Xavier Hutchinson

Former wide receiver at Iowa State. 2022: 107 catches, 1,171 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Iowa State · Sr. · #8

6′3″ · 205 lb · Jacksonville, FL

CFB Index 91 · #7 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceNational watchHouston — drafted 2023, Rd 6, Pick 28, #205 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 73 nationally · Joined Iowa State

Statement game10 rec · 154 ydsat Texas (FBS) · L 21-24

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

Ehh still a lot of game. Iowa State defense is really holding their own. Your QB tends to stare down his target and it caused an end zone interception. Hutchinson is playing extremr/CFB game thread · ▲ 2His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Iowa State. 2022: 107 catches, 1,171 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa State in 2020.
Drafted round 6 by the Houston in 2023.
Named All-America (AP) in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Iowa State, 2,929 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #205 overall by Houston.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

The week the volume broke through — put up 154 yds at Texas.Texas · L 21-242022

202011 games

Signed with Iowa State3-star out of Blinn College
All-Big 12first

202112 games

All-Big 12first

202212 games

All-Americafirst · 2 selectors
All-Big 12first

2023

Drafted by Houstonround 6, pick 205

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#73 national

CFB

College

Iowa State

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #205

Houston · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

6 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2022)

1 selectors honored him

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Matt Campbell

Iowa State

Played his entire career under Matt Campbell.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

HoustonEntering 4th NFL season

#205Rd 6 · Pick 28

HoustonEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Matt Campbell — 20-17 over that span.

2020Iowa State9-3HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2021Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Iowa State4-8HC: Matt Campbell · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

91All-America level #7 of 488?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (100th percentile). Strength: rec yards (99th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#160 / 636 · 75th pct

85.8%

EPA / target#305 / 636 · 52nd pct

0.70

TD rate#398 / 636 · 38th pct

4.7%

Explosive rate#417 / 636 · 35th pct

10.2%

Yards / catch#490 / 636 · 23rd pct

10.1

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#3 / 550 · 100th pct

107

Rec yards#8 / 550 · 99th pct

1171

Rec TDs#73 / 550 · 83rd pct

Long catch#401 / 550 · 26th pct

Yards / catch#414 / 550 · 24th pct

10.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

78th → 52nd percentile

Explosive rate

58th → 35th percentile

Catch rate

96th → 75th percentile

TD rate

28th → 38th percentile

Yards / catch

37th → 23rd percentile

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	8.7	100	11.6	0.7
Road5g	9.2	94.0	9.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	9.6	108	11.6	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	8.0	82.6	9.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

National watch / fringe AA

In the All-America conversation, short of a selector's first team.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

91 · #7 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #7 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2022

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Iowa State	107	1,171	10.9	6	--
2021	Iowa State	83	987	11.9	5	--
2020	Iowa State	64	771	12.0	4	--
Career		254	2,929	11.5	15	--

Season	Team
2022	Iowa State	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Iowa State	2	18	21	--	--
2020	Iowa State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	18	21	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 10–7

at Iowa

11 rec · 98 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With H. Dekkers — 184 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 68.7 · 14 rush yds (9 car) · T. Perkins — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Southeast Missouri State · 4&3 · Q1 · EPA +4.55Xavier Hutchinson 33 Yd pass from Hunter Dekkers (Jace Gilbert Kick)
Week 6 · Kansas State · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +3.38Hunter Dekkers pass complete to Xavier Hutchinson for 38 yds to the KanSt 46 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Oklahoma State · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.29Hunter Dekkers pass complete to Xavier Hutchinson for 27 yds to the OKLAST 40 for a 1ST down OKLAHOMA ST Penalty, Defensive Pass Interference ( Yards) declined for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Texas · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.26Hunter Dekkers pass complete to Xavier Hutchinson for 20 yds to the Texas 32 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Southeast Missouri State · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.24Hunter Dekkers pass complete to Xavier Hutchinson for 33 yds for a TD, (Jace Gilbert KICK)
Week 11 · Oklahoma State · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.99Hunter Dekkers pass complete to Xavier Hutchinson for 12 yds to the OKSt 46 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · West Virginia · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.97Hunter Dekkers pass complete to Xavier Hutchinson for 24 yds for a TD, (Drake Nettles KICK)
Week 2 · Iowa · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.95Xavier Hutchinson 8 Yd pass from Hunter Dekkers (Jace Gilbert Kick)
Week 5 · Kansas · 4&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.93Hunter Dekkers pass complete to Xavier Hutchinson for 11 yds to the Kans 29 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Texas · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.89Hunter Dekkers pass complete to Xavier Hutchinson for 15 yds to the IowSt 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week