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Deangelo James is a speed merchant and a natural playmaker with tremendous body control …. A sure tackler and one of one of the top returning cornerbacks in the NEC … A versatile athlete, he is also a dangerous kick returner who can impact the game in a variety of ways.
 
2014: Saw action in all 11 games, with nine starts … Credited with 28 tackles, including 22 solo stops and one tackle for loss … Registered two interceptions, which he returned for a combined 43 yards … Credited with four pass breakups, two forced fumbles and one blocked kick … Delivered season-high four tackles on three occasions, all Seahawk victories – at Georgetown (8/30), vs. Saint Francis U (10/11) and at Bryant (11/22) … Recorded at least two tackles in 10 of the 11 games that he played … Picked off his first pass of the season, vs. Alderson Broaddus (10/4) and had a 43-yard interception return in the season-ending 23-20 win at Bryant (11/22), which clinched a share of the NEC regular season title … Had 10 kickoff returns for 255 yards, both team highs, with a long of 49 …. His 25.5-yard kickoff return average was second on the team, topped only by Otis Wright’s 26.7 average.

2013: Turned in a game-changing play in the season opener vs. Georgetown (8/31) by returning a third-quarter interception 24 yards for a touchdown which keyed the Seahawks’ come-from-behind victory … Added career-high five tackles (four solo) and one pass breakup in earning NEC Special Teams Player of the Week honors (9/2) … Recorded career-high seven-tackle contest against CCSU (11/2) and Bryant (9/28) … Finished fourth on the team in tackles (32 solo) and one fumble recovery … Led the Seahawks in kickoff return average (22.5), having returned nine kicks for 205 yards … Against Monmouth (11/9), returned four kicks for a career-high 90 yards, buoyed by a career-long 32-yard effort.

2012: Appeared in 10 games during his redshirt freshman season, seeing action primarily on special teams … Began his Seahawk career as a running back.

2011: Did not see any game action.

Before Wagner: Played for Coach Chance Benton at American High School in talent-rich Dade County, FL ... Carried the ball 104 times for 853 yards and 12 touchdowns as a senior ... Named  named Honorable Mention All-Dade County ... Against Carol City, he ripped off four touchdown runs ... Capped off his high school career by being selected to the inaugural Miami Dolphins Dade vs. Broward All-Star Game ... Also a standout sprinter on the track & field team.