Xzavier Mcleod is a defensive lineman at Georgia who has not played in Georgia's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Georgia lists 17 defensive linemen this season.
Georgia is 7-1, No. 2 in the AP poll (week 10). Next: at Ole Miss, Sat Nov 7.
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Shane Beamer and Kirby Smart. A game that shows it: 3 tackles against Mississippi State — Week 11, 2025.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 2 passes 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 | Georgia | 17 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Georgia | 13 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | South Carolina | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 31 | 14 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-7vs Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-6vs Austin Peay | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-41@ No. 15 Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-10@ Auburn | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 43-35vs No. 5 Ole Miss | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-20vs Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 41-21@ Mississippi State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-3vs Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 16-9vs No. 23 Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 28-7vs No. 10 Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 34-39vs No. 6 Ole Miss | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Week 8 · 2025
W 43-35
vs Ole Miss
2 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 1 solo tackle
Edged out Ole Miss at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
0%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
12%2 hurries17 tackles.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 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
Head Coach
Kirby Smart
Pass share
42.5%
417 pass / 565 run
Plays / game
70.1
14 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
414 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #190 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #34 of 60 SEC DLs
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%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Shane Beamer and Kirby Smart.
