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Running back, Miami, 2009–12
Mike James
- Number
- No. 5
- Height
- 5′11″
- Hometown
- Hanies City, FL
- Born
- Apr 13, 1991, in Haines City, Florida
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Mike James played running back at Miami (2009–12). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took James in round 6, No. 189 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
96rushing yards, career highvs. North Carolina, 20123rushing touchdowns, career highat Georgia Tech, 20128catches, career highvs. Florida State, 201297receiving yards, career highat Duke, 2012Rushing
Receiving
Returns
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
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
2012 Miami 12 games, 621 rushing yards, 6 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Boston College | W 41–32 | 14 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | at Kansas State | L 13–52 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Bethune-Cookman | W 38–10 | 9 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | at Georgia Tech | W 42–36 | 15 | 89 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 1 |
| Sep 29 | vs. NC State | W 44–37 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | vs. Notre Dame | L 3–41 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | vs. North Carolina | L 14–18 | 22 | 96 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | vs. Florida State | L 20–33 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 75 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 30–12 | 15 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| Nov 10 | at Virginia | L 40–41 | 12 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | vs. South Florida | W 40–9 | 8 | 25 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 24 | at Duke | W 52–45 | 17 | 67 | 1 | 3 | 97 | 1 |
2011 Miami 12 games, 275 rushing yards, 7 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | at Maryland | L 24–32 | 12 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Ohio State | W 24–6 | 12 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs.Kansas State | L 24–28 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs.Bethune-Cookman | W 45–14 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 8 | atVirginia Tech | L 35–38 | 10 | 65 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 15 | atNorth Carolina | W 30–24 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Oct 22 | vs.Georgia Tech | W 24–7 | 8 | 24 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oct 27 | vs.Virginia | L 21–28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs.Duke | W 49–14 | 7 | 58 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | atFlorida State | L 19–23 | 4 | 16 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Nov 19 | atSouth Florida | W 6–3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 25 | vs.Boston College | L 17–24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
2010 Miami 12 games, 398 rushing yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Florida A&M | W 45–0 | 6 | 36 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 11 | atOhio State | L 24–36 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | at Pittsburgh | W 31–3 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | at Clemson | W 30–21 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 1 |
| Oct 9 | vs.Florida State | L 17–45 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | atDuke | W 28–13 | 8 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 23 | vs.North Carolina | W 33–10 | 11 | 54 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | atVirginia | L 19–24 | 3 | 24 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 6 | vs.Maryland | W 26–20 | 10 | 51 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 13 | atGeorgia Tech | W 35–10 | 10 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | vs.Virginia Tech | L 17–31 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs.Notre Dame | L 17–33 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
2009 Miami 13 games, 19 returns, 404 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 | atFlorida State | W 38–34 | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs.Georgia Tech | W 33–17 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sep 26 | atVirginia Tech | L 7–31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 3 | vs. Oklahoma | W 21–20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | vs.Florida A&M | W 48–16 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | at UCF | W 27–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | vs.Clemson | L 37–40 | – | – | – | 1 | −3 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | at Wake Forest | W 28–27 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | vs.Virginia | W 52–17 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | atNorth Carolina | L 24–33 | – | – | – | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | vs.Duke | W 34–16 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 28 | atSouth Florida | W 31–10 | – | – | – | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Wisconsin | L 14–20 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2013 Senior Bowl (South team, won 21–16).
| Drill | Combine 2013 | Combine or pro day 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′10½″ | |
| Weight | 223 lb | |
| Arm length | 31⅝″ | |
| Hand size | 9¾″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.53 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.60 s | |
| Vertical jump | 35″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′7″ | |
| Bench press | 28 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.93 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.62 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 15 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.
| Season | Team | G | Car | Yds | TD | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7 | 60 | 295 | 0 | 10 | 43 |
| 2014 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5 | 19 | 37 | 0 | 1 | −5 |
| 2016 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 22 |
| NFL career | 15 | 83 | 351 | 0 | 15 | 60 | |
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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