The Bednarik Award, which annually recognizes the top defensive player in college football, has named Notre Dame safety ...

The award semifinalist honors keep rolling in for Notre Dame graduate safety Xavier Watts. The Lott IMPACT Trophy and the ...

Voted a team captain in August, Xavier Watts has kept the Notre Dame secondary organized even while breaking in young ...

Notre Dame safety Xavier Watts is a semifinalist for the Bednarik Award. Watts has been one of the best, if not the best, ...

SOUTH BEND — Xavier Watts, enjoying a breakout season on the back end of Notre Dame football’s well-regarded defense, has some thinking to do. His seven interceptions are two more than anyone ...

Of course, Xavier Watts was a unanimous All-American last ... He joins 19 other former Notre Dame football players who were previously named a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy.

Notre Dame heads into the final month of the ... That’s the flow of a season in what you’re asking your guys to do.” Safety Xavier Watts could easily be a rookie in the NFL right now.

It was a breakout season for Notre Dame safety Xavier Watts last fall, as he was one of the most dominant players in the ...

Xavier Watts is a college football safety for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, as of 2024. Watts attended Harry A. Burke High School, where he kickstarted his football career. As a wide receiver ...

SOUTH BEND — Xavier Watts, incredibly enough, has found another gear at safety for Notre Dame football. Coming off a seven-interception 2023 season that included a first-team All-America ...

CBS Sports and The Athletic recently named Watts to their Midseason All-American ... on and off the field." Under Freeman, Notre Dame is 5-1 with a crucial 23-13 victory over No. 14 Texas A ...