Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 8-43@ Auburn | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Xavier McIver
Senior defensive lineman on Southern Miss's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 305 lb · Cheraw, SC · Cheraw HS
Transferred East Carolina → Southern Miss for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
3 tackles
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 3 tackles, at Auburn
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Southern Miss's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to East Carolina in 2020.
- Transferred from East Carolina to Southern Miss in 2026.
Xavier McIver
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Xavier McIver has played for three head coaches across six seasons and two programs. The receipt: 3 tackles against Auburn — Week 2, 2026.
3 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20204 games
- Signed with East Carolina3-star out of Cheraw
2024
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
2025
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2026
4 coaches2020
Southern Miss
Played under 4 different head coaches: Scotty Walden, Will Hall, Charles Huff, and Blake Anderson. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Southern Miss
2025East Carolina
2026Southern Miss
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2020East Carolina3-6HC: Mike Houston · Run-leaning
2021East Carolina7-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced, fast tempo
2022East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced
2023East Carolina2-10HC: Mike Houston · Balanced
2025East Carolina9-4HC: Blake Harrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2026Southern Miss1-1HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 3.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Southern Miss | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | East Carolina | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | East Carolina | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | East Carolina | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | East Carolina | 13 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | East Carolina | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 29 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
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
DNA match
Player DNA
Nose Anchor
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
IDL
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Cameron Young’s 2021 season.
87%match
NFL Rd 4
Matches Cameron on
Class year
Height
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Cameron Young's sophomore season at Mississippi State (2021).
88%match
NFL Rd 4
Matches Cameron on
Class year
Height
TFL rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Xavier McIver
Background
2025 (R-Sr.): Played in one game and registered six tackles in return to East Carolina…Posted a sack and1.5 tackles for loss against North Carolina State (8/28)…2024: Played in 13 games for UT Martin on the defensive line…Helped team to fourth consecutive conference title and an appearance in the...
The defensive line · Southern Miss
- #5JJ Hawkins5.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #16Jameer Lewis4.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #36Brodarius Lewis3 tackles for loss · 2025
- #7Isaiah Gibson Sr.1.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #52Xavier McIver1.5 tackles for loss · 2025
26 more on the roster · Southern Miss team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology