Sam James

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

2022 West Virginia 12 games, 46 catches, 745 yards, 6 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds	PR
Sep 1	atPittsburgh	L 31–⁠38	5	50	0	1	19	–
Sep 10	vs.Kansas	L 42–⁠55	4	91	1	–	–	–
Sep 17	vs.Towson	W 65–⁠7	2	53	0	–	–	–
Sep 22	atVirginia Tech	W 33–⁠10	2	25	1	–	–	–
Oct 1	atTexas	L 20–⁠38	7	86	0	–	–	–
Oct 13	vs.Baylor	W 43–⁠40	3	52	0	–	–	–
Oct 22	atTexas Tech	L 10–⁠48	6	44	0	–	–	–
Oct 29	vs.TCU	L 31–⁠41	6	95	0	–	–	–
Nov 5	atIowa State	L 14–⁠31	3	38	1	3	56	–
Nov 12	vs.Oklahoma	W 23–⁠20	3	90	0	3	80	–
Nov 19	vs.Kansas State	L 31–⁠48	3	102	3	2	32	–
Nov 26	atOklahoma State	W 24–⁠19	2	19	0	2	27	–

2021 West Virginia 13 games, 42 catches, 505 yards, 5 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds	PR
Sep 4	atMaryland	L 24–⁠30	5	65	0	–	–	–
Sep 11	vs.Long Island University	W 66–⁠0	3	55	2	–	–	–
Sep 18	vs.Virginia Tech	W 27–⁠21	2	46	1	–	–	–
Sep 25	atOklahoma	L 13–⁠16	5	21	0	–	–	–
Oct 2	vs.Texas Tech	L 20–⁠23	2	45	0	–	–	–
Oct 9	atBaylor	L 20–⁠45	5	70	0	–	–	–
Oct 23	atTCU	W 29–⁠17	1	6	0	–	–	–
Oct 30	vs.Iowa State	W 38–⁠31	2	19	0	–	–	–
Nov 6	vs.Oklahoma State	L 3–⁠24	5	46	0	–	–	–
Nov 13	atKansas State	L 17–⁠34	2	16	0	–	–	–
Nov 20	vs.Texas	W 31–⁠23	5	64	1	–	–	–
Nov 27	atKansas	W 34–⁠28	2	12	1	–	–	–
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Minnesota	L 6–⁠18	3	40	0	–	–	1

2020 West Virginia 9 games, 31 catches, 300 yards, 2 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds	PR
Sep 12	vs.Eastern Kentucky	W 56–⁠10	5	72	1	–	–	–
Sep 26	atOklahoma State	L 13–⁠27	4	22	0	–	–	–
Oct 3	vs.Baylor	W 27–⁠21	8	66	0	–	–	–
Oct 17	vs.Kansas	W 38–⁠17	1	8	1	–	–	–
Oct 24	atTexas Tech	L 27–⁠34	5	56	0	–	–	–
Oct 31	vs.Kansas State	W 37–⁠10	3	18	0	–	–	–
Nov 7	atTexas	L 13–⁠17	2	15	0	–	–	–
Nov 14	vs.TCU	W 24–⁠6	1	16	0	–	–	–
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Army	W 24–⁠21	2	27	0	–	–	–

2019 West Virginia 12 games, 69 catches, 677 yards, 2 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds	PR
Aug 31	vs.James Madison	W 20–⁠13	6	32	0	3	54	–
Sep 7	atMissouri	L 7–⁠38	5	35	0	–	–	–
Sep 14	vs.NC State	W 44–⁠27	9	155	1	3	50	–
Sep 21	atKansas	W 29–⁠24	6	41	0	2	38	–
Oct 5	vs.Texas	L 31–⁠42	6	66	1	2	43	–
Oct 12	vs.Iowa State	L 14–⁠38	5	30	0	5	67	–
Oct 19	atOklahoma	L 14–⁠52	4	29	0	3	21	–
Oct 31	atBaylor	L 14–⁠17	3	12	0	–	–	–
Nov 9	vs.Texas Tech	L 17–⁠38	14	223	0	–	–	–
Nov 16	atKansas State	W 24–⁠20	1	4	0	–	–	–
Nov 23	vs.Oklahoma State	L 13–⁠20	7	36	0	–	–	–
Nov 29	atTCU	W 20–⁠17	3	14	0	–	–	–

2018 West Virginia 2 games, 2 catches, 2 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds	PR
Nov 23	vs.Oklahoma	L 56–⁠59	1	4	0	–	–	–
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Syracuse	L 18–⁠34	1	−2	0	–	–	–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.