Xavier Grimble
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, USC, 2010–⁠13

Xavier Grimble

Lettered 2011–⁠13 (school media guide)

Number
No. 86
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Las Vegas, NV
Born
Sep 22, 1992, in Las Vegas, Nevada

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Xavier Grimble played tight end at USC (2010–⁠13).

Career highs

6catches, career highat Colorado, 2013

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011USC151449.6436
2012USC2931610.9531
2013USC2527110.8230
Career6973110.61136

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010USC86TE
2011USC86TE
2012USC86TE
2013USC86TE6′5″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013USC230.58––13.44%

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.

Game by game

2013 USC 10 games, 25 catches, 271 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 29atHawai’iW 30–⁠1331808
Sep 7vs.Washington StateL 7–⁠101808
Sep 14vs.Boston CollegeW 35–⁠7223020
Sep 21vs.Utah StateW 17–⁠14239130
Sep 28atArizona StateL 41–⁠62239023
Nov 9atCaliforniaW 62–⁠28337026
Nov 16vs.StanfordW 20–⁠1721008
Nov 23atColoradoW 47–⁠29646011
Nov 30vs.UCLAL 14–⁠35228122
Dec 21 ✦vs.Fresno StateW 45–⁠20223018
2012 USC 13 games, 29 catches, 316 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 1vs.Hawai’iW 49–⁠10238031
Sep 8vs.SyracuseW 42–⁠29122122
Sep 15atStanfordL 14–⁠21119019
Sep 22vs.CaliforniaW 27–⁠9238026
Oct 4atUtahW 38–⁠28216011
Oct 13atWashingtonW 24–⁠14242124
Oct 20vs.ColoradoW 50–⁠632619
Oct 27atArizonaL 36–⁠39229117
Nov 3vs.OregonL 51–⁠6252309
Nov 10vs.Arizona StateW 38–⁠1752017
Nov 17atUCLAL 28–⁠38115015
Nov 24vs.Notre DameL 13–⁠221909
Dec 31 ✦vs.Georgia TechL 7–⁠21219016
2011 USC 9 games, 15 catches, 144 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 3vs.MinnesotaW 19–⁠171101
Sep 10vs.UtahW 23–⁠14566136
Sep 17vs.SyracuseW 38–⁠1721719
Sep 24atArizona StateL 22–⁠43––––
Oct 1vs.ArizonaW 48–⁠411717
Oct 22atNotre DameW 31–⁠1721206
Oct 29vs.StanfordL 48–⁠5621509
Nov 4atColoradoW 42–⁠171515
Nov 19atOregonW 38–⁠35121021

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height6′4¼″
Weight257 lb
Arm length33⅝″
Hand size10¼″
40-yard dash4.76 s
10-yard split1.70 sW
Vertical jump26½″
Broad jump9′5″
Bench press16 reps
3-cone drill7.41 s
20-yard shuttle4.79 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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