#15

Xavier McKinney

Former defensive back at Alabama. 2019: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 95 tackles.

DB · Alabama · Jr. · #15

6′1″ · 200 lb · Roswell, GA

New York — drafted 2020, Rd 2, Pick 4, #36 overall

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 58 nationally · Signed with Alabama

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Alabama. 2019: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 95 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Alabama in 2017.
Drafted round 2 by the New York in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Alabama, 177 tackles — drafted at #36 overall by New York.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20175 games

Signed with Alabama4-star out of Roswell

2020

Drafted by New Yorkround 2, pick 36

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#58 national

CFB

College

Alabama

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #36

New York · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

1 coach

2017–2019

Nick Saban

Alabama

Played his entire career under Nick Saban.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 7th NFL season

#36Rd 2 · Pick 4

New YorkEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Nick Saban — 38-4 over that span.

2017Alabama13-1HC: Nick Saban · Run-heavy

2018Alabama14-1HC: Nick Saban · Run-leaning

2019Alabama11-2HC: Nick Saban · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (98th percentile). Strength: tackles (97th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#53 / 2688 · 98th pct

Tackles#88 / 2688 · 97th pct

QB hurries#115 / 2688 · 94th pct

Interceptions#50 / 779 · 88th pct

Passes defended#271 / 2688 · 88th pct

Sacks#322 / 2688 · 86th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#551 / 2688 · 78th pct

5.5

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home9g	7.4	0.5	0.3	0.1
Road4g	7.0	0.2	0.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	8.1	0.3	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	6.3	0.6	0.3	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalen DeBoer

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Alabama	95	59	5.5	3.0	5	3	--
2018	Alabama	74	45	6.0	3.0	10	2	--
2017	Alabama	8	5	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		177	109	13.0	6.0	15	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2019

W 35–16

vs Michigan

1 SACKS · 1 TFL · 1 QB HUR

With M. Bernier — 42 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 52 LONG · M. Jones — 327 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week