Xavier Smith
UTEP Miners
66
Depth

Xavier Smith

UTEP MinersRebuilding
SSDefenseDepth
Projected Starter

Is Xavier Smith starting?

Xavier Smith is the projected starter at SS for UTEP Miners.

Redshirt senior · #2 · 6'0", 195 lbs

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Depth at SS · UTEP Miners

  1. 1266Xavier SmithStarter
  2. 21253Donavan Howard

UTEP Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Langston Hughes, ranked #1,373 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 60 tackles, 1 INT, 4 PBU. That's 8% of the team's production at his spot and 85th-percentile production nationally — good for a 66 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,373 Natl2-Yr Total138 tacklesTeam Share8%Percentile85th
Atlanta, GA
Jersey
#2
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
195 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20256014
20247805

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8470
National Rank
#1373
High School
Langston Hughes
Hometown
Fairburn, GA

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated defense; 85th-percentile production (×0.75 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 66.

Team defense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 85% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.75)
Depth-chart adjustment
+4 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10LNEVTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 30-13

Oct 3LUNMTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 61-7

Sep 27LORSTTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 33-7

Sep 19LMICHTKL 11
TKL
11
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 52-17

Sep 13WTXSOTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 51-10

Sep 5LOUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 51-0

Xavier Smith's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

60 tkl · 4 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement89%
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