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Safety, Louisiana Tech, 2013–16
Xavier Woods
- Number
- No. 7
- Height
- 5′11″
- Hometown
- West Monroe, LA
- Born
- Jul 26, 1995, in Monroe, Louisiana
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Xavier Woods played safety at Louisiana Tech (2013–16). The Dallas Cowboys took Woods in round 6, No. 191 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.
Career highs
12tackles, career highat Southern Miss, 20162sacks, career highat North Texas, 20162interceptions, career highvs. UTEP, 2014Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Louisiana Tech | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – |
| 2015 | Louisiana Tech | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| 2016 | Louisiana Tech | 89 | 60 | 6.5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Career | 89 | 60 | 6.5 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 1 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 10 of 14 | 27 | 10 | 37 |
| 2015 | 12 of 13 | 32 | 17 | 49 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | S | |
| 2014 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | S | |
| 2015 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | S | |
| 2016 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | S | 5′11″ |
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
2016 Louisiana Tech 14 games, 89 tackles, 3 sacks, 5 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Arkansas | L 20–21 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. South Carolina State | W 53–24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at Texas Tech | L 45–59 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Middle Tennessee | L 34–38 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs. UTEP | W 28–7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | vs. Western Kentucky | W 55–52 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | at Massachusetts | W 56–28 | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 22 | at Florida International | W 44–24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 29 | vs. Rice | W 61–16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nov 5 | at North Texas | W 45–24 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 12 | vs. UTSA | W 63–35 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | at Southern Miss | L 24–39 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 3 | atWestern Kentucky | L 44–58 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 23 ✦ | vs. Navy | W 48–45 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 Louisiana Tech 3 games, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. Southern | W 62–15 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Nov 21 | atUTEP | W 17–15 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Dec 19 ✦ | vs. Arkansas State | W 47–28 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
2014 Louisiana Tech 5 games, 6 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | at Louisiana | W 48–20 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Sep 20 | vs. Northwestern State | L 27–30 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Oct 4 | vs.UTEP | W 55–3 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| Nov 8 | at UAB | W 40–24 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. Illinois | W 35–18 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2017 East–West Shrine Game (East team, lost 3–10).
| Drill | Combine 2017 | Combine or pro day 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′11⅛″ | |
| Weight | 197 lb | |
| Arm length | 30⅜″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ | |
| Wingspan | 73⅞″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.54 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.55 s | |
| Vertical jump | 33½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′2″ | |
| Bench press | 19 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.72 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.13 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). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
10 seasons, 135 games with a stat; latest team: Chicago Bears.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 39 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 55 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | Dallas Cowboys | 15 | 76 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | Dallas Cowboys | 15 | 67 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Minnesota Vikings | 17 | 101 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | Carolina Panthers | 15 | 79 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Carolina Panthers | 14 | 53 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | Carolina Panthers | 17 | 114 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | Tennessee Titans | 10 | 39 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 (so far) | Chicago Bears | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 135 | 635 | 2 | 15 | |
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.
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