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Craig James (running back): Politics, Career & Measurement

Jesse Craig James (born January 2, 1961) is an American former professional football player and sports commentator. He was a running back for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL) and for the Washington Federals of the United States Football League (USFL). He then became a commentator for the ABC and ESPN television networks.…

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Craig James (running back) topic overview

The analysis highlights Politics, Career and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around Craig James (running back).

Related topics
87
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
94
Extracted relationships
15
Concept neighborhoods
49
Bridge connections
94

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Radio and television career · 31 topics
Professional career · 16 topics
Overview · 14 topics
College career · 10 topics
Early life · 7 topics
Texas Tech controversy · 5 topics
Politics · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Born
(1961-01-02) January 2, 1961 (age 65) Jacksonville, Texas, U.S.
College
SMU (1979–1982)
High school
Stratford (Houston, Texas)
Listed height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight
215 lb (98 kg)
NFL draft
1983 (7th round, 187th overall pick)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Early life

College career

Professional career

Radio and television career

Texas Tech controversy

Politics

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Craig James (running back) connects Entity context

The extracted context around Craig James (running back) shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Craig James (running back) → 585, Rushing attempts585Rushing yards2,469Rushing touchdowns11Receptions81Receiving yards819Receiving touchdowns2Stats at Pro Football Reference Another extracted example is Craig James (running back) → (1961-01-02) January 2, 1961 (age 65) Jacksonville, Texas, U.S.. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Craig James (running back)

Top relations

Rushing attempts · 2
Craig James (running back) → 585, Rushing attempts585Rushing yards2,469Rushing touchdowns11Receptions81Receiving yards819Receiving touchdowns2Stats at Pro Football Reference
Born · 1
Craig James (running back) → (1961-01-02) January 2, 1961 (age 65) Jacksonville, Texas, U.S.
College · 1
Craig James (running back) → SMU (1979–1982)
High school · 1
Craig James (running back) → Stratford (Houston, Texas)
Listed height · 1
Craig James (running back) → 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight · 1
Craig James (running back) → 215 lb (98 kg)
NFL draft · 1
Craig James (running back) → 1983 (7th round, 187th overall pick)
Position · 1
Craig James (running back) → Running back
Receiving touchdowns · 1
Craig James (running back) → 2
Receiving yards · 1
Craig James (running back) → 819

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

james football smu season yards texas nfl patriots back college new federals 2012 first bowl year running espn england washington

Craig James (running back) relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 15 structured relationships around Craig James (running back). Examples in this analysis include Craig James (running back) → Born → (1961-01-02) January 2, 1961 (age 65) Jacksonville, Texas, U.S. and Craig James (running back) → College → SMU (1979–1982). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Craig James (running back)Born(1961-01-02) January 2, 1961 (age 65) Jacksonville, Texas, U.S.1.00infobox
Craig James (running back)CollegeSMU (1979–1982)1.00infobox
Craig James (running back)High schoolStratford (Houston, Texas)1.00infobox
Craig James (running back)Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)1.00infobox
Craig James (running back)Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)1.00infobox
Craig James (running back)NFL draft1983 (7th round, 187th overall pick)1.00infobox
Craig James (running back)PositionRunning back1.00infobox
Craig James (running back)Receiving touchdowns21.00infobox
Craig James (running back)Receiving yards8191.00infobox
Craig James (running back)Receptions811.00infobox
Craig James (running back)Rushing attemptsRushing attempts585Rushing yards2,469Rushing touchdowns11Receptions81Receiving yards819Receiving touchdowns2Stats at Pro Football Reference1.00infobox
Craig James (running back)Rushing attempts5851.00infobox
Craig James (running back)Rushing touchdowns111.00infobox
Craig James (running back)Rushing yards2,4691.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Craig James (running back) bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Former, School and Sports. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Craig James (running back)
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    • Sports
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    • Bowl
    • Back
    • Season
    • College
    • Dallas
    • Smu
    • England
    • Espn
  • craig james (running back)
    • Running
    • Rushing
    • High
    • School
    • Yards
    • Former
    • Year
    • Team
    • Pro
    • Sports
    • Washington
    • New
  • football
    • College
    • Analyst
    • Also
    • James
    • Nfl
    • Back
    • Well
    • Smu
    • High
    • Running
    • School
    • Sports
  • running back
    • Running
    • Rushing
    • High
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    • Washington
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  • new england patriots
    • England
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    • Nfl
    • Federals
    • Washington
    • Running
    • Team
    • Coach
    • Texas
    • College
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  • national football league
    • College
    • Analyst
    • Also
    • James
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    • Back
    • Well
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  • washington federals
    • Washington
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    • Running
    • Season
    • Texas
    • College
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    • Smu
  • united states football league
    • College
    • Analyst
    • Also
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    • Nfl
    • Back
    • Well
    • Smu
    • High
    • Running
    • School
    • Sports

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Craig James (running back), one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Craig James (running back) with Radio and television career. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

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Craig James (running back) — Radio and television career · splits 63 ⟂ 32
Craig James (running back) — Professional career · splits 78 ⟂ 17
Craig James (running back) — Overview · splits 80 ⟂ 15
Craig James (running back) — College career · splits 84 ⟂ 11
Craig James (running back) — Early life · splits 87 ⟂ 8
Craig James (running back) — Texas Tech controversy · splits 89 ⟂ 6
Craig James (running back) — Politics · splits 90 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Craig James (running back)

Nodes95
Edges94
Triples15
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021053
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Craig James (running back) to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Politics, Career & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Craig James (running back) · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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