Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025James Madison
Xavier Holmes
DL • 6'3" • 238 lbs • Clarksburg, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Xavier Holmes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · James Madison
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- James Madison
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Troy
Player Story
Xavier Holmes built his college career in 2025 as a defensive lineman from Clarksburg, MD wearing No. 9, spending time with James Madison. The clearest part of Xavier Holmes' career was his defensive production: 31...
Read the storyXavier Holmes, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · James Madison. Xavier Holmes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 31
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 5.5
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Xavier Holmes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- James Madison · DL
- Career Tackles
- 31
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · James Madison
- Top game
- Troy
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 31 tackles · DL 152nd (top 15%) · Sun Belt 163rd (top 26%) · National 1,365th (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | James Madison | 13 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 59.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | James Madison | 13 | 30 | 7 | 5.5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 59.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Unlisted to James Madison | Unlisted to G5/FCS | 12.2 | Dec 23, 2024 |
Xavier Holmes played DL for James Madison. Across 1 tracked season, Xavier Holmes recorded 31 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with James Madison.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
James Madison paired 23.5 primary output with 28 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 28 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Troy
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · James Madison
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.8
Efficiency
28
Usage
8.7
Consistency
38.8
Best Game by takeover score
Troy
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oregon: 0. Weber State: 0. Louisville: 0. Liberty: 1. Georgia State: 3. Louisiana: 1. Old Dominion: 1. Texas State: 1. Marshall: 2. App State: 4. Washington State: 3. Coastal Carolina: 2.5. Troy: 5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oregon: 1 by 4.2. Weber State: 1 by 4.2. Louisville: 2 by 8.3. Liberty: 5 by 30.8. Georgia State: 3 by 42.5. Louisiana: 1 by 14.2. Old Dominion: 1 by 14.2. Texas State: 4 by 26.7. Marshall: 4 by 36.7. App State: 2 by 48.3. Washington State: 2 by 38.3. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 33.3. Troy: 3 by 62.5
Split Comparison
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Wins2.1 · Games = 11 · +2.1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -2.1 vs Wins
Game Log
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13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Troy
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Troy
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/21 | @ Oregon | L 34-51 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/6 | vs Troy2+ sacks · Splash game | W 31-14 | 3 | 2 | — | 2.50 | 2.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Coastal CarolinaSplash game | W 59-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Washington StateSplash game | W 24-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs App StateSplash game | W 58-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ MarshallSplash game | W 35-23 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wed 10/29 | @ Texas State | W 52-20 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Old Dominion | W 63-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Louisiana | W 24-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Georgia StateSplash game | W 14-7 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Liberty | W 31-13 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 9/5 | @ Louisville | L 14-28 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Weber State | W 45-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Xavier Holmes story
Xavier Holmes built his college career in 2025 as a defensive lineman from Clarksburg, MD wearing No. 9, spending time with James Madison. The clearest part of Xavier Holmes' career was his defensive production: 31 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with James Madison. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Xavier Holmes' production has multiple signals. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across James Madison.
The arc is straightforward: Xavier Holmes moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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James Madison
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | James Madison | 23.5 | 28 | 8.7 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | James Madison | 23.5 | 28 | 8.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 87 Troy
Week 15 · W 31-14 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 111 App State
Week 12 · W 58-10 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 133 Georgia State
Week 6 · W 14-7 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 61 Washington State
Week 13 · W 24-20
3
Havoc Plays
61.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 121 Coastal Carolina
Week 14 · W 59-10 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
61.1 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · James Madison
23.5 primary output · 28 efficiency · 8.7 usage
59.9
#2
2025 Regular Season · James Madison
59.9
23.5 primary · 28 efficiency · 8.7 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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