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2026 Football Roster

7 Solomon James

  • Position Quarterback
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 205
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Waco, Texas
  • Highschool Duncanville

Biography

2025 (Graduate Student):
Appeared in six games as a backup quarterback... Completed 6-of-12 passes (50 percent) for 90 yards and one interception... Also rushed 14 times for 40 yards... Had season-highs in completions (2), attempts (4), passing yards (35) and rushing yards (21) vs. Midwestern State (Sept. 27)... Named to the Fall 2025 Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Incarnate Word (2023-2025):
Was a member of the football and baseball teams... Football team won 2024 Southland Conference Championship... As a sophomore in 2024, he did not appear in games, and his 2025 season saw minimal action—completing 6-of-12 passes (50%) for 90 yards with one interception across six appearances... On the baseball diamond he appeared in two games in 2025 at Texas and Texas A&M and allowed six hits, five runs, six walks and three strikeouts in 3.0 innings.

Northern Okahoma College (Enid, Okla.) (2023):
Hit .238 with three runs scored, 10 hits, one double, 10 RBI's, 11 total bases, five walks, two hit by pitches, a .340 on-base percentage and a .262 slugging percentage across 20 games and 42 at bats... Had a .842 fielding percentage and 14 putouts in 19 total chances (three errors)... Also pitched in three games, totaling 2.0 innings allowing 10 hits, 13 total runs, 10 earned runs, three walks and two strikeouts.

High School:
Was a four-year letterman in both football and baseball, and was an All-District quarterback and pitcher... Was a First-Team All-District quarterback at Duncanville High School in 2021... Football team was a State finalist in 2021... James transferred to Duncanville from Corsicana High School as a senior... Was the District 8-5A-II Co-Offensive Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore (2019) at Corsicana... Preseason Offensive MVP for District 9-5A... In baseball, he was a District 11-6A Second-Team All-District Pitcher at Duncanville High School.

Personal:
Is a dual-sport athlete at UTPB (football/baseball)... Has played baseball in the Dominican Republic... Father, Odell James, was the first 5-Star and No. 1-ranked player in the nation to play quarterback at Baylor University... Father also coached at Baylor while Solomon was growing up... Mother, Kai, was a varsity track star... Oldest sister, Alexis, played D1 volleyball at West Point... Other sister, Gabby, played basketball, softball and volleyball all on varsity in high school... He also has two younger brothers who play sports and are about to enter into high school... Likes to fish and go to the beach... Hopes to open up indoor sports complexes in the future... Already graduated with his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management before the 2025 football season.

Statistics

Season:
2026

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2025Graduate Student

    Quarterback
    6'2" 205 lbs
    14
  • 7

    2026Graduate Student

    Quarterback
    6'2" 205 lbs
    7