Xavion Alford Season 2025

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ASU DB @100YardLandLord opens up on:

- His journey
- Staying positive
- Belief in ASU's culture
- Texas-to-Tempe

& more...

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— Brad Denny (@BDenny29) December 19, 2023

• Xavion Alford has dubbed himself the @100YardLandlord across his social media platforms and has made sure to become eponymous with the title this season as ASU’s last line of defense in the secondary. 
• Playing the 4th-most snaps in coverage in the Big 12 this season (354), Alford has allowed just seven receptions, the 2nd-fewest among Big 12 players (min. 250 coverage snaps) and 7th-fewest in the FBS. 
• Opponents have chosen to throw his way on just 4.20percent of coverage snaps, the 4th-lowest total among all FBS players. His 14 targets on the year are 8th-lowest in the FBS.
• He has allowed just 76 yards in coverage this season - 8th-lowest among all FBS players and second in the Big 12.
• He has allowed just 0.21 yards per coverage snap this season, lowest in the Big 12 and 4th in the FBS.
• Alford has forced an incompletion 35.7 percent of the time when targeted, the best tally among all FBS players. 
• Alford is the nation’s 27th-highest graded safety on overall defense (80.5) and 21st-highest graded safety in coverage (85.8)
• ASU’s last line of defense, Alford has been sure-handed as well with the nation’s 37th-best tackling grade among all players (86.6), tops in the Big 12 and 13th among FBS safeties.  
• He has been credited with just four missed tackles this year, tied for 16th-fewest among FBS safeties (min. 400 snaps) with a 6.8 missed tackle percentage that is 13th among FBS safeties. Alford is second on the Sun Devils with 65 tackles.

• Was forced to sit out the season due to NCAA's two-time transfer rules - which were inevitably lifted later in the '23-24 athletics campaign
• Proved to be an invaluable resource on ASU's scout team as a result, giving the Sun Devils a proven D1 talent to practice against on offense

• Missed the 2022 season to injuries 
• Transferred to USC from Texas in the spring of 2021 and saw significant playing time at strong safety and on special teams as a redshirt freshman in 2021… Overall in 2021 while appearing in 11 games (all but California) and starting twice (UCLA and BYU), he made 31 tackles, a team-best 3 interceptions and 3 deflections and earned USC’s 2021 Co-Defensive Perimeter Player of the Year Award
• Appeared in 4 games (UTEP, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Kansas State) as a first-year freshman reserve safety at Texas in 2020, recording 4 tackles
• An All-America and all-state honoree … selected to participate in the 2020 All-American Bowl … injured in the first game of 2019 and missed the remainder of his senior season
• Selected for the Class Act award by a local television station
• Ranked No. 137 nationally overall, No. 9 at safety and No. 14 overall in Texas by Rivals … No. 145 nationally, No. 9 at safety, and No. 21 overall in Texas according to 247Sports … rated No. 202 on the ESPN300, No. 9 at safety and No. 32 overall in Texas by ESPN … listed at No. 19 on the Austin American-Statesman’s Fab 55 … ranked No. 5 in the Houston Top 100 by the Houston Chronicle
• Named first-team 2019 Super Team and to the Texas Top 300 by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football … named to the Touchdown Club of Houston’s 2019 UIL High School Preseason Team … earned first-team 5A All-State honors from the Texas Sports Writers Association and honorable mention from the Associated Press in 2018 … tabbed first-team All-District 10-5A Division 1
• played in all 16 games as a junior, recording 70 tackles (58 solo), six interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown, and 21 passes defended as a junior … also returned two kickoffs … part of a defense that allowed just 16.1 points per game, including two shutouts … posted at least four tackles in 10 games and at least six tackles five times … returned an interception 45 yards for a touchdown against Texas City
• Helped Shadow Creek to a 15-1 overall record, a 7-0 district mark and title, and an appearance in the 5A Division 1 state title game in 2018 – the same season Shadow Creek debuted a varsity football squad
• Also played basketball in high school