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2021 Football Roster

Profile

  • OL
    Position
  • Fifth Year
    Class
  • Desoto, Texas
    Hometown
  • 6'2
    Height
  • 315
    Weight
  • Desoto HS
    High School
Xavier Newman-Johnson 2021
#55
Xavier Newman-Johnson
OL
Position
Fifth Year
Class
Desoto, Texas
Hometown

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Biography

CAREER HONORS
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (2x)

2021 (Graduate): Started all 14 games at LG in 2021 ... Helped pave the way for the Big 12's most potent rushing attack averaging 219.3 yards per game which ranked 10th nationally ... Named Big 12 Honorable Mention offensive lineman ... Preseason First Team All-Big 12 Selection by CFN ... Selected as an NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Big Board member ... Played in 47 career games with 37 starts ... 

2020 (Senior): Played in five games, started four …. Made three starts at left guard and one at center.

2019 (Junior): Played in 10 games on the season, starting eight of those at right guard (at K-State, Texas Tech, at Oklahoma State, at TCU, Oklahoma, Texas, vs. Oklahoma, vs. Georgia).

2018 (Sophomore): Played in seven games on the season, starting three at left guard ... Started at UTSA, vs. Duke and vs. Kansas ... Also had appearances vs. Vanderbilt, vs. Texas Tech, vs. Oklahoma State and vs. ACU.

2017 (Freshman): Played in 11 games with eight starts at LG ... Made first career start vs. No. 3 Oklahoma ... Also started vs. Iowa State, vs. Texas Tech, at Kansas, vs. Texas, vs. No. 23 West Virginia, at No. 14 Oklahoma State and at Kansas State.

High School: National top 300 recruit and All-American offensive lineman from DeSoto (Texas) High School ... All-state honoree played under head coaches Todd Peterman and Claude Mathis at DHS ... Ranked No. 246 national recruit on ESPN300 and No. 324 on PrepStar Top 350 All-America listing ... Named Under Armour All-American, played for winning Team Armour at 2017 all-star game Orlando ... Rated nation's second-best center prospect in 2017 recruiting class by ESPN and sixth by Scout, ranked No. 18 among guards by 247Sports ... Top 100 Texas recruit: ranked No. 37 by ESPN, No. 49 by 247Sports, No. 64 (second among centers) by Scout and No. 71 on Lone Star Top 100 ... Named 2016 first team Class 6A All-State following senior season, led DeSoto to perfect 16-0 season and DII state championship ... Paved way for state champs to average 540 yards-per-game offensively ... Named to 2016 Subway Super Team by Dave Campbell Texas Football ... Also named 2016 SportsDayHS All-Area first team by Dallas Morning News and first-team All-District 7-6A.

Personal: Son of Leon and Michell Brigham ... served on mission trips to Puerto Rico in May 2018 and South Africa in May 2019 ... graduated with a degree in health, kinesiology and leisure studies.