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Sam James

Career Stats

Season	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
2018	WVU	2	2	4	1.0	2	1.0	1.0	0	4								2	0
2019	WVU	12	69	113	5.8	677	9.8	56.4	2	51	4	0.3	19	4.8	1.6	0	8	969	2	1	0
2020	WVU	9	32	52	3.6	310	9.7	34.4	2	32	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0	4	314	2	2	1
2021	WVU	13	42	62	3.2	505	12.0	38.8	5	53	2	0.2	9	4.5	0.7	0	9	512	5	2	0
2022	WVU	12	46	81	3.8	745	16.2	62.1	6	71	3	0.3	9	3.0	0.8	0	5	968	6	0	0
Total		48	191	312	4.0	2,239	11.7	46.6	15	71	10	0.2	41	4.1	0.9	0	9	2,765	15	5	1

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Team Leaders

PASS

287

Hawkins

RUSH

199

Hawkins

REC

148

Epps

Team Rankings

PPG

41.5

32nd

OPP PPG

15.5

53rd

RUSH YDS/G

298.5

11th

PASS YDS/G

170.5

134th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	UCF	0-0	1-1
11	Utah	0-0	1-0
12	West Virginia	0-0	2-0
13	Kansas	0-0	1-1
14	Baylor	0-0	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	WVU	@	UVA	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	OKST	@	WVU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	WVU	@	ISU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	ARIZ	@	WVU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	CIN	@	WVU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Tennessee-Martin

0 - 1

Final

West Virginia

2 - 0

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

795

Stokes

788

Weaver

775

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

8

Boley

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

66.0

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

633.0

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

364.0

341.5

336.0

323.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

376.5

358.0

356.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	1	0	1.000
3	Georgia Southern	1	1	.500
4	Louisiana Tech	1	1	.500
5	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
6	South Alabama	1	1	.500
7	James Madison	2	0	1.000
8	Southern Miss	1	1	.500
9	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
10	Troy	2	0	1.000
11	Coastal Carolina	1	1	.500
12	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
13	Marshall	1	1	.500
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	2	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	1	.500
2	Arizona State	1	1	.500
3	BYU	2	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	2	0	1.000
5	Colorado	2	0	1.000
6	Houston	2	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	1	.500
8	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
9	Texas Tech	2	0	1.000
10	UCF	1	1	.500
11	Utah	1	0	1.000
12	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
13	Kansas	1	1	.500
14	Baylor	1	1	.500
15	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
16	TCU	1	1	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	1	.500
3	Boise State	1	1	.500
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	Buffalo	1	1	.500
3	UMass	2	0	1.000
4	Akron	1	1	.500
5	Ball State	1	1	.500
6	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
7	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
8	Kent State	1	1	.500
9	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
10	Ohio	1	1	.500
11	Toledo	1	1	.500
12	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	2	1	.667
2	Army	1	1	.500
3	Navy	1	1	.500
4	Rice	1	1	.500
5	South Florida	2	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	1	.500
7	Tulane	1	1	.500
8	UTSA	2	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	2	.000
10	East Carolina	0	2	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
12	North Texas	1	1	.500
13	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
14	UAB	1	1	.500

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	Virginia	2	0	1.000
3	SMU	2	0	1.000
4	Duke	2	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	1	.500
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Louisville	1	1	.500
12	California	1	1	.500
13	Clemson	1	1	.500
14	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	1	1	.500

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Missouri	2	0	1.000
2	Alabama	2	0	1.000
3	Arkansas	1	0	1.000
4	Auburn	2	0	1.000
5	Florida	2	0	1.000
6	Georgia	2	0	1.000
7	Kentucky	1	1	.500
8	LSU	2	0	1.000
9	Mississippi State	2	0	1.000
10	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
11	Ole Miss	2	0	1.000
12	South Carolina	2	0	1.000
13	Tennessee	2	0	1.000
14	Texas	2	0	1.000
15	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
16	Vanderbilt	2	0	1.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	2	.333
2	North Dakota State	2	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	0	1.000
4	Nevada	1	0	1.000
5	San Jose State	2	1	.667
6	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
7	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
8	UTEP	1	1	.500
9	Wyoming	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	1	.500
3	Indiana	2	0	1.000
4	Iowa	2	0	1.000
5	Maryland	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan	2	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	1	.500
9	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	1	.500
12	Oregon	1	1	.500
13	Penn State	2	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	1	.500
15	UCLA	2	0	1.000
16	Washington	2	0	1.000
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
3	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
4	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	1	1	.500
7	Liberty	1	1	.500
8	Missouri State	1	1	.500
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000