Xavier Worthy with the Kansas City Chiefs, 2025
With the Kansas City Chiefs, 2025. Photo: Staff Sgt. Joshua Hastings, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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

Best season
1,014
Receiving yards, 2023 (Texas, 12–⁠2)
Best game
261 yards
Vs. Oklahoma, week 6, 2021: No. 2 receiving game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in punt return yards, 2023
Drafted
No. 28
Overall, 2024 NFL Draft (Kansas City Chiefs)

Career highs

14catches, career highvs. Kansas, 2021261receiving yards, career highvs. Oklahoma, 20213receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Kansas, 2021

Honors

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

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2021Texas6298115.81275
2022Texas6076012.7946
2023Texas751,01413.5554
Career1972,75514.02675

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2021Texas23303470
2022Texas–––151460
2023Texas–––233711
Career2330415641

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Texas1WRFr.
2022Texas1WRSo.
2023Texas1WRJr.6′1″172

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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2021Texas810.9282nd (n=410)0.6774.310%
2022Texas1100.3411th (n=683)0.7137.813%
2023Texas890.5724th (n=681)0.8050.410%

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
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 2vs.RiceW 37–⁠107900––1
Sep 9atAlabamaW 34–⁠245751–––
Sep 16vs.WyomingW 31–⁠104561––4
Sep 23atBaylorW 38–⁠63311––3
Sep 30vs.KansasW 40–⁠147930–––
Oct 7vs.OklahomaL 30–⁠3481080––2
Oct 21atHoustonW 31–⁠246921––2
Oct 28vs.BYUW 35–⁠64270––2
Nov 4vs.Kansas StateW 33–⁠305480––2
Nov 11atTCUW 29–⁠26101370–––
Nov 18atIowa StateW 26–⁠164770––2
Nov 24vs.Texas TechW 57–⁠74491––3
Dec 2vs.Oklahoma StateW 49–⁠216860–––
Jan 1 ✦vs.WashingtonL 31–⁠372450––2
2022 Texas 13 games, 60 catches, 760 yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3vs.UL MonroeW 52–⁠102240––3
Sep 10vs.AlabamaL 19–⁠205970––3
Sep 17vs.UTSAW 41–⁠204410–––
Sep 24atTexas TechL 34–⁠373501––1
Oct 1vs.West VirginiaW 38–⁠2071192–––
Oct 8vs.OklahomaW 49–⁠03291––2
Oct 15vs.Iowa StateW 24–⁠218722–––
Oct 22atOklahoma StateL 34–⁠414781––3
Nov 5atKansas StateW 34–⁠274422–––
Nov 12vs.TCUL 10–⁠174320–––
Nov 19atKansasW 55–⁠142300––2
Nov 25vs.BaylorW 38–⁠277620–––
Dec 29 ✦vs.WashingtonL 20–⁠277840––1
2021 Texas 12 games, 62 catches, 981 yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 4vs.LouisianaW 38–⁠181340––1
Sep 11atArkansasL 21–⁠402410–––
Sep 18vs.RiceW 58–⁠06711––2
Sep 25vs.Texas TechW 70–⁠3551003–––
Oct 2atTCUW 32–⁠27170115–
Oct 9vs.OklahomaL 48–⁠5592612118–
Oct 16vs.Oklahoma StateL 24–⁠325280–––
Oct 30atBaylorL 24–⁠3141151–––
Nov 6atIowa StateL 7–⁠302221–––
Nov 13vs.KansasL 56–⁠57141523–––
Nov 20atWest VirginiaL 23–⁠317851–––
Nov 26vs.Kansas StateW 22–⁠176650–––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2024
Height5′11¼″
Weight165 lb
Arm length31⅛″
Hand size8¾″
Wingspan74¼″W
40-yard dash4.21 s
10-yard split1.49 sW
Vertical jump41″
Broad jump10′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.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2024Kansas City Chiefs16596386
2025Kansas City Chiefs14425321
2026 (so far)Kansas City Chiefs4141331
NFL career341151,3038

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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