Ja'Wuan James

JAMES AT A GLANCE:

• A sixth-year tackle who started all 62 regular-season games played (55 at RT; 7 at LT) and one postseason contest during his first five NFL seasons with Miami (2014-18).
• Started 55 games at right tackle since entering the NFL in 2014, which ranks eighth among all active NFL players during that span.
• Blocked for an offense that averaged the sixth-most yards per carry (4.43 ypg) during his five seasons with the Dolphins.
• Has allowed only 14 sacks since the start of the 2015 season (46 starts at RT), according to STATS LLC.
• Helped Miami's offense rank ninth in the NFL in yards per rush (4.7) in 2018.
• Blocked for a pair of 1,000-yard rushers (Lamar Miller, 2014) and (Jay Ajayi, 2016) while opening all 16 games in both seasons.
• Opened all 49 games played at right tackle at the University of Tennessee, setting a school record for starts by an offensive lineman and earning honorable mention All-America honors as a senior in 2013.
• Joined the Broncos as an unrestricted free agent (Miami) on March 13, 2019.
• Selected by Miami in the first round (19th overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft.

JAMES AT A GLANCE:

• A sixth-year tackle who started all 62 regular-season games played (55 at RT; 7 at LT) and one postseason contest during his first five NFL seasons with Miami (2014-18).
• Started 55 games at right tackle since entering the NFL in 2014, which ranks eighth among all active NFL players during that span.
• Blocked for an offense that averaged the sixth-most yards per carry (4.43 ypg) during his five seasons with the Dolphins.
• Has allowed only 14 sacks since the start of the 2015 season (46 starts at RT), according to STATS LLC.
• Helped Miami's offense rank ninth in the NFL in yards per rush (4.7) in 2018.
• Blocked for a pair of 1,000-yard rushers (Lamar Miller, 2014) and (Jay Ajayi, 2016) while opening all 16 games in both seasons.
• Opened all 49 games played at right tackle at the University of Tennessee, setting a school record for starts by an offensive lineman and earning honorable mention All-America honors as a senior in 2013.
• Joined the Broncos as an unrestricted free agent (Miami) on March 13, 2019.
• Selected by Miami in the first round (19th overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Miami as a draft choice 5/1/17; Signed by Denver as an unrestricted free agent 3/13/19.

2018: James started all 15 games at right tackle, helping the Dolphins rank ninth in the NFL in yards per carry (4.7)... Paved the way for a Miami rushing attack that represented one of just four teams to average at least four yards per rush on more than half of its attempts (50.1%)... Was not penalized for any pre-snap infractions for the first time in his career according to STATS LLC.

2017: James opened all eight games played at right tackle before being placed on injured reserve with a groin injury on Nov. 11... Allowed just two sacks in eight games played according to STATS LLC.

2016: James started all 16 regular-season games at right tackle for the first time in his career in addition to making his postseason debut... Helped running back Jay Ajayi make his first career Pro Bowl after ranking fourth in the NFL with 1,272 rushing yards (4.9 avg.) to go along with eight touchdowns... Blocked for all three of Ajayi's 200-yard rushing games (vs. Pit, 10/16; vs. Buf., 10/23; at Buf., 12/24)... Started at right tackle in Miami's AFC Wild Card Game at Pit. (1/8).

2015: James started all seven games played at right tackle while battling a toe injury that cost him the final nine games of the season... Allowed just 1.5 sacks according to STATS LLC.

2014: Selected by Miami in the first round (19th overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft, James became the eighth Dolphins rookie to start all 16 games (9 at RT; 7 at LT)... Contributed to an offense that boasted the first 1,000-yard rusher/4,000-yard passer combo in team history... Helped running back Lamar Miller top the 1,000-yard mark (1,099 rushing yards.) for the first time in his career... Blocked for quarterback Ryan Tannehill as he threw for the most yards by a Miami quarterback (4,045) in 21 seasons.

COLLEGE: James opened all 49 games played at right tackle during his four seasons at the University of Tennessee (2010-13)... Set a school record for starts by an offensive lineman... Earned honorable mention All-America honors and second-team All-Southeastern Conference recognition after starting all 12 games as a senior for the Volunteers... Chosen first-team All-SEC as a junior and second-team all-conference as a sophomore after starting 12 games in both campaigns... Selected to the SEC's All-Freshman Team after opening all 13 contests at right tackle.

PERSONAL: James was named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Top-50 list after leading North Gwinnett High School to a 13-1 record as a senior... Was selected to play in the Under Armour All-America Game... His first name is pronounced JUH-wan... Ja'Waun James was born on June 3, 1992, in Atlanta.