Xavier Smith: LB · East Carolina · #12.
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Xavier Smith
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at East Carolina. On tape: 15 tackles against Navy, Week 7, 2020.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
60 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | East Carolina | 60 | 28 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 6 |
| 2019 | East Carolina | 81 | 40 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4 |
| 2018 | East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 142 | 69 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 10 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 28-51vs No. 13 UCF | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 29-49@ Georgia State | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-27vs Navy | 15 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 30-34@ Tulsa | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-38vs Tulane | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-55@ No. 7 Cincinnati | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-3@ Temple | 9 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-38vs SMU | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 60 | 28 | 5.0 | 1.5 | — | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
60tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%5 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
10%6 pass breakups60 tackles · 5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 8.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 6.8 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 10.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Houston
Pass share
45.1%
292 pass / 356 run
Plays / game
72.0
9 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
301 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2020
More tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at East Carolina, 142 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 23 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scottie Montgomery → Mike Houston. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
