#94

Xzavier Mcleod

Junior defensive lineman on Georgia's 2026 roster.

DL · Georgia · Jr. · #94

6′4″ · 315 lb · Camden, SC · Camden HS

CFB Index 45 · #190 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Georgia for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 12 pm ETat ArkansasRazorback StadiumGeorgia by 24.5

How he plays

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.

QB hurries: 72nd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

17 tackles · 2 hurries

Best game: 2 tackles, vs Ole Miss

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 defensive lineman on Georgia's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to South Carolina in 2023.
Transferred from South Carolina to Georgia in 2024.
Player arrested after leaving team (Sep 3) Reported

His career, year by year

Xzavier Mcleod

DL · Georgia · Jr · #94

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Shane Beamer and Kirby Smart. The receipt: 3 tackles against Mississippi State — Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023South Carolina5-7HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

2024Georgia11-3HC: Kirby Smart · Pass-leaning

2025Georgia12-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

45Rotational starter #190 of 330?

Low confidenceAscending6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Tackles#2235 / 2975 · 24th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Solo tackles#2282 / 2975 · 21st pct

Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct

0.0

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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.4
Road6g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Smart

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

45 · #190 of 330 interior linemen

Former four-star. Now #190 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #34 of 60 SEC DLs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Georgia	17	8	0.0	2	--	--
2024	Georgia	13	6	2.0	2	--	--
2023	South Carolina	1	--	0.0	--	1	--
Career		31	14	2.0	4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 43–35

vs Ole Miss

2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 PD

Edged out Ole Miss at home in a shootout.

With G. Stockton — 289 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.9 · 59 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · D. Bell — 19 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 45-7vs Marshall	1	1	—	0
Wk 2	W 28-6vs Austin Peay	0	0	—	1
Wk 3	W 44-41@ Tennessee	1	1	—	0
Wk 7	W 20-10@ Auburn	3	2	—	0	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 8	W 43-35vs Ole Miss	2	1	—	1
Wk 10	W 24-20@ Florida	1	0	—	0
Wk 11	W 41-21@ Mississippi State	3	0	—	0
Wk 13	W 35-3vs Charlotte	1	1	—	0
Wk 14	W 16-9@ Georgia Tech	1	0	—	0
Wk 15	W 28-7@ Alabama	2	2	—	0
Bowl	L 34-39vs Ole Miss	2	0	—	0
Total		17	8	—	2

How he plays

Play style

The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

17Tackles

8Solo

0TFL

0Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

17 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.

Week 21 PD
Week 81 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Georgia

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Georgia

Returning around him

8 Georgia players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -7 net (9 in / 16 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Georgia · Last season: 12-2 (AP #2) · Talent rank #1 · 2026 recruiting class #6

DNA match

Player DNA

Nose Anchor

The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Logan Richter’s 2023 season.

Logan Richter

82%match

Minnesota · 2023

Anthony Britton

Virginia · 2025

81%

Xavier Miles

Charlotte · 2025

81%

D.K. Kalu

Baylor · 2025

78%

Deandre Jules

South Carolina · 2024

78%

Matches Logan on

Sack rate

Height

Weight

Differs from Logan on

Class year (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Phillips's junior season at Maryland (2024).

Jordan Phillips

79%match

Maryland · 2024

NFL Rd 5

Anthony Britton

Virginia · 2025

75%

Ravontae Holt

Akron · 2022

73%

Brendan Flakes

Northwestern · 2025

73%

Braden Marceau-Olayinka

Stanford · 2025

66%

Matches Jordan on

Class year

Weight

TFL rate

Differs from Jordan on

Hurry rate (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Xzavier Mcleod

Marquis Gracial

Missouri · 2024

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William Spencer

SMU · 2025

78%

D'Ante Robinson

Florida · 2024

72%

Background

CAREER HIGHS 3 tackles vs. Georgia Tech, 2024; Auburn, 2025; Mississippi State, 2025 1.5 TFL vs. Texas, 2024 1 interception vs. Furman, 2023 1 pass break-up vs. four teams (recent: Ole Miss, 2025) 2025: Played in 14 games during the season, making six starts...made 17 tackles, eight solo, six qua...

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The defensive line · Georgia

#90Elijah GriffinDL · So.2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#44Jordan HallDL · Sr.2 tackles for loss · 2025
#95Nnamdi OgbokoDL · Jr.1 tackle for loss · 2025
#94Xzavier McleodDL · Jr.0 tackles for loss · 2025
#81Josh HortonDT · Sr.0 tackles for loss · 2025

12 more on the roster · Georgia team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2023

20248 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Nose Anchor

Players who play like Xzavier Mcleod

Background

The defensive line · Georgia