Junior wide receiver for Kentucky. 2025: 18 catches, 177 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′3″ · 212 lb · Norcross, GA
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
18 catches · 1 TD · 9.8 per catch
Best game: 7 rec, 50 yds, 1 TD, vs Army
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 wide receiver for Kentucky. 2025: 18 catches, 177 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Xavier Daisy
Moves the chains on third down. Xavier Daisy has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Kentucky. The receipt: 63 rec yds, 5 receptions against North Texas — Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Kentucky
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: explosive rate (16th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)
Third-down role
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 4.3 | 41.0 | 9.9 | 0.3 |
| Road2g | 2.5 | 27.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.2 | 28.5 | 9.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 5.0 | 63.0 | 12.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Stein
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-42vs Alabama State | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-56@ Tennessee | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-31vs Army | 7 | 50 | 7.1 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 7 | L 33-53@ Florida Atlantic | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-53vs North Texas | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | 21 | Season-high 63 yds |
| Total | 18 | 177 | 9.9 | 1 | 21 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jalen Williams’s 2021 season.
Matches Jalen on
Differs from Jalen on
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Justin Olson’s path through Middle Tennessee.
Matches Justin on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Keenan Jackson's sophomore season at NC State (2025).
Matches Keenan on
Player DNA
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