{"id":1131174,"date":"2025-01-08T12:15:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1131174"},"modified":"2025-01-08T17:22:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T23:22:00","slug":"shemar-james-returns-home-for-the-senior-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/shemar-james-returns-home-for-the-senior-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"Shemar James Returns Home for The Senior Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shemar James is coming back to Mobile, and this time it\u2019s not just to visit family\u2014it\u2019s to make a statement at The Reese\u2019s Senior Bowl. The former Faith Academy star, who became one of the SEC\u2019s most dominant linebackers during his time at Florida, has a chance to boost his draft stock in front of NFL scouts and coaches while playing in front of his hometown. Shemar will be part of the second and largest junior class at the Senior Bowl this year as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">OFFICIAL! LB Shemar James <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shemarjames06?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Shemarjames06<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GatorsFB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GatorsFB<\/a> is heading to the 2025 Reese&#8217;s Senior Bowl!!! \ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoGators?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoGators<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BestOfTheBest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BestOfTheBest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheDraftStartsInMOBILE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheDraftStartsInMOBILE<\/a>\u2122\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimNagy_SB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JimNagy_SB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaniniAmerica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PaniniAmerica<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RatedRookie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RatedRookie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L9fAiTs6cf\">pic.twitter.com\/L9fAiTs6cf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reese&#8217;s Senior Bowl (@seniorbowl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seniorbowl\/status\/1876773948404199646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James made an immediate impact at Florida, bursting onto the scene as a freshman with 47 tackles, two sacks, and a forced fumble. His sophomore year got off to another stellar start having 55 tackles in just 8 games before it was cut short due to a knee injury that would require season-ending surgery.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite this setback, he showed extreme resilience by bouncing back in 2024, recording 64 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, a forced fumble, and an interception, leading Florida\u2019s defense to their first winning season since Billy Napier took over as head coach topping it off with a 33-8 bowl game victory over Tulane. He also received the honor of being SEC Defensive Player of the Week this year when they upset LSU 27-16.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udfc8 SEC Defensive Player of the Week: WK 12<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc0a Shemar James<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GatorsFB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GatorsFB<\/a> x <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SECFB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SECFB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/flBfib4jlT\">pic.twitter.com\/flBfib4jlT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Southeastern Conference (@SEC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SEC\/status\/1858557527874531751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, Shemar has the opportunity to take his game to the next level. The Senior Bowl isn\u2019t just another college football all-star game\u2014it\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> showcase for draft prospects looking to climb up draft boards. The mantra \u201cThe Draft Starts in Mobile\u201d rings incredibly true based on how many Senior Bowl players were drafted in 2024\u2019s NFL Draft. If Shemar can continue his stellar play in Senior Bowl practices against the other elite talent coming down to Mobile in a few short weeks his draft stock is sure to rise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Mobile, it\u2019s always special to see one of our own come back and continue making a name for themselves. For Shemar, it\u2019s a chance to show everyone why he belongs at the next level. This isn\u2019t just a homecoming\u2014it\u2019s the first step into his NFL career.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Shemar James is coming back to Mobile, and this time it\u2019s not just to visit family\u2014it\u2019s to make a statement at The Reese\u2019s Senior Bowl. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/shemar-james-returns-home-for-the-senior-bowl\/\" title=\"Shemar James Returns Home for The Senior Bowl\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4875,"featured_media":1131175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,5,33,154,176],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1131174","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured-news","8":"category-home","9":"category-sec","10":"category-senior-bowl","11":"category-top"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/edd240907191_sam_at_fla.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131174"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1131265,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131174\/revisions\/1131265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1131175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}