Xavier Watts stats

Falcons

Safety · #31

Age 24 · 6' 0" · 203 lbs

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Xavier Watts recorded 53 tackles and 0.5 sacks in 8 games of 2026 for the Atlanta Falcons. Last game: .

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Totals

GP
8
TOT · 25th
53
SOLO · 30th
27
AST · 35th
26
SACK
0.5
INT
1
PD
2
FF · 6th
2

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2025ATL179659370.05110
2026ATL85327260.5122

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
25
TOT
149
SOLO
86
AST
63
SACK
0.5
INT
6
PD
13
FF
2

Per game

GP
8
TOT
6.6
SOLO
3.4
AST
3.3
SACK
0.1
INT
0.1
PD
0.3
FF
0.3

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2025ATL175.63.52.20.00.30.60.0
2026ATL86.63.43.30.10.10.30.3

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
25
TOT
6.0
SOLO
3.4
AST
2.5
SACK
0.0
INT
0.2
PD
0.5
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
24 yearsNov 22, 2001
Height
6' 0"
Weight
203 lbs
Experience
2 years
Birthplace
Omaha, NE
Draft
2025Rd 3, Pk 96
College
Notre Dame

Against other safeties

2026 regular season, 114 NFL safeties with 6+ games.

  • Sacks0.5

    Higher than 80% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

  • Tackles53

    Higher than 94% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

  • Forced Fumbles2

    Higher than 95% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

Latest performance

Xavier Watts

Nov 01 · @ TB · L 16-0

TOT
9
SOLO
3
AST
6
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

98% of his club's defensive snaps a game (543 in 8 games); 100% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1PIT67100%4
2CAR6395%2
3GB66100%8
4NO7196%1
5BAL76100%7
6CHI77100%6
7SF6395%9
8TB60100%5

NFL snap counts, every player

2025 NFL combine

SAF, 6'0", 204 lb · Notre Dame

He was measured but ran no drills. The 2025 combine

Games

All games

Next

vs CINSun, Nov 08

Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 01atTBL 16-09300
Sun, Oct 25vsSFW 29-207300
Sun, Oct 18vsCHIL 31-233100
Sun, Oct 11vsBALL 30-23 OT10500
Mon, Oct 05atNOW 45-24850.50
Thu, Sep 24atGBW 35-145301

What are Xavier Watts's career stats?

Xavier Watts has played 2 seasons for the Falcons. He has recorded 149 tackles, 0.5 sacks and 6 interceptions. His best season so far is 2025: 96 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 11 @ IND on Nov 9, 2025, L 31-25 OT
Xavier Watts's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.
20264
202511

What the columns mean: TOT

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2025.

Xavier Watts college stats

Xavier Watts played 4 seasons at Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2021 to 2024): 189 tackles, 1.5 sacks and 13 interceptions.

defensive

Xavier Watts's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2021Notre Dame Fighting Irish15114000000
2022Notre Dame Fighting Irish392415310000
2023Notre Dame Fighting Irish52302240.5171370
2024Notre Dame Fighting Irish83533090161361

scoring

Xavier Watts's college scoring by season
REC: Passes caught.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2023Notre Dame Fighting Irish000110006
2024Notre Dame Fighting Irish100110006

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Xavier Watts's college game log.

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