA -0.98James Charles run for a loss of 3 yards to the FlAtl 34
Week 8 · Charlotte · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +0.86James Charles run for 6 yds to the Charl 7 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Charlotte · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA -0.81James Charles run for 1 yd to the FlAtl 45
Week 9 · UTEP · 1&2 · Q3 · EPA -0.69James Charles run for 1 yd to the UTEP 1
Week 3 · Fordham · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +0.69James Charles run for 8 yds to the FlAtl 23

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-35@ Florida	2	10	5.0	0	6
Wk 2	W 38-6vs Georgia Southern	3	13	4.3	0	10
Wk 3	W 45-14vs Fordham	8	26	3.3	0	8
Wk 4	L 7-31@ Air Force	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 5	W 58-21vs Florida International	5	46	9.2	1	32	Season-high 46 yds
Wk 6	L 14-31@ UAB	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 8	W 38-9@ Charlotte	6	22	3.7	0	8
Wk 9	W 28-25vs UTEP	7	10	1.4	1	2
Wk 10	L 13-28vs Marshall	6	23	3.8	0	6
Wk 11	L 16-30@ Old Dominion	2	1	0.5	0	2
Wk 12	L 17-52@ Western Kentucky	2	4	2.0	0	2
Wk 13	L 17-27vs Middle Tennessee	4	7	1.8	0	7
Total		47	168	3.4	2	32

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

James Charles

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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