James Finley
Northern Illinois
Defensive Back
Eligibility
Freshman
HT/WT
6'1 / 183 lbs
Hometown
Portage, IN
Transfer History
2026
NIU
TBD
NIU
TBD
Defensive
|
Season
|
Team
|
TOT
|
SOLO
|
TFL
|
SACKS
|
QB HUR
|
PD
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |
NIU
|
15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Game Log
| 2025 SEASON | DEFENSIVE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DATE | OPP | RESULT | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | INT |
| Sat 9/20 |
@
MSST
|
L 10-38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/27 |
vs
SDSU
|
L 3-6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/4 |
vs
M-OH
|
L 14-25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/18 |
@
OHIO
|
L 21-48 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/25 |
vs
BALL
|
W 21-7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thu 11/6 |
@
TOL
|
L 3-42 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed 11/19 |
vs
WMU
|
L 19-35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri 11/28 |
vs
KENT
|
L 31-35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 21 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Recruit Rankings
Recruiting Class: 2025
|
Source
|
Rating
|
Stars
|
National Rank
|
Position Rank
|
State Rank
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consensus | 88.02 |
|
613 | 54 | 12 |
| On3 | 92.00 |
|
271 | 23 | 9 |
| 247 | 90.00 |
|
42 | 8 | |
| Rivals | 5.40 |
|
|||
| Espn | 76.00 |
|
96 | 19 |
Team
Conf
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