#18

Xavier Miles

Junior defensive lineman on Memphis's 2026 roster.

DL · Memphis · Jr. · #18

6′3″ · 315 lb · Orange, NJ · St. Peter's Prep

CFB Index 23 · #284 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceTransferred Charlotte → Memphis for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETvs UT MartinSimmons Bank Liberty Stadium

How he plays

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.

QB hurries: 55th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

17 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 4 tackles, at South Florida

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 defensive lineman on Memphis's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Syracuse in 2024.
Transferred from Charlotte to Memphis in 2026.

His career, year by year

Xavier Miles

DL · Memphis · Jr · #18

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Xavier Miles arrived at Memphis from Charlotte. One game to point at: 4 tackles against East Carolina — Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Charlotte1-11HC: Tim Albin · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

23Below cohort / limited sample #284 of 330?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles#2235 / 2975 · 24th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

Solo tackles#2397 / 2975 · 17th pct

Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct

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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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road5g	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

38.2%

66 pass / 107 run

Plays / game

57.7

3 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

77 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

23 · #284 of 330 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #284 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Charlotte	17	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		17	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	L 3-20vs North Carolina	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 17-28vs Rice	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 26-54@ South Florida	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 7	L 7-24@ Army	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 14-49vs Temple	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 20-54vs North Texas	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 22-48@ East Carolina	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 7-28vs UTSA	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 13	L 3-35@ Georgia	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 0-27@ Tulane	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		17	7	0.0	0.0	—	0

The defensive line · Memphis

#14J'Mond TappDL · Sr.12 tackles for loss · 2025
#11Jaden MckinneyDL · Sr.2 tackles for loss · 2025
#93Jabari IshmaelDL · Sr.2 tackles for loss · 2025
#56K.J. MilesDL · Sr.1.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#18Xavier MilesDL · Jr.0 tackles for loss · 2025

14 more on the roster · Memphis team page

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

Xavier Miles

2024

202510 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

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