Player Dossier

2018-2020

East Carolina

Xavier Smith

LB • 6'0" • 246 lbs • Stafford, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Xavier Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

11

Efficiency

45.3

Consistency

33.8

Season Value

26.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · East Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
East Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Xavier Smith, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · East Carolina. Xavier Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.3 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

East Carolina paired 0 primary output with 1.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 45.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2020 Regular Season · East Carolina

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

1.6

Efficiency

45.3

Usage

11

Consistency

33.8

Best Game by takeover score

SMU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UCF: 1. Georgia State: 1. Navy: 0. Tulsa: 5. Tulane: 0. Cincinnati: 0.5. Temple: 3. SMU: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCF: 8 by 43.3. Georgia State: 8 by 43.3. Navy: 15 by 50. Tulsa: 5 by 70.8. Tulane: 4 by 16.7. Cincinnati: 5 by 25.8. Temple: 9 by 67.5. SMU: 6 by 45

Split Comparison

Wins2.5 · n=2 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · n=6 · -1.3 vs Wins
First Half1.8 · n=4 · +0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half1.4 · n=4 · -0.4 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulsa

Best efficiency game

70.8 vs Tulsa

Result
Sat 11/28vs SMUW 52-3863110
Sat 11/21@ TempleSplash gameW 28-395201
Sat 11/14@ CincinnatiL 17-55530.5000
Sat 11/7vs TulaneL 21-3842000
Sat 10/31@ TulsaL 30-34531.500.503
Sat 10/17vs Navy10+ tacklesL 23-27153000
Sat 10/3@ Georgia StateL 29-4986001
Sat 9/26vs UCFL 28-5183001

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    East Carolina

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

Season Progression

201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonEast Carolina01.40.2
2019 Regular SeasonEast Carolina6.533.66.16.5
2020 Regular SeasonEast Carolina12.545.3116

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Tulsa

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Primary metric

5 disruption/tackle impact with 62.4 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

2

Primary metric

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.9 takeover score.

#3

Temple

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 48.8 takeover score.

#4

UCF

1.5

Primary metric

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 38.9 takeover score.

#5

UConn

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2018 Regular Season · East Carolina

0 primary output · 1.4 efficiency · 0.2 usage

33.9

#2

2020 Regular Season · East Carolina

26.3

12.5 primary · 45.3 efficiency · 11 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · East Carolina

15.3

6.5 primary · 33.6 efficiency · 6.1 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8204

Brooke Point · Stafford, VA

Committed To
East Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

142

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 23 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Xavier Smith quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
142