Derwin James Jr.

Derwin James Jr.

S Los Angeles Chargers
Age 30
Height/Weight 6'2", 215 Lbs
College Florida State
Drafted Round 1 Pick 17
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Projections: IDP

Expert Total Pts Individual Defensive Players
2PR AST BLK FMR FMF INT PD SCK SAF TAC TFL TD
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148.46 - 44.25 - 0.5 0.75 2 7 2.75 - 54 - 0.17
Expert Avatar Joseph Haggan
195.68 - 40.5 - 1 3 2.8 8 3.5 - 77 - 0.1
Expert Avatar John Norton
159.2 - 42 - 0.5 1 2 7 3 - 61 - 0.2
Expert Avatar Aaron Rudnicki
137.66 - 46.5 - 0.5 0.5 2 7 2.5 - 47 - 0.13

Rankings

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S6
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Gary Davenport
S6

James is arguably the best safety in the NFL--there's a reason he's the highest-paid player at the position (again). James has five Pro Bowls and four 100-tackle seasons on his NFL resume.

With that said, while James is unliklely to faceplant (he has been a top-15 fantasy safety each of the past five years), James hasn't been top-five at the position since 2023.

 

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John Norton
S11
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Aaron Rudnicki
S9
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Jeff Haseley
S15
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Ryan Sitzmann
S1
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Joseph Haggan
S1
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Kyle Bellefeuil
S3

Week 0

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Dynasty

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Footballguys Consensus
S4
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Darin Tietgen
S6

Getting up there in age (29) but still manages to fill the box score with regularity.  Slight injury risk too.

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John Norton
S4
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Jeff Haseley
S1
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Gary Davenport
S4
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Joseph Haggan
S1
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Kyle Bellefeuil
S5
 

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Schedule

Los Angeles Chargers Schedule

Week Date & Time Opponent TV Spread/Total Weather
1 Sunday, September 13
4:25 PM
vs Arizona Cardinals
CBS/P
-10.5
O/U 46.5
2 Sunday, September 20
4:05 PM
vs Las Vegas Raiders
CBS/P
-9.0
O/U 43.5
3 Sunday, September 27
1:00 PM
@ Buffalo Bills
FOX
-3.0
O/U 50.0
4 Sunday, October 4
4:25 PM
@ Seattle Seahawks
CBS/P
-3.0
O/U 45.5
5 Sunday, October 11
4:05 PM
vs Denver Broncos
CBS/P
-3.0
O/U 44.5
6 Sunday, October 18
4:25 PM
@ Kansas City Chiefs
CBS/P
-2.5
O/U 46.5
8 Sunday, November 1
4:05 PM
@ Los Angeles Rams
FOX
-4.5
O/U 48.0
9 Sunday, November 8
4:05 PM
vs Houston Texans
CBS/P
-2.5
O/U 42.5
10 Monday, November 16
8:15 PM
@ Baltimore Ravens
ESPN
-3.0
O/U 47.5
11 Sunday, November 22
4:05 PM
vs New York Jets
FOX
-10.5
O/U 42.5
12 Sunday, November 29
8:20 PM
vs New England Patriots
NBC/P
-3.0
O/U 46.0
13 Sunday, December 6
1:00 PM
@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
CBS/P
+1.5
O/U 46.5
14 Sunday, December 13
4:05 PM
@ Las Vegas Raiders
CBS/P
+4.5
O/U 44.5
15 Thursday, December 17
8:15 PM
vs San Francisco 49ers
AMZN
-2.5
O/U 48.0
16 Sunday, December 27
1:00 PM
@ Miami Dolphins
FOX
+7.0
O/U 43.5
17 Sunday, January 3
--:--
vs Kansas City Chiefs
-1.5
O/U 46.5
18 Sunday, January 10
--:--
@ Denver Broncos

