Xavier Legette

#17 · WR · Sr. · South Carolina6′3″ · 227 lb · Mullins, SC

Xavier Legette: WR · South Carolina · #17.

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Xavier Legette

WR · South Carolina · Sr · #17

Beats you over the top. Played for two head coaches at South Carolina: Will Muschamp and Shane Beamer. First career honor, 2023: All-SEC. On tape: 217 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Jacksonville State, Week 10, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

South Carolina in the news

Shane Beamer calls out conspiracy theoriesOct 25
South Carolina DB out for Tennessee gameOn3 Oct 24
New suites sold out247Sports Oct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	South Carolina	71	1,255	17.7	7	76
2022	South Carolina	18	167	9.3	3	42
2021	South Carolina	8	63	7.9	1	20
2020	South Carolina	7	113	16.1	0	42
2019	South Carolina	9	80	8.9	1	20
Career		113	1,678	14.8	12	76

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-31vs No. 21 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@ No. 1 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@ No. 21 Tennessee	5	50	10.0	0	32
Wk 7	L 39-41vs Florida	5	110	22.0	0	46
Wk 8	L 12-34@ No. 20 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	17.7	7	76

Signature game

Week 10 · 2023

W 38-28

vs Jacksonville State

9 rec · 217 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Jacksonville State at home in a shootout.

With S. Rattler — 399 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 66.2 · K. Kroeger — 40.7 yards per punt · 7 punts · 3 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · Mississippi State · 3rd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +6.87Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 76 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 4 · Mississippi State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 75 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 10 · Jacksonville State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +5.24Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 65 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 2 · Furman · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +5.00Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 42 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 11 · Vanderbilt · 3rd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +4.71Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 39 yds to the VAN 1 for a
Week 5 · Tennessee · 4th and 7 · Q2 · EPA +4.01Kai Kroeger pass complete to Xavier Legette for 32 yds to the TENN 40 for a

4 more plays

Week 10 · Jacksonville State · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.96Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 52 yds to the JVST 18 for a
Week 2 · Furman · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.43Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 53 yds to the FUR 22 for a
Week 12 · Kentucky · 3rd and 15 · Q4 · EPA +3.36Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 28 yds to the SC 49 for a
Week 12 · Kentucky · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.26Spencer Rattler pass complete to Xavier Legette for 17 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)

Teams and coaches

2019South Carolina4-8HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced

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

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

2022South Carolina8-5HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

2023South Carolina5-7HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 89 (#16 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

89All-Conference level #16 of 497 · 2023?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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

-9

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 in 2023. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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
Road4g	4.0	40.2	11.7	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

2023 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

Pass share

53.4%

411 pass / 358 run

Plays / game

64.1

12 games

Team sack rate

9.8%

461 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

89 · #16 of 497 WRs · 2023

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

Xavier Legette

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Style of play

Fans

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Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Five seasons at South Carolina, drafted

2019 6 games

2023 12 games

2024