# James Peoples

RB · Penn State (BIG-TEN) · #1 · 5'10" · 214 lbs · JR

Transferred from OSU · RB depth chart rank 2 · 22 career games (2 starts)

## Career statistics

### Rushing

| Season | Team | GP | Carries | Yards | Avg | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | OSU | 14 | 61 | 344 | 5.6 | 3 |
| 2024 | OSU | 8 | 49 | 197 | 4.0 | 2 |

### Receiving

| Season | Team | GP | Targets | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | OSU | 14 | 12 | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | OSU | 8 | 3 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 |

### Defense

| Season | Team | GP | Tackles | Sacks | TFL | INT | PD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | OSU | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## 2025 game log

| Week | Opponent | Carries | Targets | Rec | Scrimmage yds | TD | Team touch share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | vs TEX | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 16.9% |
| 2 | vs ? | 8 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 11.9% |
| 3 | vs OHIO | 7 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 0 | 14.3% |
| 5 | at WASH | 3 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 9.4% |
| 6 | vs MINN | 7 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 11.9% |
| 7 | at ILL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7.7% |
| 8 | at WIS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.4% |
| 10 | vs PSU | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 8.8% |
| 11 | at PUR | 8 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 12.8% |
| 12 | vs UCLA | 6 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 10.0% |
| 13 | vs RUTG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 4.7% |

## Recruiting

4-star recruit in the 2024 class · #115 national · RB #8 · from San Antonio Veterans Memorial (San Antonio, TX)

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Source: SharpData OS – https://www.sharpdataos.com/cfb/players/5b580d70-b498-11ee-b745-f1d5c5b4a45f
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