Ranks eighth all-time in UM history in career rushing attempts (402) while compiling 1,670 yards … Has started 23 of 34 career games … Expected to again share carries with Graig Cooper … Cousin of former UM and current NFL running back Edgerrin James.
2008 (JUNIOR): Second-leading rusher … Rushed 62 times for 286 yards (4.2-yard average), with four touchdowns despite missing four games (Texas A&M, Florida State, North Carolina, UCF) for the Hurricanes with a high ankle sprain … Also caught 11 passes for 118 yards … Rushed a team-high 16 times for 65 yards and scored on two 1-yard touchdown runs at NC State, while also matching a career-high with four receptions for 35 yards … Started the season-opener against Charleston Southern and ran 12 times for a season-high 73 yards and a touchdown … Rushed nine times for 55 yards in overtime-win at Virginia … Had a touchdown run in win against Virginia Tech.
2007 (SOPHOMORE): Second-leading rusher … Rushed a team-high 159 times for 582 yards (3.7-yard average), with four touchdowns … Also caught 14 passes for 100 yards, ranking fourth on the team … Had one 100-yard game and two others with more than 90 yards … Started and rushed a team-high 14 times for 99 yards and scored two touchdowns on runs of five and eight yards against Marshall … Against FIU, started and led the team with 92 yards rushing on 19 carries (4.8 average, 23 long) and also caught two passes for 12 yards … Started in the backfield alongside freshman Graig Cooper against Duke and rushed 16 times for 57 yards (3.6 average) and also caught three passes for 28 yards … At Florida State, started and rushed 20 times for 73 yards … Led the team with 103 yards rushing on 18 carries (5.7 average) against NC State, which marked his first 100-yard rushing performance of the season and fourth of his career.
2006 (FRESHMAN): Selected second-team Freshman All-American by Rivals.com, third-team by CollegeFootballNews.com and honorable mention by The Sporting News … Selected to The Sporting News ACC All-Freshman team … Played in all 13 games, starting the last 10 games … Led the team in rushing with 175 carries for 802 yards, which is the second-most yards ever for a Miami true freshman behind Clinton Portis’ 838 yards in 1999 … Ranked fourth in the nation in rushing among true freshman, behind Wisconsin’s P.J. Hill (1,569 yards), Southern Mississippi’s Damion Fletcher (1,388 yards), Clemson’s C.J. Spiller (938 yards) and Texas A&M’s Mike Goodson (847 yards) … Ranked eighth in the ACC in rushing … Saw his first action as a collegian in the fourth quarter of the season opener vs. Florida State and rushed three times for three yards … Played as a reserve against Florida A&M and scored the first two touchdowns of his career, rushing eight times for 75 yards (9.4-yard average) and one touchdown while catching one pass for a 21-yard TD (marked the first time since 2003 that a Miami freshman scored two TDs in a game) … Made his first start vs. Houston and rushed for 148 yards on 18 carries (8.2-yard average), with one touchdown (rushing total was the second most ever for a true freshman in UM history (record: 153 by Frank Gore in 2001) and marked the most ever by a true freshman in his first start … Named the ACC Freshman of the Week after performance against Houston … In his second start vs. North Carolina, rushed 16 times for 111 yards (6.9-yard average) and one touchdown, scoring on a 62-yard run, which was the team’s longest touchdown run since Willis McGahee went 69 yards for a TD against Pittsburgh on Nov. 21, 2002 … Marked the first back-to-back 100-yard games since Tyrone Moss in the first two games of 2005 and became the first freshman to rush for consecutive 100-yard games since Clinton Portis recorded four straight in 1999 … Had his third 100-yard game at Georgia Tech, gaining 113 yards on 19 carries (5.9-yard average), with a long of 49 … Led the team with 78 yards rushing on 22 carries (3.5 average, 16 long) at Maryland and 95 yards on 21 carries (4.5 average, 13 long) at Virginia.
HIGH SCHOOL: As a senior in 2005, missed five games but still finished with more than 1,000 yards and 14 touchdowns … As a junior in 2004, rushed 225 times for 1,658 yards and 28 touchdowns and led his team to the state title … As a sophomore, had 165 carries for 1,145 yards and 14 touchdowns … As a freshman, rushed for more than 800 yards with 16 touchdowns … Rated the No. 13 running back in the nation and the 21st overall player in Florida by Rivals.com … Ranked the No. 35 running back in the country by Scout.com … Rated the No. 21 running back and the No. 144 overall player in the country by ESPN … Rated the No. 4 player on the Miami Herald’s list of the state’s top 25 players … Member of the PrepStar 200 and ranked the No. 18 running back … Rated the No. 2 running back on the Florida Times-Union Super 75 … Ranked the No. 11 player in the state by the Orlando Sentinel … Coached by John Weber.
