James Yelbert Jr.
James Yelbert Jr.
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Delaware | 21 | 7 | 3.5 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 21 | 7 | 3.5 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 35–17
vs Delaware State
1 QB HUR · 0 TFL · 0 SACKS
How he plays
Play style
Disrupts the pocket from the interior.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Delaware
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive tackle · Delaware
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +5 net (13 in / 8 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Delaware · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #133 · 2026 recruiting class #114
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Shawn Collins’s 2023 season.
Matches Shawn on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Shawn Collins's sophomore season at App State (2023).
Matches Shawn on
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #10712
Peaked at #10712 this season.