Xavier Restrepo

Former wide receiver at Miami. 2024: 69 catches, 1,127 receiving yards, 11 TD.

WR · Miami · Sr. · #7

5′10″ · 198 lb · Coconut Creek, FL

CFB Index 87 · #12 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceConsensus AAMiami 2024 — college career complete

On production he ranks #12 of 466 WRs; on reputation he is a consensus All-American. The gap between those two numbers is the story.

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 623 nationally · Signed with Deerfield Beach

Statement game9 rec · 148 yds · 1 TDat Syracuse (FBS) · L 38-42

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

I’d love Restrepo in Buffalo, but he’s gonna go too high since the Bills are getting the 32nd pick this yearr/CFB game thread · ▲ 2His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Miami. 2024: 69 catches, 1,127 receiving yards, 11 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Deerfield Beach in 2020.
Named All-America (AFCA) in 2024.
Named All-America (Consensus) in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Miami, 2,844 receiving yards, an All-American season (2024) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 193 yds vs Louisville.Louisville · L 31-382023

20204 games

Recruited3-star out of Deerfield Beach

202312 games

The role got bigger.

All-ACCfirst

202412 games

All-ACCfirst
All-America6 selectors

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#623 national

CFB

College

Miami

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

10 honors · 2 categories

🏆

ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2024)

4 first-team selectors

🥈

ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

3 coaches

2020

Manny Diaz

Miami

2021

Jess Simpson

Miami

era →

2022–2024

Mario Cristobal

Miami

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Manny Diaz, Jess Simpson, and Mario Cristobal. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Miami8-3HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Miami7-5HC: Jess Simpson · Balanced

2022Miami5-7HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

87All-Conference level #12 of 466?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (94th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (91st percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#34 / 610 · 94th pct

14.3%

Yards / catch#58 / 610 · 91st pct

16.7

Explosive rate#62 / 610 · 90th pct

26.0%

EPA / target#69 / 610 · 89th pct

1.30

Catch rate#387 / 610 · 37th pct

87.0%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#7 / 541 · 98th pct

Rec yards#11 / 541 · 98th pct

1127

Long catch#31 / 541 · 94th pct

Receptions#33 / 541 · 94th pct

Yards / catch#101 / 541 · 81st pct

16.3

Fumbles lost#197 / 221 · 7th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

65th → 89th percentile

Explosive rate

85th → 90th percentile

Catch rate

49th → 37th percentile

TD rate

30th → 94th percentile

Yards / catch

69th → 91st 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.8	71.0	14.5	1.0
Road6g	6.7	117	17.7	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.3	97.5	18.2	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	6.2	90.3	13.9	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

87 · #12 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #12 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2024

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Miami	69	1,127	16.3	11	--
2023	Miami	85	1,092	12.8	6	--
2022	Miami	21	240	11.4	2	--
2021	Miami	24	373	15.5	2	--
2020	Miami	1	12	12.0	0	--
Career		200	2,844	14.2	21	--

Season	Team
2024	Miami	--	--	--	--	--
2023	Miami	--	--	18	39	--
2022	Miami	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Miami	--	--	100	-2	--
2020	Miami	--	--	--	9	--
Career		--	--	118	46	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 41–17

at Florida

7 rec · 112 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 24-point win on the road against Florida.

With C. Ward — 385 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 95.7 · 33 rush yds (3 car) · D. Joyce — 48 AVG · 53 LONG · 2 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Duke · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +6.10Cam Ward pass complete to Xavier Restrepo for 66 yds for a TD (Andres Borregales KICK)
Week 6 · California · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.29Cam Ward pass complete to Xavier Restrepo for 77 yds to the CAL 15 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.03Cam Ward pass complete to Xavier Restrepo for 63 yds to the LOU 2 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Florida A&M · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.84Cam Ward pass complete to Xavier Restrepo for 50 yds for a TD (R. Williams Run For Two-point Conversion)
Week 2 · Florida A&M · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +3.83Cam Ward pass complete to Xavier Restrepo for 33 yds to the FAMU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Florida · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.82Cam Ward pass complete to Xavier Restrepo for 40 yds to the FLA 29 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · California · 4&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.55Cam Ward pass complete to Xavier Restrepo for 13 yds to the CAL 44 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Florida · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.12Cam Ward pass complete to Xavier Restrepo for 24 yds for a TD (Andres Borregales KICK)
Week 11 · Georgia Tech · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.09Cam Ward pass complete to Xavier Restrepo for 38 yds for a TD (Andres Borregales KICK)
Week 6 · California · 4&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.04Cam Ward pass complete to Xavier Restrepo for 7 yds to the CAL 43 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 41-17@ Florida	7	112	16.0	1	40
Wk 2	W 56-9vs Florida A&M	4	104	26.0	1	50
Wk 3	W 62-0vs Ball State	3	47	15.7	2	21	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 50-15@ South Florida	6	99	16.5	1	28
Wk 5	W 38-34vs Virginia Tech	5	60	12.0	0	26
Wk 6	W 39-38@ California	7	163	23.3	0	77	Season-high 163 yds
Wk 8	W 52-45@ Louisville	7	101	14.4	1	63
Wk 9	W 36-14vs Florida State	4	24	6.0	0	13
Wk 10	W 53-31vs Duke	8	146	18.3	3	66	3 TD catches
Wk 11	L 23-28@ Georgia Tech	4	78	19.5	1	38
Wk 13	W 42-14vs Wake Forest	5	45	9.0	0	15
Wk 14	L 38-42@ Syracuse	9	148	16.4	1	40	148-yard receiving day
Total		69	1127	16.1	11	77