Derwin James Jr. stats

Chargers

Safety · #3

Age 30 · 6' 2" · 215 lbs

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Derwin James Jr. recorded 21 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 3 games of 2026 for the Los Angeles Chargers. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
3
TOT
21
SOLO
12
AST
9
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2018LAC1610575303.53130
2019LAC53423110.0010
2021LAC1511875432.0253
2022LAC1411564514.0262
2023LAC1612586392.0170
2024LAC169360335.5170
2025LAC169450442.0371
2026LAC3211290.0010

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
101
TOT
705
SOLO
445
AST
260
SACK
19.0
INT
12
PD
47
FF
6

Career Postseason

GP
5
TOT
34
SOLO
24
AST
10
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0

Per game

GP
3
TOT
7
SOLO
4
AST
3
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0.3
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2018LAC166.64.71.90.20.20.80.0
2019LAC56.84.62.20.00.00.20.0
2021LAC157.95.02.90.10.10.30.2
2022LAC148.24.63.60.30.10.40.1
2023LAC167.85.42.40.10.10.40.0
2024LAC165.83.82.10.30.10.40.0
2025LAC165.93.12.80.10.20.40.1
2026LAC37.04.030.00.00.30.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
101
TOT
7.0
SOLO
4.4
AST
2.6
SACK
0.2
INT
0.1
PD
0.5
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
30 yearsAug 3, 1996
Height
6' 2"
Weight
215 lbs
Experience
9 yearsDebut 2018
Birthplace
Haines City, FL
Draft
2018Rd 1, Pk 17
College
Florida State
Salary
$26.5 million2026

Latest performance

Derwin James Jr.

Sep 27 · @ BUF · L 24-16

TOT
4
SOLO
3
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

94% of his club's defensive snaps a game (193 in 3 games); 100% in week 3.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1ARI75100%0
2LV5283%0
3BUF66100%0

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Derwin James Jr. has been on the NFL’s game-status report 4 weeks since 2026, ruled out 3 times.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202631Hamstring, Finger

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2018 NFL combine

S, 6'3", 215 lb · Florida State

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.47s65th
Vertical jump40"89th
Broad jump11' 0"93rd
Bench press (225 lb)21 reps88th

Percentile: the share of Ss measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2018 combine

Games

All games

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at BALMon, Nov 16

vs BAL since 2018

5
GP
31
TOT
22
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Sep 27atBUFL 24-164300
Sun, Sep 20vsLVL 26-147200
Sun, Sep 13vsARIL 26-1410700
Sun, Jan 11atNEL 16-34300
Sat, Dec 27vsHOUL 20-168401
Sun, Dec 21atDALW 34-176500

What are Derwin James Jr.'s career stats?

Derwin James Jr. has played 8 seasons for the Chargers. He has recorded 705 tackles, 19 sacks and 12 interceptions. His best season so far is 2023: 125 tackles and 2.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 16 vs CLE on Oct 10, 2021, W 47-42
  • Sacks: 2 @ NE on Dec 28, 2024, W 40-7
Derwin James Jr.'s best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
202610—
2025121.0
2024102.0
2023131.0
2022141.0
2021161.0
20198—
2018111.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2018.

League leaderboards and awards

8 seasons, 4 postseasons, 2018 to 2026

All-time career rank

  • 200th in tackles (705)

Among the 9,789 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Derwin James Jr. college stats

Derwin James Jr. played 3 seasons at Florida State Seminoles (2015 to 2017): 186 tackles, 5.5 sacks and 3 interceptions.

defensive

Derwin James Jr.'s college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2015Florida State Seminoles91523904.51000
2016Florida State Seminoles1192000100
2017Florida State Seminoles84493511102411

scoring

Derwin James Jr.'s college scoring by season
SeasonSchoolPASSRUSHRECREC: Passes caught.RETTDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PATFGPTSPTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2017Florida State Seminoles100110006

returning

Derwin James Jr.'s college returning by season
YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2015Florida State Seminoles000000000
2017Florida State Seminoles617000496170049

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Derwin James Jr.'s college game log.

More on Derwin James Jr.

Playoff games

Derwin James Jr. played 5 games across 4 NFL postseasons — 1 won, 4 lost.

Derwin James Jr.'s line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2025NEL 16-340.00
2024HOUL 32-1270.00
2022JAXL 31-3090.00
2018BALW 23-1750.00
2018NEL 41-2890.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.