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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2022East Carolina
Xavier Smith
LB • 6'1" • 252 lbs • Raleigh, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Xavier Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
64
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
54
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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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: 2022 Regular Season · East Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 7
- Program Path
- East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Navy
Player Story
Xavier Smith built his college career from 2013 through 2022 as a linebacker from Raleigh, NC wearing No. 10, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Xavier Smith's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- East Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Xavier Smith, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · East Carolina. Xavier Smith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 106
- TFL
- 8
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Xavier Smith quick answers
- Latest team and position
- East Carolina · LB
- Career Tackles
- 106
- Tracked sample
- 7 unique seasons · 7 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · East Carolina
- Top game
- Navy
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Wakefield · East Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Wakefield · 11 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 47 tackles · LB 305th (top 25%) · American Athletic 53rd (top 12%) · National 658th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | East Carolina | 6 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2017 Regular Season | East Carolina | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 15.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | East Carolina | 12 | 45 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 51.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | East Carolina | 11 | 47 | 3.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 58.1 |
Related Context
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Xavier Smith played LB for East Carolina. Across 7 tracked seasons, Xavier Smith recorded 106 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
East Carolina paired 9.5 primary output with 26.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 26.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Navy
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · East Carolina
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
26.5
Usage
6.5
Consistency
51.5
Best Game by takeover score
Navy
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. NC State: 0. Old Dominion: 1. Campbell: 0. Navy: 3. South Florida: 0. Tulane: 2. Memphis: 1. UCF: 0.5. Cincinnati: 0. Houston: 1. Temple: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 1 by 4.2. Old Dominion: 3 by 22.5. Campbell: 5 by 20.8. Navy: 10 by 71.7. South Florida: 4 by 16.7. Tulane: 4 by 36.7. Memphis: 6 by 35. UCF: 4 by 21.7. Cincinnati: 4 by 16.7. Houston: 4 by 26.7. Temple: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 6 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Navy
Best efficiency game
71.7 vs Navy
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ Temple | W 49-46 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Houston | L 3-42 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Cincinnati | L 25-27 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs UCF | W 34-13 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs Memphis | W 47-45 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ TulaneSplash game | L 9-24 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ South Florida | W 48-28 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Navy10+ tackles · Splash game | L 20-23 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Campbell | W 49-10 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Old Dominion | W 39-21 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs NC State | L 20-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Xavier Smith story
Xavier Smith built his college career from 2013 through 2022 as a linebacker from Raleigh, NC wearing No. 10, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Xavier Smith's career was his defensive production: 106 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Xavier Smith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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East Carolina
2013-2022
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Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | East Carolina | 1 | 13 | 3.2 | 1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | East Carolina | 8 | 22.3 | 5.4 | 7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | East Carolina | 9.5 | 26.5 | 6.5 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Navy
Week 4 · L 20-23 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Marshall
Week 3 · W 42-38
2
Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
#3
vs South Carolina
Week 2 · L 17-20
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Havoc Plays
61.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Tulane
Week 5 · W 52-29 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
61.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Virginia Tech
Week 3 · L 17-64
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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.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · East Carolina
9.5 primary output · 26.5 efficiency · 6.5 usage
58.1
#2
2021 Regular Season · East Carolina
51.3
8 primary · 22.3 efficiency · 5.4 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · East Carolina
37
0 primary · 4.9 efficiency · 0.7 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
3
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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