#83

Xavier Castille

Wide receiver for Texas Tech. 2016: 40 catches, 423 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Texas Tech · #83

5′11″ · 204 lb · Rockwall, TX

SMU 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1420 nationally · Signed with SMU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 wide receiver for Texas Tech. 2016: 40 catches, 423 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to SMU in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at SMU, 677 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 86 yds vs Navy.Navy · L 31-752016

201510 games

Signed with SMU3-star out of Rockwall

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1420 national

CFB

College

SMU

2015–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Chad Morris — 7-17 over that span.

2015SMU2-10HC: Chad Morris · Run-leaning

2016SMU5-7HC: Chad Morris · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / catch (17th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#177 / 524 · 65th pct

Rec yards#250 / 524 · 52nd pct

423

Long catch#267 / 524 · 48th pct

Rec TDs#356 / 524 · 22nd pct

Yards / catch#434 / 524 · 17th pct

10.6

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	5.2	49.8	9.2	0.2
Road6g	2.3	29.0	10.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	28.7	7.9	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	50.2	12.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	SMU	40	423	10.6	1	--
2015	SMU	23	254	11.0	2	--
Career		63	677	10.7	3	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-21@ North Texas	2	15	7.5	0	10
Wk 2	L 13-40@ Baylor	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 3	W 29-14vs Liberty	6	49	8.2	0	10
Wk 4	L 3-33vs TCU	3	16	5.3	0	8
Wk 5	L 20-45@ Temple	5	72	14.4	0	48
Wk 6	L 40-43@ Tulsa	2	16	8.0	0	10
Wk 9	W 35-31@ Tulane	3	57	19.0	0	27
Wk 10	L 7-51vs Memphis	4	37	9.3	0	19
Wk 11	W 55-31@ East Carolina	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 12	L 27-35vs South Florida	5	61	12.2	0	16
Wk 13	L 31-75vs Navy	8	86	10.8	1	30	Season-high 86 yds
Total		40	423	9.9	1	48

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology