Xavier Atkins

HONORS AND AWARDS 2025 Second Team All-America (AFCA, Phil Steele, Walter Camp) 2025 First Team All-SEC (AP, Coaches, Phil Steele, PFSN) Chuck Bednarik Award Semifinalist Monday Morning QB Birmingham Club SEC Most Valuable Lineman SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 27) Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 28) 2025: Played and started in all 12 games at LB … First Team All-SEC (Coaches, AP, Phil Steele) and Monday Morning QB Birmingham Club SEC Most Valuable Lineman … led the team with 84 tackles, 17.0 TFL and 9.0 sacks on the season … his 17.0 TFL were the most in the SEC and the third most in Auburn’s single-season history dating back to 1981 … they are also the most in a season by an Auburn inside linebacker and the most by an underclass defender since 2007 … also ranked tied for third in the league in the regular season in tackles and sacks … led or tied for the team lead in tackles in seven of eight SEC games … added an interception, a pass breakup, a fumble recovery and two forced fumbles … kicked off his Auburn career with five tackles and a QBH at Baylor (8/29) … had five tackles, including 2.0 sacks and 4.0 TFL, vs. Ball State (9/6) … it marked his first game with a sack or TFL in his career … totaled two tackles with the first fumble recovery of his career vs. South Alabama (9/13) … had seven tackles at Oklahoma (9/20) … totaled a career-high 10 tackles and returned an interception 73 yards at Texas A&M (9/27) … also tallied 2.0 TFL, 1.0 sack and the first FF of his career at Texas A&M … totaled eight tackles and 1.0 TFL vs. Georgia (10/11) … had one PBU and two QBH against the Bulldogs … totaled 11 tackles with 2.0 sacks vs. Missouri (10/18) … recorded a career-high 13 tackles with 2.0 sacks, 4.0 TFL and a forced fumble at Arkansas (10/25) … became the first Auburn player with multiple sacks in back-to-back SEC games since Carl Lawson in 2016 and the first with multiple 4.0 TFL games since Stanley McGlover in 2005 … was named the SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week and Bronco Nagurski Award National Defensive Player of the Week for his performance … totaled eight tackles with a TFL vs. Kentucky (11/1) … totaled nine tackles with 0.5 sacks and 1.5 TFL at Vanderbilt (11/8) … recorded three tackles and one QBH vs. Mercer (11/22) … totaled three tackles with 1.5 sacks vs. Alabama (11/29) … registered at least 1.0 TFL in seven of the last eight games. Before Auburn: Played as a freshman at LSU in 2024, recording three tackles in seven games played … led Summer Creek High to 14-2 record and UIL Texas Class 6A Division II title game as a senior …. 102 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 2 interceptions and 3 forced fumbles for Coach Kenny Harrison … 2024 Mr. Texas Football finalist … played freshman through junior seasons at Jonesboro-Hodge (La.) High … 218 tackles, 28.0 tackles for loss and 8.0 sacks in 13 games as a sophomore … also a track and field letterman Personal: Birthday is September 12 … son of Latrica Atkins … has four siblings: Dewayne, Zion, Dakari and Malaysia … studying in the University College