Xander Yarberough: DL · New Mexico State · #88.
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Xander Yarberough
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Rated a two-star prospect, with three seasons of snaps at New Mexico State since. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Washington State — Week 1, 2019.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | New Mexico State | 26 | 10 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
| 2018 | New Mexico State | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | New Mexico State | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 26 | 10 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-58@ No. 23 Washington State | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 10-62@ No. 2 Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-31vs San Diego State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 52-55@ New Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-30vs Fresno State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-20vs Liberty | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 28-42@ Central Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-41@ Georgia Southern | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-41@ Ole Miss | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-28vs Incarnate Word | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 44-35vs UTEP | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 28-49@ Liberty | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 10 | 4.5 | 3.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
17%4 TFLSack rate
12%3 sacksHurry rate
15%4 hurries26 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 3 sacks.
3 seasons under Doug Martin — 12-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Doug Martin
Pass share
53.7%
446 pass / 384 run
Plays / game
69.2
12 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
484 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at New Mexico State, 3 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Doug Martin.
