Xavier Williams is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Cincinnati.
Williams moves between deep coverage and the slot. The two seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Derek Mason and Scott Satterfield. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against TCU — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cincinnati | 34 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Middle Tennessee | 75 | 54 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Career | 109 | 70 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-20vs Nebraska | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-20vs Bowling Green | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-11vs UCF | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-17@ Oklahoma State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-20vs Baylor | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-45@ No. 24 Utah | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-30vs Arizona | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 23-45@ TCU | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Total | 34 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
34tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL34 tackles · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
47.8%
363 pass / 396 run
Plays / game
58.4
13 games
Team sack rate
1.9%
360 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #31 of 40 Big 12 Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Gus Malzahn, Derek Mason and Scott Satterfield.
