Last confirmed: Tulsa, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · Midwest City, OK
James Flanders: RB · Tulsa · #20.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
James Flanders
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Three seasons at Tulsa, two different head coaches: Bill Blankenship and Philip Montgomery. A game that shows it: 249 rushing yards and 5 rushing TD against Memphis — Week 9, 2016.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 17.2% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 15.5% of his carries. 7 carries for 32 yds vs North Carolina A&T; 33 for 249 vs Memphis.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
40.3% of carries overall (257/637) → 21.9% of Q4-with-lead carries (25/114) — 48.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
17 of 22 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (77.3%). 18 of the team's 37 inside-the-5 carries (48.6%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-10vs San José State | 14 | 82 | 5.9 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-48@ No. 4 Ohio State | 15 | 43 | 2.9 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 3 | W 58-21vs North Carolina A&T | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 2 | 21 | |
| Wk 4 | W 48-41@ Fresno State | 13 | 101 | 7.8 | 1 | 31 | |
| Wk 6 | W 43-40vs SMU | 13 | 132 | 10.2 | 1 | 61 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-38@ No. 13 Houston | 19 | 70 | 3.7 | 1 | 23 | |
| Wk 8 | W 50-27vs Tulane | 22 | 190 | 8.6 | 2 | 50 | 190-yard day |
| Wk 9 | W 59-30@ Memphis | 33 | 249 | 7.5 | 5 | 52 | Season-high 249 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 45-24vs East Carolina | 28 | 181 | 6.5 | 2 | 25 | 181-yard day |
| Wk 11 | L 40-42@ Navy | 19 | 89 | 4.7 | 0 | 38 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-20@ UCF | 19 | 163 | 8.6 | 1 | 60 | 163-yard day |
| Wk 13 | W 40-37vs Cincinnati | 39 | 197 | 5.1 | 2 | 25 | 197-yard day |
 Bowl | W 55-10vs Central Michigan | 17 | 100 | 5.9 | 1 | 31 | |
| Total | 258 | 1629 | 6.3 | 18 | 61 |
Week 9 · 2016
W 59-30
at Memphis
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
47%241 carriesFumble rate
0.4%1 of 258 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.3 yds/carry on 258 carries · 16% explosive (10+ yds) · 47% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 136 | 6.8 | 1.5 |
| Road6g | 119 | 5.9 | 1.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 80.0 | 5.9 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 178 | 6.8 | 2.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Philip Montgomery
Pass share
40.5%
448 pass / 658 run
Plays / game
85.1
13 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
488 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
258 carries and 3 catches in 13 games, more touches a game than nearly every FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Tulsa, 2,172 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 27 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bill Blankenship → Philip Montgomery. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
