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Xavier Scott

Illinois · Safety · 2022-25

TKL
121
INT
6
PD
19

Career totals · 4 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

Scott was a first-team all-conference pick in 2024.

From 2022 to 2025, Scott recorded 121 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss. From 2023 to 2024, Scott also had 6 interceptions.

In 17-0 that career earns a 72 overall, the 4th-highest safety rating at Illinois since 1990 and No. 68 among all safeties of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2024
    • First-team all-conference

Season by Season

Xavier Scott season-by-season statistics at Illinois
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
20229000
2023570112
202449264
202561.520
Total1213.5196

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

Illinois Teammates

  1. 86Devon Witherspoon2019-22CB
  2. 86Jer'Zhan Newton2020-23EDGE
  3. 83Sydney Brown2018-22S
  4. 77Quan Martin2018-22S
  5. 77Pat Bryant2021-24WR
  6. 75Gabe Jacas2022-25LB
  7. 74Isaiah Williams2019-23WR
  8. 74Jake Hansen2016-21LB
  9. 74Chase Brown2019-22RB
  10. 72Kendall Smith2017-22S

Full Illinois all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 91Xavier WattsNotre Dame · 2021-24S
  2. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  3. 90Chris Smith IIGeorgia · 2018-22S
  4. 90Dillon ThienemanPurdue · 2023-24S
  5. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  6. 88Jason Taylor IIOklahoma State · 2019-22S
  7. 88Verone McKinley IIIOregon · 2018-21S
  8. 88Kyle HamiltonNotre Dame · 2019-21S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia (Xavier Scott) 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.