Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Clemson
Xavier Kelly
DL • 6'5" • 311 lbs • Wichita, KS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Xavier Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
34
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
53
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Arkansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Clemson • Arkansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Player Story
Xavier Kelly built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Wichita, KS wearing No. 97, spending time with Arkansas and Clemson. The clearest part of Xavier Kelly's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Clemson
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Xavier Kelly, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Arkansas. Xavier Kelly shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 30
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 3
Quick Answers
Xavier Kelly quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Clemson · DL
- Career Tackles
- 30
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Arkansas
- Top game
- Tennessee
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · East · Clemson
- High school pipeline
- East · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Clemson | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 24.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Clemson | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 19.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Clemson | 5 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 22.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arkansas | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 49.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Xavier Kelly played DL for Clemson and Arkansas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Xavier Kelly recorded 30 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Clemson.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Arkansas paired 4 primary output with 12.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Clemson, Arkansas.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Arkansas
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
12.2
Usage
5.2
Consistency
41.7
Best Game by takeover score
Tennessee
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 1. Auburn: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Tennessee: 2. Florida: 1. Missouri: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Mississippi State: 2 by 18.3. Auburn: 2 by 8.3. Texas A&M: 1 by 4.2. Tennessee: 1 by 24.2. Florida: 0 by 10. Missouri: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.5 · Games = 2 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -1.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tennessee
Best efficiency game
24.2 vs Tennessee
Player Story
Xavier Kelly story
Xavier Kelly built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Wichita, KS wearing No. 97, spending time with Arkansas and Clemson. The clearest part of Xavier Kelly's career was his defensive production: 30 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, and 3.5 sacks across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Xavier Kelly's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Clemson
2017-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Arkansas
2020
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Clemson | 2 | 14.4 | 2.9 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Clemson | 2 | 8.2 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Clemson | 2 | 9 | 2.1 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arkansas | 4 | 12.2 | 5.2 | 2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Clemson | 0 | — | — | -4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Tennessee
Week 10 · W 24-13 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Wake Forest
Week 6 · W 28-14 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Florida State
Week 9 · W 59-10 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Florida State
Week 7 · W 45-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Mississippi State
Week 5 · W 21-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
53.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Arkansas
4 primary output · 12.2 efficiency · 5.2 usage
49.3
#2
2017 Regular Season · Clemson
24.2
2 primary · 14.4 efficiency · 2.9 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Clemson
22.4
2 primary · 9 efficiency · 2.1 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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