Xavier Gaines

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

2021 Marshall 13 games, 42 catches, 483 yards, 3 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long	Rush
Sep 4	atNavy	W 49–⁠7	2	61	0	41	–
Sep 11	vs.North Carolina Central	W 44–⁠10	3	12	0	8	–
Sep 18	vs.East Carolina	L 38–⁠42	4	61	0	34	–
Sep 23	atApp State	L 30–⁠31	5	104	1	56	–
Oct 2	atMiddle Tennessee	L 28–⁠34	3	24	0	10	–
Oct 9	vs.Old Dominion	W 20–⁠13	2	18	0	12	9
Oct 15	atNorth Texas	W 49–⁠21	5	77	1	33	–
Oct 30	vs.Florida International	W 38–⁠0	5	40	0	20	–
Nov 6	atFlorida Atlantic	W 28–⁠13	3	14	0	7	–
Nov 13	vs.UAB	L 14–⁠21	2	9	0	5	–
Nov 20	atCharlotte	W 49–⁠28	4	27	1	22	–
Nov 27	vs.Western Kentucky	L 21–⁠53	3	29	0	22	–
Dec 18 ✦	vs.Louisiana	L 21–⁠36	1	7	0	7	–

2020 Marshall 10 games, 28 catches, 404 yards, 4 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long	Rush
Sep 5	vs.Eastern Kentucky	W 59–⁠0	3	49	1	22	9
Sep 19	vs.App State	W 17–⁠7	2	68	0	67	2
Oct 10	atWestern Kentucky	W 38–⁠14	1	10	0	10	5
Oct 17	atLouisiana Tech	W 35–⁠17	3	16	0	7	–
Oct 24	vs.Florida Atlantic	W 20–⁠9	3	22	0	12	–
Nov 7	vs.Massachusetts	W 51–⁠10	7	66	2	16	–
Nov 14	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 42–⁠14	3	57	0	33	–
Dec 5	vs.Rice	L 0–⁠20	3	40	0	22	–
Dec 18	vs.UAB	L 13–⁠22	1	70	1	70	22
Dec 25 ✦	vs.Buffalo	L 10–⁠17	2	6	0	7	2

2019 Marshall 13 games, 27 catches, 306 yards, 3 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long	Rush
Aug 31	vs.VMI	W 56–⁠17	2	14	1	10	10
Sep 6	atBoise State	L 7–⁠14	3	26	0	26	14
Sep 14	vs.Ohio	W 33–⁠31	3	53	1	43	52
Sep 28	vs.Cincinnati	L 14–⁠52	2	10	0	6	–
Oct 5	atMiddle Tennessee	L 13–⁠24	4	32	0	18	3
Oct 12	vs.Old Dominion	W 31–⁠17	3	48	0	28	–
Oct 18	atFlorida Atlantic	W 36–⁠31	3	12	0	8	1
Oct 26	vs.Western Kentucky	W 26–⁠23	1	7	0	7	5
Nov 2	atRice	W 20–⁠7	2	74	0	63	6
Nov 15	vs.Louisiana Tech	W 31–⁠10	–	–	–	–	18
Nov 23	atCharlotte	L 13–⁠24	–	–	–	–	20
Nov 30	vs.Florida International	W 30–⁠27	1	18	1	18	33
Dec 23 ✦	vs.UCF	L 25–⁠48	3	12	0	9	19

2018 Marshall 8 games, 13 catches, 213 yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long	Rush
Sep 1	atMiami (OH)	W 35–⁠28	1	33	0	33	–
Sep 8	vs.Eastern Kentucky	W 32–⁠16	3	60	0	39	–
Sep 22	vs.NC State	L 20–⁠37	2	8	0	6	–
Oct 13	atOld Dominion	W 42–⁠20	–	–	–	–	4
Nov 3	atSouthern Miss	L 24–⁠26	1	−2	0	0	–
Nov 17	vs.UTSA	W 23–⁠0	1	9	0	9	–
Dec 1	atVirginia Tech	L 20–⁠41	2	54	1	34	–
Dec 20 ✦	atSouth Florida	W 38–⁠20	3	51	0	27	–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.