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2021 Football Roster

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6 Xzavier McNeil

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 183
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Garner, N.C.
  • Prev School Athens Drive Senior

Biography

2021:  Appeared in all nine games … set the new program record for most receptions in a career (212)… finishes second in career receiving yards (2,678) … finishes third in career receiving touchdowns (18) … earned USA South First Team All-Conference… USA South Offensive Player of the Week (11/01/21)… D3football.com Offensive (Wide Receiver) Player of the Week (11/02/21) ... the team's leading receiver with 56 receptions for 867 yards (3rd all-time in program history for single season yardage) and seven touchdowns (8th all-time in program history) ... third overall in USA South for receptions … second overall in USA South for receiving yards ... averaged 96.3 yards per game (1st overall in USA South) and 15.5 yards per catch ... recorded seven receiving touchdowns (4th overall in USA South) … 5+ catches in six games ... career-high 180 yards receiving on eight catches against Brevard ... three multi-touchdown games … career-high 12 receptions against Southern Virginia… also added two rushes for one yard.

2020-21: Appeared in all five games ... USA South All-East Division selection ... USA South Offensive Player of the Week (3/29/21) ... broke the MU single-game record with four receiving touchdowns against visiting Greensboro ... the team's leading receiver with 30 receptions for 397 yards and six catches ... averaged 79.4 yards per game and 13.2 yards per catch ... also added three rushes for 15 yards ... 5+ catches in every game ... season-high 151 yards receiving on six catches at Greensboro ... four touchdowns on six catches and 101 yards against visiting Pride ... season-high seven receptions against Huntingdon.

2019: Second-team All-Conference honors ... voted team's Offensive MVP … appeared in all 10 games for MU ...  broke the MU single-season record and led the conference with 70 receptions ... led the team with 801 receiving yards and led the conference with 80.1 receiving yards per game ... also had a team-high seven receiving touchdowns ... career-high 14 catches for 197 yards and two touchdowns against Brevard ... 14 receptions is the new MU single-game record and his 197 yards is the most by a Monarch since 2014 ... five games with at least seven receptions and three games with double-digit receptions, including a 10-catch, 118-yard performance against LaGrange and an 11-catch, 125 yard game against Shenandoah ... three receiving touchdowns against Shenandoah is a new career-high ... caught the game-tying touchdown with 27 seconds remaining against Brevard.

2018: Limited to five games due to injury ... finished the season second on the team in receptions (25) and receiving yards (282) ... had career-high totals 10 catches for 116 yards in the season opener against Shenandoah.

2017: Appeared in all ten games as a freshman ... second on the team in receptions (39) and receiving yards (429) ... had two receiving touchdowns ... had 6 catches for 79 yards and a touchdown against Guilford, his second collegiate game ... had a season high 9 receptions for 65 yards against LaGrange 

High School: Member of the football, basketball and track & field teams at Athens Drive ... claimed all-conference honors in football as a senior ... named basketball team MVP as a junior ... qualified for states in track as a sophomore before reaching nationals as as junior

Personal: Son of Garica McNeil ... majoring in justice studies ... mother attended Methodist (2016).

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2017Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 175 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2018Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 175 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2019Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 175 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2020Senior

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 183 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2021Senior

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 183 lbs
    6