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Name: James Patterson
College: Buffalo
Number: 8
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 5-10 Weight: 229
Position: Pos2: ST
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2023
40 Low: 4.85 40 Time: 4.91 40 High: 4.95
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Data Scout Notes: X-Down to Tryout/13GP-120TT in 22/12GP-116TT-13TFL-4.5SK in 21/**Returning for 2022 2022: 2ndC...PBednarik/PNagurski/PButkus...2021: 1stC...PButkus/PBednarik...2020: 1stC...77 TT, 9 TFL, SCK, 2 PBU, FR, 4 FF in 14 gms in '18.
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Height: 5101
Weight: 229
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Dates: 03/16/23
Hand: 09 Arm: 29 1/2
Wingspan: 70 1/2
Height: 5101
Weight: 229
40 Yrd Dash: 4.91
20 Yrd Dash: 2.80
10 Yrd Dash: 1.71
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Vertical Jump: 30
Broad Jump: 08'10"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.51
3-Cone Drill: 7.21
40 Time Range: 4.89-4.93/**Projected 4.73/+.18/No Bench-Shoulder
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James Patterson, Buffalo, Player News
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UB football's James Patterson announces he will pursue NFL draft...Patterson completed his fifth season at UB in December, by helping the Bulls defeat Georgia Southern, 23-21, in the Camellia Bowl. Patterson was second on the team in total tackles (120) and solo tackles (69), behind Shaun Dolac (147, 97), and had four quarterback hurries, two pass breakups, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and an interception in 13 games.Patterson told The News in August, prior to UB's season, that he re turned to UB to help the Bulls return to competitive form after going 4-8 in 2021, Maurice Linguist's first season as head coach. Patterson's college eligibility effectively ended after the Camellia Bowl, as Patterson played for all five seasons he was a t UB. He gained a fifth year after the NCAA granted college athletes an extra year in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. For his UB career, Patterson finished with 400 tackles, including 209 solo tackles, eight sacks, nine forced fumbles, four intercepti ons and five passes defended. Patterson is fifth all-time in total tackles at UB, fourth in solo tackles and second in forced fumbles. - Buffalo News
(DS#43 ILB) rSr/2023  ILB James Patterson, Buffalo
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2022 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM: Linebacker - James Patterson, Buffalo,...This is the third year in a row Patterson has been named All-MAC. He was a first-team selection each of the last two seasons. This year he is enjoying the best season of his career. He has a career-best 101 tackles to go along with nine tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, an interception, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries. - Buffalo Football
(DS#43 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB James Patterson, Buffalo
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The University at Buffalo's football game against Akron has been postponed due to a lake-effect snowstorm hitting the western New York region, the Mid-American Conference announced Friday. Officials are considering shifting the game from Saturday to Sund ay pending travel conditions. The National Weather Service has a lake-effect storm warning that's now extended through Sunday afternoon, with a projection of two to four feet of snow expected to be dumped on the region. With two games remaining, Buffalo (5-5, 4-2) sits third in the East Division and remains one win shy of becoming bowl-eligible. Akron (1-9, 0-5) is last in the East. Buffalo also announced the storm has led to the cancellation of the women's basketball home game against Princeton on Satu rday. The Tigers (3-1) opened the season 24th before falling out of the rankings this week. - AP College Football
(DS#43 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB James Patterson, Buffalo
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James Patterson began his fifth season with the Bulls when they opened preseason practices Thursday at UB Stadium in preparation for their season opener at noon Sept. 3 at Maryland. The linebacker from Glenn Dale, Md., is using his extra year of eligibil ity, granted by the NCAA in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He didn't want to leave the program after an uncharacteristic 4-8 season, either - UB's first under-.500 season since 2016, when the Bulls were 2-10. "4-8 is not a good look," Patterson said. "That's not been the known, that's not been the recent for Buffalo football. Since I've been here, we've always been to a MAC championship game or to a bowl game, so that's the expectation. We want to keep rising, and try to go to a New Year's Six bowl. That's always been the goal, to be a top 25 team, and to make it even better."Patterson led UB and was second in the Mid-American Conference with 116 tackles in 2021, and he returns to the Bulls after sitting out UB's spring game due to sports-he rnia surgery. He also returns to a team that underwent significant offseason roster turnover, as 21 FBS and FCS transfers and 15 true freshmen and junior-college players join this year's roster. "The fact that he is back, James Patterson is one of the to p returning players in college football," UB coach Maurice Linguist said. "He probably had a lot of opportunities after the season to do a lot of things, and he's on a lot of NFL scouts' lists right now. The fact that he said, 'I'm coming back,' ... it t ells you something, when your best players and the best people and the fact they want to come back, it speaks to what we feel like is going on in that locker room right now. "We're excited about the ability they bring and the leadership they've provided. " - Buffalo News
(DS#43 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB James Patterson, Buffalo
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2022 PRESEASON CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD WATCH LIST: James Patterson, Buffalo, Senior LB,...This is the third preseason watch list for the redshirt-senior linebacker. He was also named to the watch lists for the Butkus Award and the Bronko Nagurski Trophy. Pa tterson is a two-time first-team All-MAC selection. In 2021, he led the Bulls and ranked second in the MAC in tackles with a career-best 116. He added a team-high 13 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, an interception and a forced fumble. - Buffalo Football
(DS#43 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB James Patterson, Buffalo
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2022 PRESEASON BUTKUS AWARD WATCHLIST: James Patterson, Buffalo,...Patterson is a two-time first-team All-MAC selection. In 2021, he led the Bulls and ranked second in the MAC in tackles with a career-best 116. He added a team-high 13 tackles for loss, 4 .5 sacks, an interception and a forced fumble. - Buffalo Football
