Receiver, Purdue (from UCF, Iowa State), 2022–26
Xavier Townsend
Lettered 2025 at Iowa State (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 3
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Class (2026)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Tampa, FL
Xavier Townsend plays receiver for Purdue, after UCF (2022–24) and Iowa State (2025). Last time out, against Washington: 3 catches, 55 yards.
2026 so far
32 catches, 370 yards, 2 TD
Last game: 3 catches, 55 yards vs. Washington, L 26–38
Next game: at Penn State, Oct 31
Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.
At a glance
Career highs
7catches, career hightwice; last vs. Indiana State, 2026162receiving yards, career highat UCLA, 20262receiving touchdowns, career highat UCLA, 2026Receiving
* The season in progress, so far.
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | UCF | 23 | 127 | 5.5 | 0 | 16 |
| 2023 | UCF | 33 | 325 | 9.8 | 3 | 37 |
| 2024 | UCF | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 1 | 22 |
| 2025 | Iowa State | 18 | 243 | 13.5 | 0 | 44 |
| 2026 | Purdue | 32 | 370 | 11.6 | 2 | 75 |
| Career | 116 | 1,134 | 9.8 | 6 | 75 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | UCF | 3 | 47 | 0 | 20 | 177 | 0 |
| 2023 | UCF | 7 | 177 | 0 | 15 | 142 | 0 |
| 2024 | UCF | 7 | 162 | 0 | 10 | 121 | 0 |
| 2025 | Iowa State | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | Purdue | – | – | – | 9 | 67 | 0 |
| Career | 19 | 401 | 0 | 56 | 512 | 0 | |
Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | UCF | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 1 | 9 |
| 2023 | UCF | 15 | 163 | 10.9 | 0 | 39 |
| 2024 | UCF | 12 | 88 | 7.3 | 0 | 18 |
| 2025 | Iowa State | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 1 | 11 |
| 2026 | Purdue | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Career | 38 | 300 | 7.9 | 2 | 39 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | UCF | 3 | WR | Yr 1 | ||
| 2023 | UCF | 3 | WR | Yr 2 | ||
| 2024 | UCF | 3 | WR | Yr 3 | ||
| 2025 | Iowa State | 3 | WR | Yr 4 | ||
| 2026 | Purdue | 3 | WR | Sr. (Yr 5) | 5′11″ | 195 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | UCF | 29 | 0.09 | – | – | 2.6 | 4% |
| 2023 | UCF | 52 | 0.68 | 34th (n=681) | 0.80 | 35.2 | 7% |
| 2024 | UCF | 23 | 0.30 | – | – | 6.8 | 8% |
| 2025 | Iowa State | 30 | 0.49 | 56th (n=1040) | 0.46 | 14.8 | 5% |
| 2026 | Purdue | 45 | 0.52 | 62nd (n=829) | 0.43 | 23.6 | 9% |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2026 Purdue 7 games, 32 catches, 370 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. | W 44–19 | 7 | 47 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| Sep 12 | vs. | L 36–38 | 6 | 58 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 19 | at | L 38–52 | 6 | 162 | 2 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 26 | vs. | L 10–49 | 5 | 16 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Oct 3 | at | W 24–17 | 4 | 24 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 10 | vs. | W 41–13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 16 | vs. | L 26–38 | 3 | 55 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
2025 Iowa State 8 games, 18 catches, 243 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. | W 55–7 | 3 | 34 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 6 | vs. | W 16–13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 13 | at | W 24–16 | 3 | 92 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 27 | vs. | W 39–14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 4 | at | L 30–38 | 6 | 50 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 11 | at | L 17–24 | 2 | 28 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 25 | vs. | L 27–41 | 2 | 24 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 1 | vs. | L 19–24 | – | – | – | 1 | 15 | – |
2024 UCF 4 games, 10 catches, 69 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. | W 57–3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 6 |
| Sep 7 | vs. | W 45–14 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| Sep 14 | at | W 35–34 | 2 | −2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Sep 28 | vs. | L 21–48 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 2 |
2023 UCF 11 games, 33 catches, 325 yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 56–6 | 5 | 81 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 9 | at | W 18–16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | vs. | W 48–14 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sep 23 | at | L 31–44 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 44 | – |
| Sep 30 | vs. | L 35–36 | 4 | 27 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 7 | at | L 22–51 | 1 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 21 | at | L 29–31 | 5 | 33 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| Nov 11 | vs. | W 45–3 | 2 | 46 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Nov 18 | at | L 23–24 | 4 | 38 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 25 | vs. | W 27–13 | 5 | 42 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Dec 22 ✦ | vs. | L 17–30 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 99 | – |
2022 UCF 13 games, 23 catches, 127 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. | W 56–10 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Sep 9 | vs. | L 14–20 | 3 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 17 | at | W 40–14 | 6 | 53 | 0 | – | – | 4 |
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 27–10 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Oct 5 | vs. | W 41–19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| Oct 13 | vs. | W 70–13 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 22 | at | L 13–34 | 1 | 11 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 29 | vs. | W 25–21 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Nov 5 | at | W 35–28 | – | – | – | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| Nov 19 | vs. | L 14–17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 |
| Nov 26 | at | W 46–39 | – | – | – | 1 | 18 | – |
| Dec 3 | at | L 28–45 | 2 | 19 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. | L 13–30 | 7 | 25 | 0 | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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