Player Dossier

2017-2019

Duke

Xander Gagnon

LB • 6'3" • 235 lbs • Charlotte, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Xander Gagnon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

14

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

8

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Duke
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8561

Braswell · Denton, TX

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Xander Gagnon, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Duke. Xander Gagnon shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
21
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Xander Gagnon quick answers

Latest team and position
Duke · LB
Career Tackles
21
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Duke
Top game
Northern Illinois
Recruit profile
3-star · Braswell
High school pipeline
Braswell · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 41 · Junior
2019 Tackles rank
8 tackles · LB 824th (top 65%) · ACC 330th (top 52%) · National 2,949th (top 50%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonDuke20-01-046.8
2017 Regular SeasonDuke23-0--046.8
2018 Regular SeasonDuke310-0-1037
2019 Regular SeasonDuke58-0--038.3

Related Context

Xander Gagnon played LB for Duke. Across 3 tracked seasons, Xander Gagnon recorded 21 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Duke paired 1 primary output with 11.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 6.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Colorado

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · Duke

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

6.7

Usage

1

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Colorado

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Colorado

Best efficiency game

20.8 vs Colorado

Result
Sat 9/4@ Colorado53000

Career Arc

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    Duke

    2017-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonDuke111.33.1
2017 Regular SeasonDuke111.33.10
2018 Regular SeasonDuke117.22.40
2019 Regular SeasonDuke06.71-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Northern Illinois

Week 1 · W 36-14 · Postseason

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

47.2 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.

#2

vs North Carolina Central

Week 4 · W 55-13

1

Havoc Plays

43.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Virginia

Week 8 · L 14-28 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

15.5 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 15.5 takeover score.

#4

vs North Carolina Central

Week 1 · W 60-7

0

Havoc Plays

10.8 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Clemson

Week 12 · L 6-35 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

10.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Duke

1 primary output · 11.3 efficiency · 3.1 usage

46.8

#2

2017 Regular Season · Duke

46.8

1 primary · 11.3 efficiency · 3.1 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Duke

38.3

0 primary · 6.7 efficiency · 1 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games