Xavier Williams
Sacramento State Hornets
54
Depth

Xavier Williams

Sacramento State HornetsRebuilding
DEDefenseDepth
Projected Starter

Is Xavier Williams starting?

Xavier Williams is the projected starter at DE for Sacramento State Hornets.

Redshirt senior · #45 · 6'2", 251 lbs

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Depth at DE · Sacramento State Hornets

  1. 14554Xavier WilliamsStarter
  2. 29050Austin Chambers
  3. 35244Isiah Chala

Sacramento State Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Lake Central, ranked #1,008 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 3 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 54 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,008 Natl2-Yr Total4 tackles · 0 sacksTeam Share4%
Gustine, CA
Jersey
#45
Class
RS SR
Height
6'2"
Weight
251 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025300
2023100

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
0.8672
National Rank
#1008
High School
Lake Central
Hometown
Saint John, IN

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated defense; 23th-percentile production (×0.76 for competition level) put them -8 vs unit starters → 54.

Team defense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 23% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.76)
Depth-chart adjustment
-8 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 10LBGSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-10

Sep 27LMASSTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 35-6

Sep 20LNDSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-10

Sep 13LFRESTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 49-3

Aug 29LEMUTKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-17

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

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Team Role

3 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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