Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025UTEP
Xavier Smith
S • 6'0" • 195 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Xavier Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
71
High-end production for a safety
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Reliability
66
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
78
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UTEP
222425
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Colorado • UTEP
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kennesaw State
Player Story
Xavier Smith built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a safety from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 2, spending time with Colorado and UTEP. The clearest part of Xavier Smith's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Colorado
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Xavier Smith, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UTEP. Xavier Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 138
- TFL
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Xavier Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTEP · S
- Career Tackles
- 138
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · UTEP
- Top game
- Kennesaw State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Langston Hughes · Colorado
- High school pipeline
- Langston Hughes · 36 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 60 tackles · S 77th (top 14%) · Conference USA 36th (top 7%) · National 411th (top 7%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | UTEP | 12 | 78 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 38.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UTEP | 10 | 60 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 56.6 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Xavier Smith played S for Colorado and UTEP. Across 3 tracked seasons, Xavier Smith recorded 138 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with UTEP.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
UTEP paired 7.5 primary output with 32.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 32.5 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Colorado, UTEP.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kennesaw State
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · UTEP
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
32.5
Usage
6.6
Consistency
38.9
Best Game by takeover score
Kennesaw State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Utah State: 0. UT Martin: 1. Texas: 1. UL Monroe: 0. Louisiana Tech: 2.5. Liberty: 1. Sam Houston: 0. Kennesaw State: 2. Jacksonville State: 0. Missouri State: 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. Utah State: 9 by 37.5. UT Martin: 4 by 26.7. Texas: 6 by 35. UL Monroe: 5 by 20.8. Louisiana Tech: 8 by 58.3. Liberty: 6 by 35. Sam Houston: 3 by 12.5. Kennesaw State: 7 by 49.2. Jacksonville State: 8 by 33.3. Missouri State: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kennesaw State
Best efficiency game
58.3 vs Louisiana Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/15 | @ Missouri State | L 24-38 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Jacksonville State | L 27-30 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/29 | @ Kennesaw StateSplash game | L 20-33 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wed 10/15 | @ Sam Houston | W 35-17 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/9 | vs Liberty | L 8-19 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/28 | vs Louisiana TechSplash game | L 11-30 | 8 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sun 9/21 | vs UL Monroe | L 25-31 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Texas | L 10-27 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/7 | vs UT Martin | W 42-17 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Utah State | L 16-28 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Xavier Smith story
Xavier Smith built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a safety from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 2, spending time with Colorado and UTEP. The clearest part of Xavier Smith's career was his defensive production: 138 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 9 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with UTEP. 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 Smith's production has multiple signals. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Colorado and UTEP.
The arc is straightforward: Xavier Smith 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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- 1
Colorado
2022
Opening stop
- 2
UTEP
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202220242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | UTEP | 5.5 | 31.7 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UTEP | 7.5 | 32.5 | 6.6 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 89 Kennesaw State
Week 10 · L 20-33 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
76.4 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 77 Louisiana Tech
Week 5 · L 11-30 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#3
@ New Mexico State
Week 14 · W 42-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Kennesaw State
Week 11 · W 43-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
50 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 17 Texas
Week 3 · L 10-27 · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
48.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · UTEP
7.5 primary output · 32.5 efficiency · 6.6 usage
56.6
#2
2024 Regular Season · UTEP
38.2
5.5 primary · 31.7 efficiency · 4.4 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Colorado
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
4
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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