Xavier Moss: DB · Army · #9.
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Xavier Moss
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Third year in the same secondary at Army. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Air Force — Week 10, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
53 tackles. 5 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 2.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-13@ Temple | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-14vs Rice | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 66-14@ UTEP | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-23@ Buffalo | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 62-7vs Lafayette | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 18-35vs North Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-13@ Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 12-31vs Air Force | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 6-44vs Notre Dame | 13 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 60-3vs Morgan State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 21-17vs Navy | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 38-31vs North Texas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 32 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
53tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFL53 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 5 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Jeff Monken — 14-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Monken
Pass share
13.2%
112 pass / 734 run
Plays / game
70.5
12 games
Team sack rate
7.8%
128 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Army, 53 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rich Ellerson → Jeff Monken. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