Career Stats

YR TM G TKL AST SCK FF FR INT PD TD
2018 LAC 16 76 30 3.5 0 0 3 13 0
2019 LAC 5 23 12 0 0 0 0 1 0
2021 LAC 17 74 43 2 3 0 2 5 0
2022 LAC 17 64 51 4 2 0 2 6 0
2023 LAC 16 86 39 2 0 2 1 7 0
2024 LAC 16 60 33 5.5 0 1 1 7 0
2025 LAC 16 51 43 2 1 0 3 7 0
Total 103 434 251 19 6 3 12 46 0

Game Logs

YR WK OPP dSNAP TKL AST SCK FF FR INT PD TD
2025 WAS 895 51 43 2 1 0 3 7 0
2025 1 KC 61 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 2 LV 70 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
2025 3 DEN 52 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
2025 4 NYG 76 4 4 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
2025 5 WAS 59 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 6 MIA 59 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0
2025 7 IND 60 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 8 MIN 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 9 TEN 47 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 10 PIT 52 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 11 JAX 59 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
2025 13 LV 47 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
2025 14 PHI 64 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 15 KC 61 2 8 0 0 0 1 2 0
2025 16 DAL 57 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2025 17 HOU 65 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
2024 TEN 984 60 33 5.5 0 1 1 7 0
2024 1 LV 60 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 2 CAR 44 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 3 PIT 68 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
2024 6 DEN 55 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
2024 7 ARI 57 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 8 NO 73 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 9 CLE 67 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
2024 10 TEN 54 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 11 CIN 82 7 3 0.5 0 0 0 1 0
2024 12 BAL 65 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
2024 13 ATL 80 5 5 0 0 0 1 1 0
2024 14 KC 69 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2024 15 TB 69 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 16 DEN 64 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 17 NE 38 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
2024 18 LV 39 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
2023 TEN 1002 86 39 2 0 2 1 7 0
2023 1 MIA 67 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2023 2 TEN 65 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 3 MIN 52 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 6 DAL 64 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 7 KC 68 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
2023 8 CHI 54 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
2023 9 NYJ 66 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
2023 10 DET 66 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 11 GB 72 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 12 BAL 69 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 13 NE 64 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
2023 14 DEN 67 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
2023 15 LV 61 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
2023 16 BUF 41 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 17 DEN 69 7 5 1 0 0 0 2 0
2023 18 KC 57 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 TEN 836 64 51 4 2 0 2 6 0
2022 1 LV 58 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022 2 KC 57 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 3 JAX 75 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 0
2022 4 HOU 57 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
2022 5 CLE 67 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 6 DEN 58 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022 7 SEA 71 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 9 ATL 61 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022 10 SF 71 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0
2022 11 KC 64 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022 12 ARI 66 5 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
2022 13 LV 61 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 14 MIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 15 TEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 16 IND 25 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
2022 17 LAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 18 DEN 45 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
2021 WAS 962 74 43 2 3 0 2 5 0
2021 1 WAS 55 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
2021 2 DAL 62 5 2 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
2021 3 KC 72 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 4 LV 57 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
2021 5 CLE 72 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 0
2021 6 BAL 65 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2021 8 NE 77 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0
2021 9 PHI 57 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 10 MIN 79 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
2021 11 PIT 69 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
2021 12 DEN 62 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
2021 13 CIN 74 3 4 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
2021 14 NYG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 15 KC 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 16 HOU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 17 DEN 53 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 18 LV 80 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 OAK 299 23 12 0 0 0 0 1 0
2019 13 DEN 56 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 14 JAX 65 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
2019 15 MIN 65 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 16 OAK 63 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 17 KC 50 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 TEN 1026 76 30 3.5 0 0 3 13 0
2018 1 KC 56 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
2018 2 BUF 59 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
2018 3 LAR 77 7 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
2018 4 SF 59 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 0
2018 5 OAK 51 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 6 CLE 74 4 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
2018 7 TEN 70 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 9 SEA 81 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 10 OAK 63 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
2018 11 DEN 56 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 12 ARI 47 5 2 0 0 0 1 2 0
2018 13 PIT 67 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 0
2018 14 CIN 65 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 15 KC 60 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 16 BAL 62 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
2018 17 DEN 79 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
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