Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2023Kent State
Xavier Williams
RB • 5'9" • 188 lbs • Forestville, MD, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Xavier Williams leans balanced backfield option traits and 26.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
19
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
14
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Kent State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Kent State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Player Story
Xavier Williams built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a running back from Forestville, MD wearing No. 2, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Xavier Williams' career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Kent State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Xavier Williams, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Kent State. Xavier Williams leans balanced backfield option traits and 26.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,714
- Rushing yards
- 1,568
- Receiving yards
- 146
- Touchdowns
- 13
Quick Answers
Xavier Williams quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kent State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,714
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Kent State
- Top game
- Miami (OH)
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · John Hay Campus · Kent State
- High school pipeline
- John Hay Campus · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2023 Scrimmage yards rank
- 138 scrimmage yards · RB 411th (top 59%) · Mid-American 103rd (top 45%) · National 1,278th (top 49%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Kent State | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2019 Postseason | Kent State | 11 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 46 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kent State | 11 | 479 | 374 | 105 | 5 | 46 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kent State | 4 | 216 | 216 | 0 | 3 | 47.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kent State | 13 | 852 | 812 | 40 | 3 | 66.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 10 | 138 | 137 | 1 | 1 | 20.7 |
Related Context
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Xavier Williams played RB for Kent State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Xavier Williams recorded 1,568 rushing yards, 146 receiving yards, and 11 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Kent State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Kent State paired 852 primary output with 63.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 26.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
Loss with 56 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Kent State
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
13.8
Efficiency
26.8
Usage
8.4
Consistency
16
Best Game by takeover score
Fresno State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UCF: 13. Arkansas: 3. Central Connecticut: 55. Fresno State: 56. Miami (OH): 9. Ohio: 0. Buffalo: 2. Akron: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Northern Illinois: 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. UCF: 7 by 19.3. Arkansas: 2 by 15.6. Central Connecticut: 13 by 44.1. Fresno State: 16 by 37.5. Miami (OH): 4 by 23.4. Buffalo: 1 by 20.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins55 · Games = 1 · +45.8 vs Losses
Losses9.2 · Games = 9 · -45.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Fresno State
Best efficiency game
44.1 vs Central Connecticut
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Northern Illinois | L 27-37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thu 11/9 | vs Bowling Green | L 19-49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wed 11/1 | @ Akron | L 27-31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Buffalo | L 6-24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Ohio | L 17-42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Miami (OH) | L 3-23 | 4 | 9 | 2.30 | 0 | — | — | 2.3 |
| Sun 9/24 | @ Fresno State | L 10-53 | 15 | 55 | 3.70 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Central Connecticut | W 38-10 | 13 | 55 | 4.20 | 0 | — | — | 4.2 |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Arkansas | L 6-28 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | — | — | 1.5 |
| Thu 8/31 | @ UCF | L 6-56 | 7 | 13 | 1.90 | 0 | — | — | 1.9 |
Player Story
Xavier Williams story
Xavier Williams built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a running back from Forestville, MD wearing No. 2, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Xavier Williams' career was his backfield work: 1,568 rushing yards, 283 carries, 11 rushing touchdowns, and 146 receiving yards across 39 career games in the available record. His career also includes 146 receiving yards, 11 tackles, and 340 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Xavier Williams' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kent State
2018-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2018201920192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Kent State | 10 | 34.7 | 4.6 | — |
| 2019 Postseason | Kent State | 498 | 44.8 | 13.3 | 488 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kent State | 498 | 44.8 | 13.3 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kent State | 216 | 76.4 | 9.4 | -282 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kent State | 852 | 63.1 | 15.1 | 636 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | -852 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 138 | 26.8 | 8.4 | 138 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Miami (OH)
Week 13 · W 48-47 · Conference game
Win with 184 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
84.2 takeover
184 scrimmage yards and 18.4 usage.
#2
@ Fresno State
Week 4 · L 10-53
56
Scrimmage Yards
79.2 takeover
Loss with 56 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
56 scrimmage yards and 35.6 usage.
#3
vs Akron
Week 12 · W 69-35 · Conference game
97
Scrimmage Yards
76.1 takeover
Win with 97 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
97 scrimmage yards and 13.3 usage.
#4
vs Buffalo
Week 12 · W 30-27 · Conference game
98
Scrimmage Yards
74.5 takeover
Win with 98 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
98 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.
#5
@ Toledo
Week 11 · L 33-35 · Conference game
91
Scrimmage Yards
73.1 takeover
Loss with 91 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
91 scrimmage yards and 20.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Kent State
852 primary output · 63.1 efficiency · 15.1 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · Kent State
47.5
216 primary · 76.4 efficiency · 9.4 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · Kent State
46
498 primary · 44.8 efficiency · 13.3 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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