Former defensive end at Oklahoma State. 2024: 2.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 12 tackles.
6′4″ · 285 lb · Cedar Hill, TX
The story
Former defensive end at Oklahoma State. 2024: 2.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 12 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearXavier Ross
Bull-rushes through contact at the point of attack. Fifth year in the Oklahoma State defensive front, same address the whole way. The receipt: 1 tackles against Colorado — Week 14, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Oklahoma State, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Gundy.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Mike Gundy — 40-24 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (84th percentile). Concern: tackles (8th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eric Morris
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 7 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Oklahoma State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 34 | 20 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 39–31
vs Arkansas
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 39-31vs Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-10@ Tulsa | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 19-22vs Utah | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-38vs West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 35-38@ BYU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-38@ Baylor | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-42vs Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 48-56vs Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 0-52@ Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | 7 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Play style
Bull-rushes through contact, winning with size and length at the point of attack.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
12 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 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.
Player DNA
Bull-rushes through contact, winning with size and length at the point of attack.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Darrion Henry-Young’s 2023 season.
Matches Darrion on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Rylie Mills's graduate season at Notre Dame (2024).
Matches Rylie on
Player DNA