Xavier Fulton

Xavier Allen Fulton (born April 18, 1986) is an American former professional football offensive tackle.

Fulton was also a member of the Indianapolis Colts, San Francisco 49ers, and Washington Redskins, Virginia Destroyers, Edmonton Eskimos, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and Montreal Alouettes.

He was the starting left tackle, converted from a defensive end, for the Illinois Fighting Illini football team for which he also played in the 2008 Rose Bowl.

[2] As a senior, he recorded 98 tackles, 58 solo stops, and 7.5 sacks, as well as, 17 quarterback hurries, three blocked field goals, three fumble recoveries, and five PBUs.

[1] Fulton was named to All-State teams by the Chicago Sun-Times, Champaign News-Gazette, and Illinois High School Coaches Association.

[6] As a true freshman Fulton played as a defensive end in eight games and started three, collecting six tackles, two quarterback hurries and one PBU.

[1] As a sophomore, Fulton played and started in the first seven games of the season before suffering a season-ending knee injury at Penn State.

He had a career game at Indiana, recording three solo stops, 1.5 tackles for loss, and a blocked extra point attempt.

He also recorded three quarterback hurries in the season opener against Rutgers and posted a sack against San Jose State.

At Fulton's senior banquet, he was honored with the Bruce Capel Award for displaying the most courage, dedication and accomplishment throughout the season.

[12] Fulton was one of only 300 top college football players to be invited to the 2009 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana.

[13][14] His only workout that he did not finish in the top 10 was the bench press which is most likely due to his shoulder injury that he was having surgery on the week following the combine.

During the NFL labor dispute, Fulton trained in boxing in addition to his football conditioning at the Academy of Human Performance.

[28] On April 23, 2012, Fulton was traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League from the Edmonton Eskimos, in exchange for a 6th round pick in the 2013 CFL draft.