6′4″ · 250 lb · Cocoa, FL
James Folston Jr.: DL · Pittsburgh · #40.
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James Folston Jr.
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. He has spent three seasons in the Pittsburgh defensive front. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Miami — Week 13, 2018.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh | 21 | 17 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| Career | 44 | 29 | 3.0 | 1.5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-7vs UAlbany | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-19vs Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-38@ North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-45@ No. 13 UCF | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 44-37vs Syracuse | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 14-19@ No. 5 Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-13@ Wake Forest | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-24@ Miami | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-42vs No. 2 Clemson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Week 6 · 2018
W 44-37
vs Syracuse
3 tackles · 1 hurry · 1 solo tackle
Edged out Syracuse at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
0%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
14%2 hurries14 tackles.
3 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 20-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
35.8%
316 pass / 567 run
Plays / game
63.1
14 games
Team sack rate
8.4%
356 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Pittsburgh, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.
