Shemar James is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places James in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and James's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Shemar James
Top 37% all-time linebackersHigh-End Starter
Height6'1"
Weight222 lb
BornJun 24, 2004
Age22
CollegeFloridaSee College Stats
Rookie yr2025
Draft2025 · Rd ?, Pick 152 · DAL
A quality linebacker with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Combined Season Grid
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% | |||||
| 2025 | — | DAL | 14 | — | 91 | 40 | 51 | 2 | 5 | 1.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 544 | 63.1% | 181 | 48.2% | 34 | 29 | 0.9 | 118.7 | 1.9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 5 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | 14 | — | 91 | 40 | 51 | 2 | 5 | 1.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 544 | 63.1% | 181 | 48.2% | 34 | 29 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 5 | — | |
Defense
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | DAL | 14 | 9* | 91 | 40 | 51 | 2 | 5 | 1.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 7.4 |
| Career | 14 | 9* | 91 | 40 | 51 | 2 | 5 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 7.4 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
Snap Counts
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | DAL | 14 | 9* | 34 | 29 | 0.9 | 118.7 | 1.9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 5 | 0.1 |
| Career | 14 | 9* | 34 | 29 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 5 | — |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 50 · SolidA solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 50 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 1 scored season, with a short career trimming the score.
70
Sustained
career value
×.6
70
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.72
Longevity
career length
Blend 70 × longevity 0.72 = KV-H 50· confidence 100%
What builds the career mark of 70
On-field 53.5
Availability 16.5
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative tackles/g)
2025bestavg 70elite 702025
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position1
Depth
of 100
Reached 1% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
1% of the all-time Sacks leader1
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 83%.
Per-Snap Impact
Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+31
Rotational
SIS
Disruption/1001.746Snap share63.2%Def snaps544Emerging
Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within linebackers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.
Reference Graph
Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Top Teammates
Bryan AngerP1yDante Fowler Jr.DE1yJadeveon ClowneyOLB1yKenny ClarkNT1yDak PrescottQB1ySolomon ThomasDE1yQuinnen WilliamsDT1yTrent SiegLS1yMalik HookerFS1yC.J. GoodwinCB1yDonovan WilsonSAF1yLogan WilsonLB1yTerence SteeleOT1yCeeDee LambWR1yKenneth Murray, Jr.LB1yMiles SandersRB1yOsa OdighizuwaDT1yTrevon DiggsCB1yJavonte WilliamsRB1yGeorge PickensWR1yKaVontae TurpinWR1yDamone ClarkLB1yJake FergusonTE1yTyler SmithOT1y
2025 Draft Class· this player went #152
#144Shedeur SandersQB#145Mac McWilliamsDB#146Bradyn SwinsonLB#147Jordan JamesRB#148Ty HamiltonDL#149Jaydon BlueRB#150Jason Marshall Jr.DB#151DJ GiddensRB#153Jalen RiversOL#154Marcus MbowOL#155Dante Trader Jr.DB#156Jeffrey BassaLB#157Elijah RobertsDL#158KeAndre Lambert-SmithWR#159Collin OliverLB#160Marques SigleDB
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Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2025draft
Drafted by DAL
- 2025final season
Last recorded season with DAL
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'1" / 222 lb
Frame
Knox
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Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 1-season peers. See all →
50
peak 70
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 1 season.
82%
Era Translator
Tackles translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.
| Season | Actual Tackles | Tackles/G | → 2025 Tackles | → 2025 /G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91 | 6.5 | 111+20 | 6.5 |
Data: nflverse, nflverse:snap_counts · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/23/2026
Draft OutcomeValue ↑
Pick #152 (Rd ) · DAL · 2025 · +17 vs expected KV-H
50actual
33 expected · Δ+17
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