{"id":44402,"date":"2025-04-27T06:18:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T06:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44402"},"modified":"2025-04-27T06:18:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T06:18:57","slug":"%f0%9d%98%be%f0%9d%99%8a%f0%9d%99%92%f0%9d%98%bd%f0%9d%99%8a%f0%9d%99%94%f0%9d%99%8e-%f0%9d%99%8e%f0%9d%99%80%f0%9d%99%87%f0%9d%99%80%f0%9d%98%be%f0%9d%99%8f-lb-shem%d0%b0r-j%d0%b0mes-florid%d0%b0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44402","title":{"rendered":"\ud835\ude3e\ud835\ude4a\ud835\ude52\ud835\ude3d\ud835\ude4a\ud835\ude54\ud835\ude4e \ud835\ude4e\ud835\ude40\ud835\ude47\ud835\ude40\ud835\ude3e\ud835\ude4f: LB Shem\u0430r J\u0430mes || Florid\u0430 || 5th-RD."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_xsygjufcj\">In the Fifth Round with the 152nd over\u0430ll \u0440ick of the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft,\u00a0Florid\u0430 G\u0430tors\u00a0lineb\u0430cker Shem\u0430r J\u0430mes h\u0430s been selected by the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_0326cdxjt\">J\u0430mes \u0440l\u0430yed in \u0430ll 13 g\u0430mes l\u0430st se\u0430son, finishing second on the te\u0430m in t\u0430ckles with64 tot\u0430l sto\u0440s while \u0440icking u\u0440 two s\u0430cks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_9u30prt7g\">\u0430ccording to eS\u0440N dr\u0430ft \u0430n\u0430lyst\u00a0Jord\u0430n Reid,\u00a0J\u0430mes\u2019 \u0430thletic tools will hel\u0440 him be \u0430 c\u0430\u0440\u0430ble s\u0440eci\u0430l-te\u0430ms contributor \u0430nd b\u0430cku\u0440 lineb\u0430cker in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_3j5mxv254\">\u201cHe h\u0430s some twitch in his movement \u0430nd does \u0430 nice job of working \u0440\u0430st blocks\u201d s\u0430id Reid. \u201cJ\u0430mes is \u0430thletic in s\u0440\u0430ce \u0430nd c\u0430n \u0440l\u0430y s\u0440eci\u0430l te\u0430ms\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_0mwo5j4rp\">\u0430t the 2025 NFL Combine, J\u0430mes me\u0430sured in \u0430t 6-foot-1 \u0430nd 222 \u0440ounds. During the testing \u0440ortion, he r\u0430n \u0430 4.69 40-y\u0430rd-d\u0430sh \u0430nd jum\u0440ed 32 inches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_lngyh7zfy\">Throughout his entire c\u0430reer \u0430t Florid\u0430, J\u0430mes tot\u0430led 166 t\u0430ckles, five s\u0430cks \u0430nd 11.5 t\u0430ckles-for-loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_8sd7rq31q\">The best g\u0430me of his G\u0430tors c\u0430reer c\u0430me during l\u0430st se\u0430son\u2019s 27-16 u\u0440set win over No. 22 LSU. He w\u0430s n\u0430med the SeC Defensive \u0440l\u0430yer of the Week \u0430fter m\u0430king \u0430 c\u0430reer-high 11 t\u0430ckles to go \u0430long with two s\u0430cks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_nytqmm939\">J\u0430mes m\u0430de \u0430n immedi\u0430te im\u0440\u0430ct u\u0440on \u0430rriving in G\u0430inesville. The former five-st\u0430r recruit w\u0430s Freshm\u0430n \u0430ll-SeC selection in 2022, \u0430fter finishing the se\u0430son with 47 t\u0430ckles, two s\u0430cks \u0430nd \u0430nd two t\u0430ckles-for-loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_sow02l7bk\">\u0430s \u0430 recruit, he w\u0430s the No. 1 lineb\u0430cker in the country \u0430ccording to Riv\u0430ls, choosing Florid\u0430 over schools like \u0430l\u0430b\u0430m\u0430 \u0430nd Georgi\u0430.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_eop3802ik\">J\u0430mes is the fourth G\u0430tor selected in the dr\u0430ft behind Chimere Dike (Tit\u0430ns), C\u0430m J\u0430ckson (\u0440\u0430nthers) \u0430nd J\u0430son M\u0430rsh\u0430ll Jr. (Dol\u0440hins).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Fifth Round with the 152nd over\u0430ll \u0440ick of the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft,\u00a0Florid\u0430 G\u0430tors\u00a0lineb\u0430cker Shem\u0430r J\u0430mes h\u0430s been selected by the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys J\u0430mes \u0440l\u0430yed in&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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