Former defensive lineman at Florida Atlantic. 2024: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 3 tackles.
6′1″ · 290 lb · New Haven, CT
The story
Former defensive lineman at Florida Atlantic. 2024: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 3 tackles.
Prince James Boyd Jr.
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Prince James Boyd Jr. has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against Temple, Week 12, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Florida Atlantic, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Willie Taggart → Chad Lunsford. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Zach Kittley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Purdue | 12 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Purdue | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 20 | 11 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2024
W 41–10
vs Wagner
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 31-point win at home against Wagner.
With O. Hayes — -4 rush yds (1 car) · C. Fancher — 150 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 49.5 · 7 rush yds (1 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | W 41-10vs Wagner | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 37-41vs North Texas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-38@ UTSA | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 15-18@ Temple | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Decarius Hawthorne’s 2021 season.
Matches Decarius on
Differs from Decarius on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Decarius Hawthorne's freshman season at Florida Atlantic (2021).
Matches Decarius on
Player DNA