Xavier Woods

Former safety at Louisiana Tech. 2016: 5 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 89 tackles.

S · Louisiana Tech · #7

5′11″ · West Monroe, LA

Dallas — drafted 2017, Rd 6, Pick 7, #191 overall

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1364 nationally · Signed with Louisiana Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at Louisiana Tech. 2016: 5 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 89 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisiana Tech in 2013.
Drafted round 6 by the Dallas in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Louisiana Tech, 89 tackles — drafted at #191 overall by Dallas.

His career

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

2013

Signed with Louisiana Tech3-star out of West Monroe

2017

Drafted by Dallasround 6, pick 191

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1364 national

CFB

College

Louisiana Tech

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #191

Dallas · 2017

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Skip Holtz

Louisiana Tech

Played his entire career under Skip Holtz.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DallasEntering 10th NFL season

#191Rd 6 · Pick 7

DallasEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Skip Holtz — 27-14 over that span.

2014Louisiana Tech9-5HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2015Louisiana Tech9-4HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2016Louisiana Tech9-5HC: Skip Holtz · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

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

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#54 / 2668 · 98th pct

Interceptions#12 / 763 · 98th pct

Tackles#132 / 2668 · 95th pct

Passes defended#193 / 2668 · 91st pct

Sacks#306 / 2668 · 87th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#415 / 2668 · 83rd pct

6.5

QB hurries#640 / 2668 · 66th 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

2016 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	5.4	0.6	0.0	0.6
Road9g	6.9	0.4	0.3	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	7.2	0.4	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	0.5	0.3	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Cumbie

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Louisiana Tech	89	60	6.5	3.0	6	5	--
2015	Louisiana Tech	--	--	--	--	--	3	--
2014	Louisiana Tech	--	--	--	--	--	6	--
Career		89	60	6.5	3.0	6	14	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2016

W 55–52

vs Western Kentucky

9 TOT · 8 SOLO · 1 TFL

Edged out Western Kentucky at home in a shootout.

With R. Higgins — 454 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.8 · 31 rush yds (7 car) · C. Henderson — -1 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week