2019 Football Roster
Roster
Williams, Xavior

Jersey Number 9
Xavior Williams
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Burlington, Iowa
- High School:
- Notre Dame HS
Bio
2018: Played in 11 games with 10 starts for the Panthers...recorded 42 total tackles, 29 solo tackles, and 4 interceptions...returned one of his interceptions for a touchdown against SDSU on 10/20...earned all MVC honors on the first team as a defensive back.
2017: Two-time Freshman All-American, earning recognitions from HERO (first team) and Phil Steele (second team)... Played in all 13 games, starting eight times with the final eight coming at cornerback... Earned four interceptions on the season, with four-straight coming in the final four wins UNI...Ranked second on the team in interceptions... Collected eight pass break ups, which also ranked second on the team for 2017... Earned 30 total tackles, with 25 being solos... Earned a career-high six total tackles against South Dakota (11/4), with all being solos... Earned his first interception against South Dakota (11/4)... Earned an interception against South Dakota (11/4), Missouri State (11/11), Indiana State (11/18) and Monmouth (11/25) to mark the first freshman to earn four-straight games with a pick.
2016: Redshirted.
High School: Lettered in football at Notre Dame High School for Nick Breuer … earned first-team INA and Des Moines Register all-state as a senior … is a three-time first-team all-district selection and a two-time winner of District MVP as a wide receiver … also was selected to the INA and Des Moines Register all-state second-team in 2014 … holds the school record for career all-purpose yards, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns … had 1,847 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior, also adding 799 yards and 10 touchdowns on the ground … also lettered in track and field, helping his team to a state championship in 2015 … was a state champion in the 4X100 meters, also finishing in second in the long jump and third in the high jump.
Personal: Son Aimee Hingst … has three siblings, Xander, Nadiya and Quinn … majoring in exercise science.
2017: Two-time Freshman All-American, earning recognitions from HERO (first team) and Phil Steele (second team)... Played in all 13 games, starting eight times with the final eight coming at cornerback... Earned four interceptions on the season, with four-straight coming in the final four wins UNI...Ranked second on the team in interceptions... Collected eight pass break ups, which also ranked second on the team for 2017... Earned 30 total tackles, with 25 being solos... Earned a career-high six total tackles against South Dakota (11/4), with all being solos... Earned his first interception against South Dakota (11/4)... Earned an interception against South Dakota (11/4), Missouri State (11/11), Indiana State (11/18) and Monmouth (11/25) to mark the first freshman to earn four-straight games with a pick.
2016: Redshirted.
High School: Lettered in football at Notre Dame High School for Nick Breuer … earned first-team INA and Des Moines Register all-state as a senior … is a three-time first-team all-district selection and a two-time winner of District MVP as a wide receiver … also was selected to the INA and Des Moines Register all-state second-team in 2014 … holds the school record for career all-purpose yards, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns … had 1,847 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior, also adding 799 yards and 10 touchdowns on the ground … also lettered in track and field, helping his team to a state championship in 2015 … was a state champion in the 4X100 meters, also finishing in second in the long jump and third in the high jump.
Personal: Son Aimee Hingst … has three siblings, Xander, Nadiya and Quinn … majoring in exercise science.
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