JAVARRIS JAMES’ CAREER STATISTICS
|
|
RUSHING |
RECEIVING |
| Year |
GP/GS |
Att |
Yards |
Avg. |
TD |
LG |
No. |
Yards |
Avg. |
TD |
LG |
| 2006 |
13/10 |
175 |
802 |
4.7 |
4 |
62 |
17 |
200 |
11.8 |
1 |
25 |
| 2007 |
12/12 |
159 |
582 |
3.7 |
4 |
23 |
14 |
100 |
7.1 |
0 |
15 |
| 2008 |
9/1 |
68 |
286 |
4.2 |
4 |
13 |
11 |
118 |
10.7 |
0 |
20 |
| Totals |
34/23 |
402 |
1670 |
4.2 |
12 |
62 |
42 |
418 |
9.9 |
1 |
25 |
JAVARRIS JAMES’ 2006 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
|
RUSHING |
RECEIVING |
| Opponent |
No. |
Yards |
Avg. |
TD |
LG |
No. |
Yards |
Avg. |
TD |
LG |
| Florida State |
3 |
3 |
1.0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
| Florida A&M |
8 |
75 |
9.4 |
1 |
27 |
1 |
21 |
10.5 |
1 |
21 |
| at Louisville |
7 |
24 |
3.4 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
42 |
21.0 |
0 |
25 |
| Houston |
18 |
148 |
8.2 |
1 |
44 |
2 |
22 |
11.0 |
0 |
16 |
| North Carolina |
16 |
111 |
6.9 |
1 |
62 |
1 |
8 |
8.0 |
0 |
8 |
| FIU |
11 |
36 |
3.3 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
-1 |
-1.0 |
0 |
-1 |
| at Duke |
9 |
19 |
2.1 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
13 |
13.0 |
0 |
13 |
| at Georgia Tech |
19 |
113 |
5.9 |
0 |
49 |
2 |
31 |
15.5 |
0 |
22 |
| Virginia Tech |
4 |
20 |
5.0 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
0 |
3 |
| at Maryland |
22 |
78 |
3.5 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
| at Virginia |
21 |
95 |
4.5 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
| Boston College |
20 |
45 |
2.2 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
34 |
8.5 |
0 |
17 |
| Nevada (bowl game) |
17 |
35 |
2.1 |
0 |
18 |
2 |
27 |
13.5 |
0 |
15 |
| Totals |
175 |
802 |
4.7 |
4 |
62 |
17 |
200 |
11.8 |
1 |
25 |
JAVARRIS JAMES’ 2007 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
|
RUSHING |
RECEIVING |
| Opponent |
No. |
Yards |
Avg. |
TD |
LG |
No. |
Yards |
Avg. |
TD |
LG |
| Marshall |
14 |
99 |
7.1 |
2 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
| at Oklahoma |
8 |
28 |
3.5 |
0 |
12 |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
7 |
| FIU |
19 |
92 |
4.8 |
0 |
23 |
2 |
12 |
6.0 |
0 |
9 |
| Texas A&M |
20 |
46 |
2.3 |
1 |
16 |
2 |
15 |
7.5 |
0 |
11 |
| Duke |
16 |
57 |
3.6 |
0 |
16 |
3 |
28 |
9.3 |
0 |
16 |
| at North Carolina |
10 |
27 |
2.7 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
| Georgia Tech |
6 |
-6 |
-1.0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
| at Florida State |
20 |
73 |
3.7 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
1 |
0.5 |
0 |
5 |
| NC State |
18 |
103 |
5.7 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
| Virginia |
15 |
53 |
3.5 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
| at Virginia Tech |
10 |
7 |
0.7 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
27 |
9.0 |
0 |
10 |
| at Boston College |
3 |
3 |
1.0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
10.0 |
0 |
10 |
| Totals |
159 |
582 |
3.7 |
4 |
23 |
14 |
100 |
7.1 |
0 |
15 |
JAVARRIS JAMES’ 2008 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
|
RUSHING |
RECEIVING |
| Opponent |
No. |
Yards |
Avg. |
TD |
LG |
No. |
Yards |
Avg. |
TD |
LG |
| Charleston Southern |
12 |
73 |
6.1 |
1 |
13 |
1 |
11 |
11.0 |
0 |
11 |
| at Florida |
2 |
4 |
2.0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
| at Duke |
3 |
13 |
4.3 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
| Wake Forest |
6 |
14 |
2.3 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
13 |
13.0 |
0 |
13 |
| at Virginia |
9 |
55 |
6.1 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
8 |
8.0 |
0 |
8 |
| Virginia Tech |
7 |
29 |
4.1 |
1 |
12 |
1 |
19 |
19.0 |
0 |
19 |
| at Georgia Tech |
7 |
30 |
4.3 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
29 |
14.5 |
0 |
16 |
| at NC State |
16 |
65 |
4.1 |
2 |
13 |
4 |
35 |
8.8 |
0 |
20 |
| vs. California (Emerald Bowl) |
6 |
3 |
0.5 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
0 |
3 |
