Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
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| 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 |
Xavier McIver is a defensive lineman at Southern Miss who has played in 1 of Southern Miss's 8 games this season, most recently Sep 12.
Southern Miss is 3-5.
Played for three head coaches across six seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 3 tackles against Auburn — Week 2, 2026.
3 tackles · 0 sacks
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Where to follow
Career stats
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| 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
Signature game
Teams and coaches
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 Miss3-5HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
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
Pass share
54.1%
369 pass / 313 run
Plays / game
85.2
8 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
316 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
3 tackles in 1 game
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Seven seasons, three schools
2026 is in progress.
- 2026 Southern Miss AndersonYear 7 · 1 game
- Jan 2026 Entered the transfer portalEast Carolina to Southern Miss
- 2025 East Carolina HarrellYear 6 · 1 game
- Jan 2025 Entered the transfer portalUT Martin to East Carolina
- 2024 UT MartinYear 5 · 1 game
- Dec 2023 Entered the transfer portalEast Carolina to UT Martin
- 2023 East Carolina HoustonYear 4 · 3 games
- 2022 East Carolina HoustonYear 3 · 1 game
- 2021 East Carolina HoustonYear 2 · 5 games
- 2020 East Carolina HoustonYear 1 · 4 games
- High school CherawCheraw, SC · Class of 2020Three-star, No. 1,514 in the 2020 class. Signed with East Carolina.
Moves
- Transferred from East Carolina to UT Martin, Dec 4, 2023.
- Transferred from UT Martin to East Carolina, Jan 5, 2025.
- Transferred from East Carolina to Southern Miss, Jan 17, 2026.
2020 4 games
- Signed with East CarolinaThree-star, out of Cheraw
2024
The snaps went the other way.
- Transferred to UT Martinfrom East Carolina
2025
- Transferred to East Carolinafrom UT Martin
2026
- Transferred to Southern Missfrom East Carolina
Coaching lineage · 2020–2026
3 coaches2020–2023
East Carolina
Played for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Houston, Blake Harrell and Blake Anderson.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to Southern Miss
2020–23East Carolina
2025East Carolina
2026Southern Miss