(DS#43 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB James Patterson, Buffalo
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Eight months after finishing 4-8 overall, and 2-8 in the Mid-American Conference, the University at Buffalo was picked to finish third in the East Division in the 2022 MAC football 24-person preseason media poll. The projection is a kind improvement, fol lowing the Bulls' fifth-place finish in the East a season ago. "You know, preseason polls, they're very necessary," Bulls coach Maurice Linguist said. "This time of the year brings all the excitement and all the juice and all the talk of football. We kno w where football's played, it's played on the field. Our men in the locker room know that and understand that. We have work in front of us that we have to get after in the month of August." Finishing above Buffalo in the East were Miami (Ohio) with 139 p oints, 20 first-place votes and five MAC championship votes, followed by reigning division champion Kent State with 116 points and three first-place votes.Teams not ranked No. 1 typically feel slighted, and that slight is exactly why games are pla yed. On a weekly basis, teams are given an opportunity to prove a miscalculation was made and their results from training camp until the end of the season is what matters most. "It doesn't mean anything, but you still have to use that to fuel the fire th at they're doubting us," Bulls linebacker James Patterson said. "We know what we can do and we know what type of team we are and we just got to show that on game day." - Buffalo News
(DS#43 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB James Patterson, Buffalo
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2022 PRESEASON BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY WATCHLIST: LB James Patterson, Buffalo,...It is the second preseason watch list for Patterson who was also named to the Butkus Award Preseason Watch List on Monday. Patterson is a two-time first-team All-MAC selectio n. In 2021, he led the Bulls and ranked second in the MAC in tackles with a career-best 116. He added a team-high 13 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, an interception and a forced fumble. The FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club will announce finalists for t he 2022 trophy on Nov. 16 and the winner will be unveiled Dec. 5 at the Bronko Nagurski Awards Banquet presented by LendingTree in Charlotte, N.C. - Buffalo Football
(DS#43 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB James Patterson, Buffalo
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The Mid-American Conference has announced kickoff times for the first three weeks of the 2022 football season, plus midweek #MACtion games. The University at Buffalo will open Sept. 3 at the University of Maryland with a noon kickoff on the Big Ten Netwo rk. The Sept. 10 home opener at UB Stadium against Holy Cross has a 6 p.m kickoff on ESPN+. The Bulls then head to Coastal Carolina with a 1 p.m. kickoff on Sept. 17 on ESPN+. UB will host Miami (Ohio) on Oct. 1 at 3:30 p.m. A prime-time game at Ohio on Nov. 19 will begin at either 7 or 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2 or ESPNU, followed by a 7 p.m. kickoff at Central Michigan on Nov. 9 or ESPN2, ESPNU or CBS Sports Network. - Buffalo News
(DS#43 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB James Patterson, Buffalo
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2021 ALL-MAC FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Linebacker - James Patterson, Buffalo,...Patterson is a first-team selection for the second straight season. The senior linebacker led the Bulls and ranked second in the MAC in tackles with a career-best 116. He added a team-high 13 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, an interception and a forced fumble. - Buffalo Football
(DS#43 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB James Patterson, Buffalo
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OCT 18 MAC EAST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: James Patterson, Buffalo, Linebacker, Senior, Glendale, MD (Saint Vincent Pallotti),...James Patterson had a career-high 15 tackles in Buffalo's 27-26 win over Ohio. He added a tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry and was instrumental in the Bulls' comeback victory over the Bobcats. - MAC Football
(DS#43 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB James Patterson, Buffalo
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This is the season when Patterson truly has the opportunity to make a name for himself. Not that he hasn't done that, as he's helped the Bulls become one of the MAC's consistent winning programs. The senior from Glenn Dale, Md., is a two-year captain for UB, and was the team's leading tackler last season, when he was named a first-team All-Mid-American Conference selection at inside linebacker. He has been added to the Butkus Award watch list for best linebacker in college football, and the Bednarik Awa rd watch list for the best defensive player in college football.This is the year, though, where he will reiterate that he is more than just Jaret Patterson's twin brother. "I'll do it through my play, and through my leadership, and nothing else," Patterson said July 20 at the MAC Media Day at Ford Field. "Nothing new. Keep it plain and simple. I'm still the same guy who doesn't really like all the shine and the glory, I'm still the guy who likes to do the dirty work and stay under the scenes. Tha t's me. That's always going to be me, and I'm never going to change from that." In his own way, Patterson thrived as he worked in the shadows of his brother's limelight. As Jaret Patterson ran for 1,072 yards and 19 touchdowns in six games last year, Jam es was an integral part of a defense that allowed a conference-low 360.4 yards per game. He had 63 tackles, two pass breakups, an interception and a forced fumble last season. - Buffalo News
(DS#43 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB James Patterson, Buffalo
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2020 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Inside Linebacker - James Patterson, Buffalo,...James Patterson is an All-MAC pick for the first time in his career. The middle linebacker leads the Bulls in tackles with 43. He had a 13-tackle perfo rmance against both Bowling Green and Kent State this season. - Buffalo Football
(DS#43 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB James Patterson, Buffalo
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NOV 23 MAC EAST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: James Patterson, Buffalo, LB, Junior, Glendale, MD (Saint Vincent Pallotti),...Patterson recorded a career-high 13 tackles and added a pass breakup in Buffalo's 42-17 win over Bowling Green. Patterso n had eight solo tackles - a game high. - MAC Football
(DS#43 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB James Patterson, Buffalo
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