33 Facts About Ja'Wuan James

Ja'Wuan Amir James was born on June 3,1992 and is an American former professional football offensive tackle.

Ja'Wuan James was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the first round of the 2014 NFL draft.

Ja'Wuan James has played for the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens.

Ja'Wuan James was such a highly sought after prospect that Tennessee's head coach Lane Kiffin wanted to land a helicopter on North Gwinnett's softball field in an attempt to impress James, but was unable to receive clearance from the high school.

Ja'Wuan James attended the University of Tennessee from 2010 to 2013.

Ja'Wuan James started 49 consecutive games for the Volunteers, all at right tackle.

Ja'Wuan James's 49 starts set a record for career starts by an offensive lineman in Tennessee history.

Ja'Wuan James played on an elite offensive line that produced four NFL offensive linemen with three of them going on to become starters.

Ja'Wuan James was one of 50 collegiate linemen to attend the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Ja'Wuan James performed all of the combine drills well and finished sixth among all offensive linemen in the three-cone drill and ninth in the short shuttle.

Ja'Wuan James opted to stand on his combine numbers and only performed positional drills for scouts and representatives from all 32 NFL teams, that included Seattle Seahawks' offensive line coach Tom Cable.

Ja'Wuan James was ranked the sixth best offensive tackle prospect by NFLDraftScout.

Ja'Wuan James was the fourth offensive linemen selected in 2014.

Ja'Wuan James was the highest selected Tennessee Volunteers offensive lineman since Charles McRae and Antone Davis in 1991.

Ja'Wuan James entered training camp slated as the starting right tackle with newly acquired free agent Branden Albert starting on the blindside.

Ja'Wuan James was considered an improvement over former starting right tackles Tyson Clabo and Jonathan Martin.

Ja'Wuan James started 16 games for the Dolphins in 2014.

Ja'Wuan James returned to the starting right tackle position to start training camp and remained the starter to begin the regular season.

Ja'Wuan James started the first seven games of the 2015 season before suffering a toe injury and being placed on injured reserve for the rest of the season.

Ja'Wuan James remained the starting right tackle, opposite Albert, to begin the 2016 season under new head coach Adam Gase.

Ja'Wuan James started the first eight games of the season at right tackle before suffering a hamstring injury in Week 9 against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday Night Football.

Ja'Wuan James was placed on injured reserve on November 11,2017.

Ja'Wuan James started 15 games at right tackle in 2018, missing one game with a knee injury.

On March 13,2019, Ja'Wuan James signed a four-year, $51 million deal with the Denver Broncos.

Ja'Wuan James only played in three games in 2019 due to a knee injury suffered in Week 1.

On May 4,2021, Ja'Wuan James tore his Achilles tendon while training away from the team facility.

On June 10,2021, Ja'Wuan James signed a two-year, $9 million contract with the Baltimore Ravens.

On September 14,2022, the Ravens placed Ja'Wuan James on injured reserve after he tore his Achilles tendon again in the 2022 season opener against the New York Jets.

Ja'Wuan James grew up in New Jersey and moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in eighth grade.

Ja'Wuan James was raised by his mother, Nichelle James-Mickens, and his father, Burkley James.

Ja'Wuan James decided to play football after moving to Georgia.

On July 12,2017, Ja'Wuan James announced via Twitter that he became engaged to his longtime college girlfriend Rainey Gaffin.

Ja'Wuan James was a member of the Tennessee Volunteers softball team from 2013 to 2016.