Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2021Massachusetts
Xavier Gonsalves
DL • 6'3" • 265 lbs • Mashpee, MA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Xavier Gonsalves shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
34
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
17
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
48
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Massachusetts
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Massachusetts
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Player Story
Xavier Gonsalves built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Mashpee, MA wearing No. 53, spending time with Massachusetts. The clearest part of Xavier Gonsalves' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Massachusetts
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Xavier Gonsalves, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Massachusetts. Xavier Gonsalves shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 9
- TFL
- 1.5
- Sacks
- 1
Quick Answers
Xavier Gonsalves quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Massachusetts · DL
- Career Tackles
- 9
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Massachusetts
- Top game
- Pittsburgh
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Mashpee · Massachusetts
- High school pipeline
- Mashpee · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 53 · Sophomore
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 7 tackles · DL 617th (top 66%) · FBS Independents 174th (top 54%) · National 3,114th (top 52%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 5 | 7 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 42.7 |
Related Context
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Xavier Gonsalves played DL for Massachusetts. Across 3 tracked seasons, Xavier Gonsalves recorded 9 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Massachusetts.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Massachusetts paired 2.5 primary output with 10.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 10.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Massachusetts
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
10.8
Usage
5.6
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 2. Boston College: 0. Toledo: 0.5. Liberty: 0. Maine: 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. Pittsburgh: 2 by 28.3. Boston College: 1 by 4.2. Toledo: 2 by 13.3. Liberty: 1 by 4.2. Maine: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.8 · Games = 3 · +0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · -0.8 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Pittsburgh
Player Story
Xavier Gonsalves story
Xavier Gonsalves built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Mashpee, MA wearing No. 53, spending time with Massachusetts. The clearest part of Xavier Gonsalves' career was his defensive production: 9 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 6 career games in the available record. That gives Xavier Gonsalves' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Massachusetts
2019-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 0 | 8.3 | 1 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 2.5 | 10.8 | 5.6 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Pittsburgh
Week 1 · L 7-51
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Toledo
Week 5 · L 7-45
0.5
Havoc Plays
24.4 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 24.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Army
Week 11 · L 7-63 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
5.5 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Liberty
Week 9 · L 17-62 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Maine
Week 11 · L 10-35
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Massachusetts
2.5 primary output · 10.8 efficiency · 5.6 usage
42.7
#2
2019 Regular Season · Massachusetts
38.9
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Massachusetts
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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