Ta'Shawn James

DB · #27 · UCLA · SR · 6'0" · 211 · Oklahoma City, OK

Projected FS starter

32 2026 tackles

0.5 · 0 2026 sacks · TFL

8 2026 INT + PD

32 Career games (13 starts)

Career

Season	Team	GP	GS	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FF
2026	UCLA	6	5	32	0.5	4	4	0
2025	Iowa State	8	6	34	0	0	0	0
2024	Iowa State	14	2	38	0	0	0	1
2023	Iowa State	4	0	4	0	0	0	0

Tackles per game 5.3 95

Havoc plays 1 68

INT + pass breakups 8 99

Forced fumbles 0 0

Explosive rate allowed 9.0% 80

Line yards per carry allowed 2.0 84

Sack rate 6.6% 53

Week	Opponent	Tkl	INT	PD
W1	@ CAL	3	2	2
W2	SDSU
W4	@ MD	3	1	1
W6	@ ORE	4	1	1
W7	WIS	4

Weeks with a recorded defensive stat.

2023 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2023 board

#1290

Jason Hammond DL · St. Thomas Aquinas UVA

#1290 Joshua Bledsoe CB · Lafayette USA

#1293

Ta'Shawn James S · Carl Albert ISU

#1304

Zakari Tillman LB · Florence MSST

#1304

Thomas Collins DL · RIG Academy ORST

Ss in the class

#109

Harlem Howard Blanche Ely ORST

#110 Nico Dowdell Loganville GT

#111

Ta'Shawn James Carl Albert ISU

#114 Devin Clark Marietta UVA

#115 River Hanson Woodward Academy DUKE

2026 · 68th pctile of DBs

Recruit · 53th pctile of class