Last confirmed: Massachusetts, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 215 lb · Hemet, CA · Orange Lutheran
Xavier Steele: LB · Massachusetts · #30.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Xavier Steele
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Xavier Steele has been at Massachusetts through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 11 tackles against Army — Week 11, 2019.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 2 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.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Massachusetts | 42 | 27 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | Massachusetts | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Massachusetts | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 49 | 31 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 20-45vs Southern Illinois | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-52@ Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 28-62vs Coastal Carolina | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-29vs Akron | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 0-44@ Florida International | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-69@ Louisiana Tech | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 35-56vs UConn | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-63vs Liberty | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-63@ Army | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 6-45@ Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-56vs BYU | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 42 | 27 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
42tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
7%3 pass breakups42 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Walt Bell
Pass share
47.9%
392 pass / 427 run
Plays / game
68.2
12 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
430 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Massachusetts, 49 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mark Whipple → Walt Bell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
