Career

In his 29-game career with Eastern, James has caught 46 passes for a total of 605 yards and four touchdowns.

2022

Appeared in eight games for the Eagles, making six starts.
Hauled in 18 catches for 228 yards and a touchdown.
Tied a career-high with four receptions against Tennessee State (9/3/22), going for 36 yards in the process.
Had two catches for 42 yards and a touchdown against Florida (10/2/22).
Set a season-high with 63 receiving yards on three catches against Sacramento State (10/15/22), recording a long of 31 yards.

2021

Named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team.
Played in 12 games for the Eagles, making two starts.
Hauled in 17 receptions for 246 yards and three touchdowns.
Against Northern Colorado on 10/9/21, he had four catches for 42 yards.
The next week (10/16/21) against Idaho, James caught another four passes for 60 yards, scoring the first touchdown of his career in the process.
His best outing of the season came in the FCS Playoffs against Montana (12/3/21), a game in which he caught four passes for 97 yards (24.3 per reception) and two touchdowns. One of the touchdowns was for 54 yards.

2020-21

Played in six games and caught 10 passes for 125 yards.
Had a 22-yard catch against Northern Arizona (3/6/21), and he had four grabs for 62 yards against Cal Poly (3/27/21).

2019

Redshirted, but played in three games in accordance with a new NCAA rule that allows student-athletes to play in up to four games and still redshirt.
Made his Eagle debut against Northern Arizona (11/2/19), and had his first career catch the next week with a 6-yard reception versus Idaho State (11/9/19).
Played against Portland State (11/23/19).
Was offensive scout team player of the week once.

High School

Graduated in 2019 from Redlands HS.
Was a first team All-Citrus Belt League selection as both a junior and senior, and earned second team All-CBL honors as a sophomore.
The Terriers finished 2-8 overall in 2018, but were 4-6 in 2017 and 6-6 in 2016.
As a junior he caught 21 passes for 560 yards and five touchdowns, and rushed 13 times for another 128 yards and a TD.
Lettered as a freshman and competed four years in track and field.
Coached in high school by Mike McFarland.
His Eagle teammate Brad Godwin (’19) also attended Redlands.

Personal

Jakobie James Career Long Plays of 40+ Yards (1)
54 yard reception (TD from Eric Barriere) – Montana – 12/3/21