Xavier Rhodes in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: DMC511, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive back, Florida State, 2009–⁠12

Xavier Rhodes

Number
No. 27
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Miami, FL
Born
Jun 19, 1990, in Miami, Florida

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Xavier Rhodes played defensive back at Florida State (2009–⁠12). The Minnesota Vikings took Rhodes in the first round, No. 25 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2010
ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year
Drafted
No. 25
Overall, 2013 NFL Draft (Minnesota Vikings)

Honors

Team titles: ACC champions, 2012

All-America: Scout.com second team 2012; College Football News third team 2012

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2010Florida State4
2011Florida State1
2012Florida State3
Career8

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2010N14499583.52412––
201113367431.501401
201212271239203710
On file1122814072823––

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Florida State27DB
2010Florida State27DB
2011Florida State27DB
2012Florida State27DB6′2″

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.

Game by game

2012 Florida State 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 1vs.Murray StateW 69–⁠31
Sep 29atSouth FloridaW 30–⁠171
Dec 1vs.Georgia TechW 21–⁠151
2011 Florida State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 29vs.NC StateW 34–⁠01
2010 Florida State 4 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 18vs.BYUW 34–⁠101
Oct 28atNC StateL 24–⁠281
Nov 13vs.ClemsonW 16–⁠131
Dec 31 ✦vs.South CarolinaW 26–⁠171

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2013Combine or pro day 2013
Height6′1½″
Weight210 lb
Arm length33¾″
Hand size9″
Wingspan79⅛″W
40-yard dash4.43 s
10-yard split1.58 s
Vertical jump40½″
Broad jump11′0″
Bench press14 reps
3-cone drill7.29 s
20-yard shuttle4.65 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).

In the NFL

10 seasons, 134 games with a stat; latest team: Dallas Cowboys.

Pro Bowls: 3 (2016–⁠17, 2019) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2017

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2017; AP second team 2017; Pro Football Writers first team 2017; Sporting News first team 2017.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2013Minnesota Vikings134200
2014Minnesota Vikings164701
2015Minnesota Vikings165401
2016Minnesota Vikings145205
2017Minnesota Vikings165402
2018Minnesota Vikings144701
2019Minnesota Vikings146100
2020Indianapolis Colts163502
2021Indianapolis Colts133601
2022Buffalo Bills2300
NFL career134431013

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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