Xavier Truss
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West Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S.
| No. 74 – New Orleans Saints | |||||
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| Position | Offensive tackle | ||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||
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| Born | July 13, 2001 West Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. | ||||
| Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||
| Weight | 320 lb (145 kg) | ||||
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| High school | Bishop Hendricken (Warwick, Rhode Island) | ||||
| College | Georgia (2019–2024) | ||||
| NFL draft | 2025: undrafted | ||||
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Xavier Doyle Truss (born July 13, 2001) is an American professional football offensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs and was signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2025. He is the highest rated recruit in Rhode Island high school football history.[1]
Truss was born on July 13, 2001, in West Warwick, Rhode Island.[2] He played high school football for Bishop Hendricken High School where he was selected to represent the East in the 2019 All-American Bowl,[3] he was also invited to the All-American high school combine in San Antonio. In his junior year he was a Providence First-Team All-State selection,[4] while leading Bishop Hendricken to back-to-back Rhode Island State Super Bowl appearances, winning in 2018.[5]
College career
In 2019, Truss started his freshman year with the Bulldogs by being redshirted; seeing action against Murray State, Arkansas State, and Georgia Tech.[6]
In 2020, as a redshirt freshman, Truss started at tackle in Georgia's Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati. He also played as a reserve offensive linemen in games against Arkansas, Auburn, Tennessee, USC, and Missouri.
In 2021, entering his sophomore year, Truss made the transition from tackle to guard.[7] He played in reserve in all fifteen of Georgia's games, playing the most out of his entire career at the time against Tennessee.
In 2022, Truss was projected to battle for a starting spot on the offensive line over the offseason, Truss won the battle ahead of the 2022 season beating redshirt sophomore Devin Willock. Truss started in eleven of twelve games, only missing the team's games against Tennessee due to injury.[8][9] He started in the team's win over TCU in the 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship at left guard as they went back-to-back.[10]
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Wingspan | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | |
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| 6 ft 7+1⁄8 in (2.01 m) | 309 lb (140 kg) | 33 in (0.84 m) | 10+1⁄2 in (0.27 m) | 6 ft 10+7⁄8 in (2.11 m) | 5.24 s | 1.82 s | 3.02 s | 5.01 s | 7.82 s | 26.0 in (0.66 m) | 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m) | |
| All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day[11][12] | ||||||||||||
Denver Broncos
After going unselected in the 2025 NFL draft, Truss signed with the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent.[13][14] On August 25, 2025, Truss was waived by the Broncos.[15]
New Orleans Saints
On August 27, 2025, Truss was claimed off waivers by the New Orleans Saints.[16]