Xavier Watts

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Atlanta Falcons

UNDERPAIDTier 2Round 3, pick 96 in 2025

Updated November 10, 2026

84.0

Model Score

Down from 86.7 last year

Trade value ·a late 2nd

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Recruited

Class of 2020 · Receiver · High school: Omaha Burke, Omaha, NE

Recruiting sites

★★★★★

No. 384 in the nation. Composite 0.8926, the recruiting sites' average

Offers

Partial list

None on record beyond his commitment

Committed to

Notre Dame

Partial offer list. Offer lists for the 2020 class are partial everywhere we can read them: we hold 3 or more offers for 50 of 4,413 recruits, and we grade only those boards.

College: Notre Dame 2020-24

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Our College Grade

93.0 MODEL

2022

58.0

2023

73.9

2024

84.5

Ranked #234 among SBroke out at 21.0

How good he was in college at what his position is supposed to do, out of 100. Scored against everyone else at his position, adjusted for the level he played at. This is not his NFL grade.

College Production

Notre Dame · FBS Independents

Season	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	Hur	PD	INT	Pos Rk
2021	15	0	0.0	0	0		661
2022	36	2	1.0	0	2		347
2023	47	3	0.5	0	3	7	58
2024	83	4	0.0	4	9	6	6

The seasons in our college data. It does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Scouting Report

Notre Dame · 2025 draft class

Watts is a versatile defensive back with excellent instincts, ball skills, and playmaking ability. He processes information rapidly, reading quarterbacks' eyes and breaking on passes with anticipation. Watts' ball skills are exceptional, with the hands and body control to secure interceptions when opportunities arise. His tackling is technically sound, taking proper angles and finishing with good form. Watts displays versatility to play multiple positions in the secondary, with the awareness and football IQ to handle various responsibilities.