Sam James
Sam James
Beats you over the top. He has spent two seasons in the West Virginia receiving corps. The receipt: 102 rec yds, 12 pass yds against Kansas State — Week 12, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Two seasons at West Virginia, 1,250 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | West Virginia | 46 | 745 | 16.2 | 6 | -- |
| 2021 | West Virginia | 42 | 505 | 12.0 | 5 | -- |
| Career | 88 | 1,250 | 14.2 | 11 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | West Virginia | 3 | 9 | 214 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | West Virginia | 2 | 9 | -- | -2 | -- |
| Career | 5 | 18 | 214 | -2 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2022
W 23–20
vs Oklahoma
5 rush yds (1 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Deep Threat
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Trevon Bradford’s 2021 season.
Matches Trevon on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to DeVontres Dukes’s path through South Florida.
DeVontres Dukes
Kobe Clark
Jarrod Barnes
Joshua Harris
Darien Chase
Matches DeVontres on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Skyler Bell's graduate season at UConn (2024).
Matches Skyler on
Development
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2021–2022+48%
Up 48% from first season to most-recent.