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Xavier Nwankpa

Iowa · Safety · 2022-25

TKL
163
INT
3
PD
4

Career totals · 4 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2022 to 2025, Nwankpa recorded 163 tackles and 3 tackles for loss. In 2022, 2023 and 2025, Nwankpa also had 3 interceptions.

In 17-0 that career earns a 68 overall, the 25th-highest safety rating at Iowa since 1990 and No. 55 among all safeties of the 2025-Present era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2025
    • Third-team all-conference

Season by Season

Xavier Nwankpa season-by-season statistics at Iowa
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
20224011
202342221
202441010
202576101
Total163343

Seasons with tracked stats at Iowa. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Iowa Teammates

  1. 88Kaden Wetjen2022-25WR
  2. 74Zach Lutmer2023-25S
  3. 70Ethan Hurkett2020-25EDGE
  4. 70Aaron Graves2022-25EDGE
  5. 70Karson Sharar2021-25LB
  6. 68TJ Hall2022-25CB
  7. 67Max Llewellyn2021-25EDGE
  8. 67Kamari Moulton2023-25RB
  9. 67Mark Gronowski2025QB
  10. 65Jaziun Patterson2022-25RB

Full Iowa all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2025-Present Era

  1. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  2. 90Ahmaad MosesSMU · 2022-25S
  3. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  4. 86Bishop FitzgeraldUSC · 2025S
  5. 83Michael TaaffeTexas · 2022-25S
  6. 83Jamel JohnsonTCU · 2023-25S
  7. 80Bray HubbardAlabama · 2023-25S
  8. 80Louis MooreIndiana · 2022-25S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia (Xavier Nwankpa) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.