Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Illinois
Xavier Scott
DB • 5'11" • 190 lbs • Riviera Beach, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Xavier Scott shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
54
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Player Story
Xavier Scott built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Riviera Beach, FL wearing No. 14, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Xavier Scott's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Xavier Scott, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Illinois. Xavier Scott shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 121
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 19
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Xavier Scott quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DB
- Career Tackles
- 121
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Kansas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Dwyer · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Dwyer · 49 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 14 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 6 tackles · DB 696th (top 72%) · Big Ten 447th (top 58%) · National 3,543rd (top 58%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 3 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 57 | - | 0 | - | 11 | 0 | 57.6 |
| 2024 Postseason | Illinois | 12 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 55.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 44 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | 2 | 55.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 3 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 22.2 |
Related Context
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Xavier Scott played DB for Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Xavier Scott recorded 121 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Illinois paired 13 primary output with 30.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
20
Usage
3.7
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Western Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Illinois: 0. Duke: 0. Western Michigan: 3.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Duke: 2 by 8.3. Western Michigan: 3 by 47.5
Split Comparison
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First Half0 · Games = 2 · -3.5 vs Second Half
Second Half3.5 · Games = 1 · +3.5 vs First Half
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Western Michigan
Best efficiency game
47.5 vs Western Michigan
Player Story
Xavier Scott story
Xavier Scott built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Riviera Beach, FL wearing No. 14, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Xavier Scott's career was his defensive production: 121 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 6 interceptions across 30 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Illinois. 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 Scott's production has multiple signals. With 30 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Xavier Scott 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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Illinois
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 12.5 | 2.2 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 13 | 30.6 | 4.4 | 13 |
| 2024 Postseason | Illinois | 13 | 27.9 | 7.3 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 13 | 27.9 | 7.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 3.5 | 20 | 3.7 | -9.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kansas
Week 2 · W 23-17
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
91.1 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 78 Western Michigan
Week 3 · W 38-0
3.5
Havoc Plays
71.9 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Nebraska
Week 4 · W 31-24 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
66.9 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 66.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Wisconsin
Week 8 · L 21-25 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
60.5 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 60.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Indiana
Week 11 · W 48-45 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
58.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Illinois
13 primary output · 30.6 efficiency · 4.4 usage
57.6
#2
2024 Postseason · Illinois
55.2
13 primary · 27.9 efficiency · 7.3 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Illinois
55.2
13 primary · 27.9 efficiency · 7.3 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
8
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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