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Xavier Smith

Senior linebacker for East Carolina. 2022: 47 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · East Carolina · Sr. · #10

6′1″ · 252 lb · Raleigh, NC

CFB Index 46 · #306 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceEast Carolina 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1879 nationally · Signed with East Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for East Carolina. 2022: 47 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to East Carolina in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at East Carolina, 106 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2013

Signed with East Carolina3-star out of Wakefield

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1879 national

CFB

College

East Carolina

2016–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2022

2 coaches

2016–2017

Scottie Montgomery

East Carolina

2021–2022

Mike Houston

East Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scottie Montgomery → Mike Houston. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016East Carolina3-9HC: Scottie Montgomery · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2017East Carolina3-9HC: Scottie Montgomery · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021East Carolina7-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced, fast tempo

2022East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

46Rotational starter #306 of 548?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#517 / 2755 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles#625 / 2755 · 77th pct

QB hurries#511 / 2755 · 76th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

Tackles for loss#868 / 2755 · 66th pct

3.5

Solo tackles#1337 / 2755 · 50th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.7	0.4	0.1	0.1
Road4g	3.5	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.7	0.3	0.3	0.1
Weeks 8+4g	3.5	0.4	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Harrell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

46 · #306 of 548 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #306 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	East Carolina	47	16	3.5	2.0	2	--	--
2021	East Carolina	45	23	3.5	0.5	1	--	--
2017	East Carolina	7	1	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	East Carolina	7	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		106	44	8.0	2.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2022

W 34–13

vs UCF

4 TOT · 0 TFL

Dominant 21-point win at home against UCF.

With H. Ahlers — 311 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.3 · 6 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · C. Johnson — 11 rec · 140 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 20-21vs NC State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 39-21vs Old Dominion	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 49-10vs Campbell	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 20-23vs Navy	10	3	1.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 5	W 48-28@ South Florida	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 9-24@ Tulane	4	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 47-45vs Memphis	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 34-13vs UCF	4	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 25-27@ Cincinnati	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 3-42vs Houston	4	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 49-46@ Temple	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		47	16	3.5	2.0	—	2

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

Xavier Smith

2013

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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