James
Starks.
James
Starks.
Buffalo· 6'2"· 218 lb· 4.50s 40
James Starks aligns best with a zone-heavy run scheme that prioritizes patient runners with good vision and the ability to make one cut.
Year 1 as a situational back, providing burst and solid production (700-1000 yards), can develop into a versatile lead back, but never a true bellcow.
Gap/Power run scheme that requires consistent downhill physicality between the tackles.
A patient, one-cut runner whose value is maximized in a zone scheme where he can find lanes and accelerate through them for significant gains.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.50sp50
- Vertical
- 36inp50
- Broad jump
- 119inp50
- Three-cone
- 6.89sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.23sp50
- Bench
- 15repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | RecYds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Buffalo | 12 | 175 | 704 | 6 | 34 | 226 |
| 2007 | Buffalo | 12 | 251 | 1103 | 12 | 41 | 311 |
| 2008 | Buffalo | 12 | 272 | 1333 | 16 | 52 | 361 |
| Career | — | 36 | 698 | 3140 | 34 | 127 | 898 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.