
Receiver, Texas, 2021–23
Xavier Worthy
- Number
- No. 1
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 172 lb
- Class (2023)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Fresno, CA
- Born
- Apr 27, 2003
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Xavier Worthy played receiver at Texas (2021–23). The Kansas City Chiefs took Worthy in the first round, No. 28 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
14catches, career highvs. Kansas, 2021261receiving yards, career highvs. Oklahoma, 20213receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Kansas, 2021Honors
- 2021Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year
- 2021, 2023First-team All-Big 12
- 2022Second-team All-Big 12
- 2023National leader in punt return yards (371)
Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2023
All-America: CBS Sports 2023; Fox Sports 2023; The Athletic 2023
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Receiving
Returns
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Texas | 81 | 0.92 | 82nd (n=410) | 0.67 | 74.3 | 10% |
| 2022 | Texas | 110 | 0.34 | 11th (n=683) | 0.71 | 37.8 | 13% |
| 2023 | Texas | 89 | 0.57 | 24th (n=681) | 0.80 | 50.4 | 10% |
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
2023 Texas 14 games, 75 catches, 1,014 yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | W 37–10 | 7 | 90 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 9 | at | W 34–24 | 5 | 75 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 16 | vs. | W 31–10 | 4 | 56 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Sep 23 | at | W 38–6 | 3 | 31 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Sep 30 | vs. | W 40–14 | 7 | 93 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 7 | vs. | L 30–34 | 8 | 108 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Oct 21 | at | W 31–24 | 6 | 92 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Oct 28 | vs. | W 35–6 | 4 | 27 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Nov 4 | vs. | W 33–30 | 5 | 48 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Nov 11 | at | W 29–26 | 10 | 137 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 18 | at | W 26–16 | 4 | 77 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Nov 24 | vs. | W 57–7 | 4 | 49 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Dec 2 | vs. | W 49–21 | 6 | 86 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | L 31–37 | 2 | 45 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
2022 Texas 13 games, 60 catches, 760 yards, 9 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | W 52–10 | 2 | 24 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| Sep 10 | vs. | L 19–20 | 5 | 97 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| Sep 17 | vs. | W 41–20 | 4 | 41 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 24 | at | L 34–37 | 3 | 50 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 1 | vs. | W 38–20 | 7 | 119 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Oct 8 | vs. | W 49–0 | 3 | 29 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Oct 15 | vs. | W 24–21 | 8 | 72 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Oct 22 | at | L 34–41 | 4 | 78 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Nov 5 | at | W 34–27 | 4 | 42 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Nov 12 | vs. | L 10–17 | 4 | 32 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 19 | at | W 55–14 | 2 | 30 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Nov 25 | vs. | W 38–27 | 7 | 62 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. | L 20–27 | 7 | 84 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
2021 Texas 12 games, 62 catches, 981 yards, 12 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. | W 38–18 | 1 | 34 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 11 | at | L 21–40 | 2 | 41 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 18 | vs. | W 58–0 | 6 | 71 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Sep 25 | vs. | W 70–35 | 5 | 100 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Oct 2 | at | W 32–27 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | – |
| Oct 9 | vs. | L 48–55 | 9 | 261 | 2 | 1 | 18 | – |
| Oct 16 | vs. | L 24–32 | 5 | 28 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 30 | at | L 24–31 | 4 | 115 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 6 | at | L 7–30 | 2 | 22 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 13 | vs. | L 56–57 | 14 | 152 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Nov 20 | at | L 23–31 | 7 | 85 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 26 | vs. | W 22–17 | 6 | 65 | 0 | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2024 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′11¼″ |
| Weight | 165 lb |
| Arm length | 31⅛″ |
| Hand size | 8¾″ |
| Wingspan | 74¼″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.21 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.49 sW |
| Vertical jump | 41″ |
| Broad jump | 10′11″ |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 34 games with a stat; latest team: Kansas City Chiefs.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 59 | 638 | 6 |
| 2025 | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 42 | 532 | 1 |
| 2026 (so far) | Kansas City Chiefs | 4 | 14 | 133 | 1 |
| NFL career | 34 | 115 | 1,303 | 8 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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