Xavier McKinney holds the SS · Starter spot in Green Bay Packers’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Xavier McKinney played 17 games in 2025 with a 100% snap share.

Xavier McKinney is a safety for the Green Bay Packers standing 6'0" and weighing 197 pounds. Selected 36th overall in the 2020 NFL Draft by the New York Giants from Alabama, McKinney spent four seasons with New York (2020-23), posting 277 tackles and nine interceptions in 49 games. In 2024, his first year with Green Bay, he earned first-team All-Pro honors from the Associated Press and was selected to his first Pro Bowl. McKinney recorded a career-high eight interceptions, ranking second in the NFL, along with 85 tackles and 11 passes defensed over 17 starts. He became the first Packers safety named first-team All-Pro since 2000 and tied the franchise record with interceptions in five consecutive games.

Alabama2017 – 2019

Giants2020 – 2023

Packers2024 — present

CollegeAlabamaDraftRound 2 · No. 36 overall · 2020 · NYGAcquiredAcquired from New York Giants · drafted thereHometownRoswell, GA