Xavier Woods is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Woods in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Woods's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Xavier Woods

Top 18% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2024

Height5'11"

Weight200 lb

BornJul 26, 1995

Age

Career Value · VORP

125 career value over replacement — #848 all-time of 4,695. 13.9/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #191 (Rd 6) · DAL · 2017 · +41.7 vs expected KV-H

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23.3 expected · Δ+41.7

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2017	22	DAL	16	—	37	28	9	1	4	0.0	5.0	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	549	52.2%	202	47.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	23	DAL	14	—	55	38	17	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	9	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	882	99.4%	58	16.5%	40	24	0.6	79.0	8.0	0	0	0	0	6	0.1
2019	24	DAL	15	—	74	50	24	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	5	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	978	97.3%	115	27.6%	33	24	0.7	79.1	6.4	0	0	0	0	8	0.1
2020	25	DAL	15	—	67	43	24	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	990	96.4%	30	7.1%	29	23	0.8	137.1	9.5	2	1	1	12	6	0.1
2021	26	MIN	17	—	100	64	36	1	1	1.0	3.0	3	10	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,208	100.0%	115	23.5%	50	30	0.6	110.4	13.7	1	0	0	8	7	0.1
2022	27	CAR	15	—	79	46	33	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	6	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,000	96.4%	30	7.2%	55	33	0.6	92.4	11.3	2	1	1	20	6	0.1
2023	28	CAR	14	—	53	31	22	4	0	0.0	4.0	2	7	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	796	91.4%	14	3.8%	41	26	0.6	65.4	8.5	0	0	0	2	7	0.1
2024	29	CAR	17	—	114	67	47	2	0	0.0	2.0	3	6	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,218	100.0%	—	0.0%	51	35	0.7	102.2	9.8	1	1	0	5	10	0.1
2025	30	TEN	11	—	39	23	16	0	0	1.0	1.0	2	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	526	73.2%	4	1.3%	32	23	0.7	82.4	9.1	1	0	0	6	9	0.2
2026	31	CHI	4	—	12	5	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	116	63.5%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	138	—	630	395	235	11	7	2.0	20.0	15	50	5	5	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	331	218	—	—	—	7	3	2	53	59	—

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A top 20% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 125 · #848 · High-Value

Worth 125 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 19% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 9 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+13.9

Avg surplus

peak +25

9 seasons × ~13.9 surplus ≈ VORP 125