#17

Xavier Legette

Former wide receiver at South Carolina. 2023: 71 catches, 1,255 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · South Carolina · Sr. · #17

6′3″ · 227 lb · Mullins, SC

CFB Index 89 · #16 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceCarolina — drafted 2024, Rd 1, Pick 32, #32 overall

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 706 nationally · Signed with Mullins

Statement game9 rec · 217 yds · 2 TDvs Jacksonville State (FBS) · W 38-28

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

This whole team is just Rattler, Legette and some bums that can't even properly snap the football.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 13His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at South Carolina. 2023: 71 catches, 1,255 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Mullins in 2019.
Drafted round 1 by the Carolina in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at South Carolina, 1,678 receiving yards — drafted at #32 overall by Carolina.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 217 yds vs Jacksonville State.Jacksonville State · W 38-282023

20196 games

Recruited3-star out of Mullins

202312 games

The role got bigger.

All-SECsecond

2024

Drafted by Carolinaround 1, pick 32

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#706 national

CFB

College

South Carolina

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #32

Carolina · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2020

Will Muschamp

South Carolina

2021–2023

Shane Beamer

South Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Will Muschamp → Shane Beamer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CarolinaEntering 3rd NFL season

#32Rd 1 · Pick 32

CarolinaEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019South Carolina4-8HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced

2020South Carolina2-8HC: Will Muschamp · Run-leaning

2021South Carolina7-6HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning

2022South Carolina8-5HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

2023South Carolina5-7HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

89All-Conference level #16 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (93rd percentile). Strength: epa / target (85th percentile). Concern: rush yards (2nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#47 / 639 · 93rd pct

17.6

EPA / target#94 / 639 · 85th pct

1.09

Explosive rate#163 / 639 · 75th pct

18.7%

TD rate#226 / 639 · 64th pct

7.7%

Catch rate#431 / 639 · 32nd pct

76.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#8 / 566 · 99th pct

1255

Receptions#34 / 566 · 94th pct

Yards / catch#54 / 566 · 90th pct

17.7

Long catch#54 / 566 · 90th pct

Rec TDs#52 / 566 · 89th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Rush yards#289 / 294 · 2nd pct

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Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

11th → 85th percentile

Explosive rate

22nd → 75th percentile

Catch rate

19th → 32nd percentile

TD rate

86th → 64th percentile

Yards / catch

17th → 93rd 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

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.6	131	20.6	1.0
Road5g	5.0	67.8	13.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.2	119	19.9	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	5.7	89.8	15.2	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

89 · #16 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #16 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	South Carolina	71	1,255	17.7	7	--
2022	South Carolina	18	167	9.3	3	--
2021	South Carolina	8	63	7.9	1	--
2020	South Carolina	7	113	16.1	0	--
2019	South Carolina	9	80	8.9	1	--
Career		113	1,678	14.8	12	--

Season	Team
2023	South Carolina	9	-9	213	--	--
2022	South Carolina	7	21	441	--	--
2021	South Carolina	--	--	--	--	--
2020	South Carolina	--	--	--	--	--
2019	South Carolina	--	--	113	-1	--
Career		16	12	767	-1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 47–21

vs Furman

-1 rush yds (1 car)

Dominant 26-point win at home against Furman.

With S. Rattler — 345 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.5 · 8 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · K. Kroeger — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 57 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Mississippi State · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +6.87Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 76 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 4 · Mississippi State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 75 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 10 · Jacksonville State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.24Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 65 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 2 · Furman · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +5.00Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 42 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 11 · Vanderbilt · 3&15 · Q1 · EPA +4.71Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 39 yds to the VAN 1 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Tennessee · 4&7 · Q2 · EPA +4.01Kai Kroeger pass complete to Xavier Legette for 32 yds to the TENN 40 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Jacksonville State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.96Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 52 yds to the JVST 18 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Furman · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.43Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 53 yds to the FUR 22 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Kentucky · 3&15 · Q4 · EPA +3.36Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 28 yds to the SC 49 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Kentucky · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.26Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 17 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-31@ North Carolina	9	178	19.8	0	37	178-yard receiving day
Wk 2	W 47-21vs Furman	6	118	19.7	1	53
Wk 3	L 14-24@ Georgia	7	71	10.1	0	35
Wk 4	W 37-30vs Mississippi State	5	189	37.8	2	76	2 TD catches
Wk 5	L 20-41@ Tennessee	5	50	10.0	0	32
Wk 7	L 39-41vs Florida	5	110	22.0	0	46
Wk 8	L 12-34@ Missouri	1	20	20.0	0	20
Wk 9	L 17-30@ Texas A&M	3	20	6.7	0	19
Wk 10	W 38-28vs Jacksonville State	9	217	24.1	2	65	Season-high 217 yds
Wk 11	W 47-6vs Vanderbilt	9	120	13.3	0	39
Wk 12	W 17-14vs Kentucky	6	94	15.7	2	28	2 TD catches
Wk 13	L 7-16vs Clemson	6	68	11.3	0	18
Total		71	1255	17.5	7	76

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

Xavier Legette

20196 games

202312 games

2024

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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