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Player Dossier
2012-2015Baylor
Xavien Howard
CB • 6'2" • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Xavien Howard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a corner
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
66
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Baylor
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Baylor
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo
Player Story
Xavien Howard built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a cornerback from Houston, TX wearing No. 4, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Xavien Howard's career was his defensive production: 10...
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- Committed To
- Baylor
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2016
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 7
- Overall
- No. 38
- NFL Team
- Miami Dolphins
Xavien Howard, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Baylor. Xavien Howard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
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Xavien Howard Baylor Highlights
2015 · Baylor · Player Highlight
Xavien Howard college highlights at Baylor.
- Season
- 2015
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Xavien Howard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Baylor · CB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Baylor
- Top game
- Buffalo
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Wheatley · Baylor
- High school pipeline
- Wheatley · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2016 · Round 2 · Pick 7 · Miami Dolphins
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Class 2015
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Baylor | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.7 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Baylor | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 66.7 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Baylor | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
Related Context
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Xavien Howard is listed as a CB for Baylor. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Baylor paired 5 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: TCU
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · Baylor
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
TCU
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Game by game trend chart. Lamar: 1. Texas Tech: 1. Kansas: 1. Iowa State: 1. TCU: 1
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Wins1 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
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Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
TCU
Best efficiency game
20 vs TCU
Player Story
Xavien Howard story
Xavien Howard built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a cornerback from Houston, TX wearing No. 4, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Xavien Howard's career was his defensive production: 10 interceptions across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Xavien Howard's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Baylor
2012-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Baylor | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Baylor | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Baylor | 4 | 20 | — | 3 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Baylor | 5 | 20 | — | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Buffalo
Week 2 · W 70-13
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
vs Kansas State
Week 15 · W 38-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ West Virginia
Week 8 · L 27-41 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
vs Northwestern State
Week 2 · W 70-6
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
vs SMU
Week 1 · W 45-0
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Baylor
5 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2014 Regular Season · Baylor
66.7
4 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Baylor
46.7
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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