Safety, Louisville, to 2014

James Sample

Number
No. 2
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Sacramento, CA
Born
Jun 23, 1992

James Sample played safety at Louisville (to 2014). The Jacksonville Jaguars took Sample in round 4, No. 104 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2014Louisville4

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2014Louisville2S6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2014 Louisville 4 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 1vs.MiamiW 31–⁠131
Oct 3atSyracuseW 28–⁠61
Oct 11atClemsonL 17–⁠231
Nov 29vs.KentuckyW 44–⁠401

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2015Combine or pro day 2015
Height6′2⅛″
Weight209 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size9½″
40-yard dash4.56 s
10-yard split1.59 s
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump10′3″
Bench press17 reps
3-cone drill7.04 s
20-yard shuttle4.40 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

1 season, 3 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2015Jacksonville Jaguars31500

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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