Xavier Marion: DB · Southern Miss · #1.
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Xavier Marion
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Arrived as a two-star recruit; two seasons of production at Southern Miss since. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against UAB — Week 11, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Southern Miss | 29 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2017 | Southern Miss | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 36 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-7vs Jackson State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-21vs UL Monroe | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 40-22vs Rice | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-24@ No. 10 Auburn | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-30@ North Texas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-20@ Charlotte | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 26-24vs Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-26@ UAB | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 29 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
29tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL29 tackles · 1 pass breakup.
2 seasons under Jay Hopson, all balanced offenses — 14-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jay Hopson
Pass share
49.5%
391 pass / 399 run
Plays / game
71.8
11 games
Team sack rate
7.8%
424 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Southern Miss, 36 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Todd Monken → Jay Hopson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
