Player Dossier

2019-2023

Tulsa

Xavier Lanier

DB • 6'2" • 192 lbs • Gordo, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Xavier Lanier shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

32

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

24

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

48

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · UAB

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
UAB • Tulsa
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Alabama A&M

Player Story

Xavier Lanier built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Gordo, AL wearing No. 7, spending time with Tulsa and UAB. The clearest part of Xavier Lanier's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.7903

Gordo · Gordo, AL

Committed To
UAB
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Xavier Lanier, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · UAB. Xavier Lanier shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
22
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Xavier Lanier quick answers

Latest team and position
Tulsa · DB
Career Tackles
22
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · UAB
Top game
Alabama A&M
Recruit profile
2-star · Gordo · UAB
High school pipeline
Gordo · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 7 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
15 tackles · DB 506th (top 53%) · American Athletic 261st (top 42%) · National 2,411th (top 41%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonUAB00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonUAB11-0--037
2021 Regular SeasonUAB44-0--036.6
2022 Regular SeasonUAB32-0--020
2023 Regular SeasonTulsa715-0-4034.3

Related Context

Xavier Lanier played DB for UAB and Tulsa. Across 5 tracked seasons, Xavier Lanier recorded 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Tulsa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

UAB paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 14.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UAB, Tulsa.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida

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

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2023 Regular Season · Tulsa

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

14.7

Usage

1.5

Consistency

9.5

Best Game by takeover score

Florida

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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

Florida

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Florida

Result
Sat 9/7@ Florida32000

Player Story

Xavier Lanier story

Xavier Lanier built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Gordo, AL wearing No. 7, spending time with Tulsa and UAB. The clearest part of Xavier Lanier's career was his defensive production: 22 tackles, 1 interception, and 4 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Xavier Lanier'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. 1

    UAB

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Tulsa

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonUAB0
2020 Regular SeasonUAB04.20.80
2021 Regular SeasonUAB04.20.70
2022 Regular SeasonUAB19.54.11
2023 Regular SeasonTulsa414.71.53

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Alabama A&M

Week 1 · W 59-0

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Charlotte

Week 10 · L 26-33 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

60.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Tulane

Week 11 · L 22-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

43.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.

#4

@ SMU

Week 9 · L 10-69 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

9.7 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.7 takeover score.

#5

vs North Texas

Week 12 · L 28-35 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

6.4 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · UAB

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

37

#2

2021 Regular Season · UAB

36.6

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Tulsa

34.3

4 primary · 14.7 efficiency · 1.5 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games