Running back, Oregon, 2008–11
LaMichael James
- Number
- No. 21
- Height
- 5′9″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Hometown
- Texarkana, TX
- Born
- Oct 22, 1989
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LaMichael James played running back at Oregon (2008–11). He won the 2010 Doak Walker Award. He finished third in the 2010 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2010. The San Francisco 49ers took James in round 2, No. 61 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2023.
At a glance
Career highs
288rushing yards, best game on fileat Arizona, 20113rushing touchdowns, best game on fileeight times; last vs. UCLA, 20116catches, best game on filevs. LSU, 201189receiving yards, best game on fileat Stanford, 20092receiving touchdowns, best game on filevs. Auburn, 2010Honors
- Inducted 2023College Football Hall of Fame
- 2009Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year
- 2009, 2010First-team All-Pac-10
- 2010Doak Walker Award
- 2010AT&T ESPN All-America Player of the Year
- 2010Jim Brown Trophy
- 2010Consensus All‑American
- 2010National leader in rushing yards (1,731)
- 2010Third in the Heisman vote
- 2011First-team All-Pac-12
- 201110th in the Heisman vote
Team titles: Pac-10 champions, 2009 and 2010; Pac-12 champions, 2011
All-America: consensus 2010; Walter Camp first team 2011; AFCA 2011; AP second team 2011; AP third team 2009; Sporting News third team 2009; Scout.com second team 2011
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Rushing
Receiving
Returns
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
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
2011 Oregon 12 games, 1,805 rushing yards, 18 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. LSU | L 27–40 | 18 | 54 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 61 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Nevada | W 69–20 | 12 | 67 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 56 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Missouri State | W 56–7 | 12 | 204 | 3 | 90 | 1 | 27 |
| Sep 24 | at Arizona | W 56–31 | 23 | 288 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 15 |
| Oct 6 | vs. California | W 43–15 | 30 | 239 | 1 | 53 | – | – |
| Oct 29 | vs. Washington State | W 43–28 | 13 | 53 | 0 | 16 | – | – |
| Nov 5 | at Washington | W 34–17 | 25 | 156 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 6 |
| Nov 12 | at Stanford | W 53–30 | 20 | 146 | 3 | 58 | 1 | 10 |
| Nov 19 | vs. USC | L 35–38 | 20 | 78 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
| Nov 26 | vs. Oregon State | W 49–21 | 24 | 142 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 6 |
| Dec 2 | vs. UCLA | W 49–31 | 25 | 219 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 24 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Wisconsin | W 45–38 | 25 | 159 | 1 | 29 | – | – |
2010 Oregon 12 games, 1,731 rushing yards, 21 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | at Tennessee | W 48–13 | 16 | 134 | 1 | 72 | – | – |
| Sep 18 | vs. Portland State | W 69–0 | 14 | 227 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 9 |
| Sep 25 | at Arizona State | W 42–31 | 28 | 94 | 1 | 40 | – | – |
| Oct 2 | vs.Stanford | W 52–31 | 31 | 257 | 3 | 76 | – | – |
| Oct 9 | atWashington State | W 43–23 | 25 | 136 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 87 |
| Oct 21 | vs.UCLA | W 60–13 | 20 | 123 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 25 |
| Oct 30 | atUSC | W 53–32 | 36 | 239 | 3 | 45 | 1 | −2 |
| Nov 6 | vs.Washington | W 53–16 | 26 | 121 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| Nov 13 | atCalifornia | W 15–13 | 29 | 91 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 11 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Arizona | W 48–29 | 28 | 126 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 20 |
| Dec 4 | atOregon State | W 37–20 | 28 | 134 | 2 | 31 | – | – |
| Jan 10 ✦ | vs. Auburn | L 19–22 | 13 | 49 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 39 |
2009 Oregon 13 games, 1,546 rushing yards, 14 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Boise State | L 8–19 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| Sep 12 | vs. Purdue | W 38–36 | 9 | 56 | 0 | 27 | – | – |
| Sep 19 | vs. Utah | W 31–24 | 27 | 152 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 3 |
| Sep 26 | vs.California | W 42–3 | 21 | 118 | 1 | 36 | – | – |
| Oct 3 | vs.Washington State | W 52–6 | 13 | 81 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 17 |
| Oct 10 | atUCLA | W 24–10 | 20 | 152 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 8 |
| Oct 24 | atWashington | W 43–19 | 15 | 154 | 2 | 56 | – | – |
| Oct 31 | vs.USC | W 47–20 | 24 | 183 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 8 |
| Nov 7 | atStanford | L 42–51 | 18 | 125 | 1 | 60 | 4 | 89 |
| Nov 14 | vs.Arizona State | W 44–21 | 22 | 150 | 3 | 51 | – | – |
| Nov 21 | atArizona | W 44–41 | 19 | 117 | 0 | 22 | – | – |
| Dec 3 | vs.Oregon State | W 37–33 | 25 | 166 | 3 | 52 | 2 | 15 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Ohio State | L 17–26 | 15 | 70 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 25 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2012 | Combine or pro day 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′8″ | |
| Weight | 194 lb | |
| Arm length | 30¼″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.45 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.57 s | |
| Vertical jump | 35″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′3″ | |
| Bench press | 15 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.88 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.12 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
4 seasons, 18 games with a stat; latest team: Miami Dolphins.
| Season | Team | G | Car | Yds | TD | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | San Francisco 49ers | 4 | 27 | 125 | 0 | 3 | 29 |
| 2013 | San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 12 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 2014 | Miami Dolphins | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Miami Dolphins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 18 | 44 | 193 | 0 | 5 | 45 | |
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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