Derwin James

Derwin James interests me because of the position he plays as much as how he plays it. A Haines City, Florida product who starred at Florida State and went to the Chargers in the first round of the 2018 draft, he is a 191 cm safety, which is almost unfair for the role. Safety is the chessmaster of a defense: you read the whole field, stop the run, and break up the pass. Picture a man that size patrolling the back, surveying everything, and you understand the dread he imposes on quarterbacks. To me he embodies the modern, do-everything defender, physical gifts married to genuine field intelligence.

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Name (English)

Derwin James

Name (Japanese)

ダーウィン・ジェームス

Reading

だーうぃん・じぇーむす

Born

August 3, 1996 (age 30)

Origin

Haines City, Florida, United States

Height

191 cm

Occupation

American football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rat

High school

Auburndale High School

University

Florida State University

• Xhttps://x.com/DerwinJames
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derwin%20James
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22005616

Tags

• Florida
• American football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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