Oklahoma State University Athletics
2022 Football Roster
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Xavier Ross
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Cedar Hill, TX
- High School:
- Cedar Hill
Pronounced ZAY-vure
2024 Academic All-Big 12
2023 First Team Academic All-Big 12
Career Highs
Tackles 3 at Tulsa 2024
TFL 2.0 vs. Central Arkansas, 2023
Sacks 1.0, 3x, last vs. Texas Tech, 2024
Passes Broken Up 1 at Colorado, 2024
A defensive line who played both inside and outside ... Played in 42 career games with four starts.
2024 (Super Senior): An Academic All-Big 12 selection for the second straight year ... Played in all 12 games as a regular part of th defensive line rotation ... Recorded 12 sacks with seven solo stops ... Had 2.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry ... Recorded one sack against Utah, one against Texas Tech and a half sack at Tulsa ... Registered a career-best three tackles in the win at Tulsa, had two against Utah and one in seven other contests ... Served as a game captain against West Virginia,
2023 (Senior): A first team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Played in all 14 games ... Credited with 11 total tackles, including seven solo stops ... Blocked an extra point in the second quarter of the win over Kansas ... Also blocked an earlier extra point up the middle but it didn’t stand due to an offsides penalty from the edge of the line ... Named OSU’s special teams MVP for his performance against KU ... Recorded his first career sack and a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss in the season opening win over Central Arkansas ... Also had a solo tackle for loss in the Bedlam win over Oklahoma and a half tackle for loss in the Big 12 Championship game against Texas ... Matched a season-high with two tackles against BYU ... Served as a game captain against Cincinnati.
2022 (Junior): Played in 10 games and earned the first four starts of his career in the final four games of the season ... Finished the year with 11 tackles, eight of which were solo stops ... Had two tackles for loss with one against UAPB and another in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl against Wisconsin ... Added a quarterback hurry in the game at Oklahoma.
2021 (Sophomore): Saw action in three games, playing against Kansas, West Virginia and Notre Dame ... Recorded a quarterback hurry against West Virginia and two more against Notre Dame.
2020 (Freshman): Saw late-game action in wins over Kansas and Baylor ... Recorded an assisted tackle at Kansas.
2019: Redshirted, but did see action against McNeese ... Did not record any statistics.
High School: Played for coach Carlos Lynn at Cedar Hill … Logged 27 tackles, including 20 solo stops during the 2018 season, according to MaxPreps … Recorded 11 tackles for loss, five sacks and four quarterback hurries during his senior campaign, per MaxPreps … Anchored a Cedar Hill defense that held opponents to seven points or less five times in 2018, including two shutout victories over Denton Guyer and Grand Prairie … Second-team Dallas Morning News All-Area Team, honorable mention Associated Press Sports Editors All-State team, and was District 7-6A-1 Defensive Player of the Year ... Appeared in the Texas UIL state playoffs on three occasions in his high school career … Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals … ESPN slotted him at No. 75 among defensive tackles in the national class and No. 157 overall in the state of Texas ... Chose Oklahoma State over reported interest from Baylor, Indiana, Purdue, Vanderbilt and others.
Personal: Son of Derrick and Xiomara Ross … Management major.
