Player
Xavier Woods
S · Titans
Xavier Woods: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
9 seasons, 4 teams, 633 career combined tackles — a quietly relentless free-safety arc.
TrendWoods by season
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | DAL | 14 | 39 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | DAL | 16 | 65 | 9 | 1 |
| 2019 | DAL | 15 | 76 | 5 | 2 |
| 2020 | DAL | 15 | 67 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | MIN | 17 | 101 | 10 | 2 |
| 2022 | CAR | 15 | 79 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023 | CAR | 14 | 53 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 | CAR | 17 | 114 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | TEN | 10 | 39 | 3 | 0 |
Woods is the textbook quiet starter: a 6th-round 2017 pick out of Louisiana Tech who's started a full slate every year since his rookie season. His tour: Cowboys (4 yrs), Vikings (1), Panthers (3), Titans (2025) — every stop a starting safety job.
The 633 career combined tackles and 50 PDs are the kind of numbers that only show up after years of dependable Sunday work.
Combined tackles per season
| Season | Tackles |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 39 |
| 2018 | 65 |
| 2019 | 76 |
| 2020 | 67 |
| 2021 | 101 |
| 2022 | 79 |
| 2023 | 53 |
| 2024 | 114 |
| 2025 | 39 |
114 combined tackles in 2024 — a career high in his age-29 season.
MilestoneWoods' 2024 in Carolina was the statistical peak: 67 solo + 47 assisted = 114 combined tackles in 17 games. That's the most by any Panthers safety in this database era.
It was paired with 6 PDs, 2 TFL, and zero forced fumbles — pure cleanup volume from a deep-half safety on a defense that gave up a lot of completions.
Vikings season (2021): 101 tackles, 10 PDs, 1 sack — the most complete year on his ledger.
SplitAcross 9 seasons, Woods' single-season triple of 100+ combined tackles, 10+ PDs, a sack, and 2 FFs has only happened once: Minnesota, 2021, 17 games.
It was a one-year contract that he turned into a 3-year, 3-team free-agent track, eventually landing in Carolina for the 2022-24 stretch and Tennessee in 2025. The Vikings year remains the apex.
Down to 39 tackles in 10 games in 2025 — first time in 8 years he's not on pace for a starter season.
AnomalyThrough Week 10 of 2025, Woods has 23 solo + 16 ast = 39 combined tackles in 10 games. That's a 3.9 per-game rate — well below his 5.2 career pace.
It's the first season since his rookie year where his per-game tackle rate is under 4. Two factors: he's playing more deep-half snaps in Tennessee's coverage shells, and at age 30 the volume work is no longer his to chase.
50 career PDs in 9 years — about par for a top-30 safety since 2017.
ComparisonWoods' 50 career PDs is a credible coverage line for a deep-half safety — averaging 5.6 PDs/season across 9 starting years. He's not a ball-hawk by INT volume, but the consistent PDs say he's where he needs to be: getting his hands on intermediate routes in front of him.
The combined-tackle leaderboard is where his durability shines — 633 in 9 years works out to 70.3 per season, and only 2 of those years were below 50. That's the resume of a 'never-miss' starter.
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