#10

Xavier Weaver

Senior wide receiver for Colorado. 2023: 68 catches, 908 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Colorado · Sr. · #10

6′1″ · 180 lb · Orlando, FL

CFB Index 76 · #51 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceColorado 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1902 nationally · Signed with South Florida

Statement game10 rec · 170 yds · 1 TDvs Nebraska (FBS) · W 36-14

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Colorado. 2023: 68 catches, 908 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Florida in 2019.
Transferred from South Florida to Colorado in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Colorado, 2,643 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 170 yds vs Nebraska.Nebraska · W 36-142023

20198 games

Signed with South Florida3-star out of Orlando Christian Prep

20229 games

All-AACsecond

202311 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1902 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM

All-AAC 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

4 coaches

2019

Mel Tucker

Colorado

2020–2021

Karl Dorrell

Colorado

era →

2022

Mike Sanford Jr.

Colorado

era →

2023

Deion Sanders

Colorado

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Mel Tucker, Karl Dorrell, Mike Sanford Jr., and Deion Sanders. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019South Florida4-8HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning

2020South Florida1-8HC: Jeff Scott · Balanced

2021South Florida2-10HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022South Florida1-11HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning

2023Colorado4-8HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

76All-Conference level #51 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (97th percentile). Strength: receptions (93rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#180 / 639 · 72nd pct

17.9%

Yards / catch#229 / 639 · 64th pct

13.4

Catch rate#357 / 639 · 44th pct

81.0%

TD rate#357 / 639 · 44th pct

4.8%

EPA / target#369 / 639 · 42nd pct

0.68

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#4 / 294 · 97th pct

Receptions#41 / 566 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#45 / 566 · 92nd pct

908

Fumbles lost#1 / 227 · 80th pct

Rec TDs#146 / 566 · 69th pct

Rush yards#115 / 294 · 61st pct

Yards / catch#242 / 566 · 56th pct

13.4

Long catch#276 / 566 · 50th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

64th → 42nd percentile

Explosive rate

54th → 72nd percentile

Catch rate

34th → 44th percentile

TD rate

73rd → 44th percentile

Yards / catch

72nd → 64th 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	7.2	95.2	13.3	0.7
Road5g	5.0	67.4	13.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.1	90.1	12.3	0.6
Weeks 8+4g	4.5	69.2	15.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Deion Sanders

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

76 · #51 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #51 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Colorado	68	908	13.4	4	--
2022	South Florida	53	718	13.5	6	--
2021	South Florida	41	715	17.4	2	--
2020	South Florida	10	136	13.6	0	--
2019	South Florida	12	166	13.8	0	--
Career		184	2,643	14.4	12	--

Season	Team
2023	Colorado	2	15	17	132	--
2022	South Florida	1	1	--	36	--
2021	South Florida	1	3	--	116	--
2020	South Florida	--	--	--	--	--
2019	South Florida	1	4	11	--	--
Career		5	23	28	284	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 45–42

at TCU

6 rec · 118 yds

Edged out TCU on the road in a shootout.

With S. Sanders — 510 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.1 · -32 rush yds (5 car) · D. Edwards — 24 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Nebraska · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.13Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Xavier Weaver for 41 yds to the NEB 22 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Colorado State · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.53Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Xavier Weaver for 24 yds for a TD (Jace Feely KICK)
Week 3 · Colorado State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.15Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Xavier Weaver for 26 yds to the CSU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.14Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Xavier Weaver for 39 yds for a TD (C. Fauria Run For Two-point Conversion)
Week 2 · Nebraska · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.14Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Xavier Weaver for 12 yds for a TD (Jace Feely KICK)
Week 2 · Nebraska · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.07Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Xavier Weaver for 39 yds to the NEB 12 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Arizona · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.96Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Xavier Weaver for 26 yds to the ARIZ 1 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Oregon State · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +2.91Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Xavier Weaver for 12 yds to the COLO 49 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Arizona State · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Xavier Weaver run for 1 yd for a TD (Alejandro Mata KICK)
Week 7 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.58Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Xavier Weaver for 48 yds to the STAN 16 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-42@ TCU	6	118	19.7	0	44
Wk 2	W 36-14vs Nebraska	10	170	17.0	1	41	Season-high 170 yds
Wk 3	W 43-35vs Colorado State	9	98	10.9	1	26
Wk 4	L 6-42@ Oregon	9	75	8.3	0	21
Wk 5	L 41-48vs USC	7	29	4.1	0	9
Wk 6	W 27-24@ Arizona State	2	17	8.5	0	11
Wk 7	L 43-46vs Stanford	7	124	17.7	2	48	2 TD catches
Wk 9	L 16-28@ UCLA	5	86	17.2	0	45
Wk 10	L 19-26vs Oregon State	5	66	13.2	0	36
Wk 11	L 31-34vs Arizona	5	84	16.8	0	26
Wk 12	L 14-56@ Washington State	3	41	13.7	0	22
Total		68	908	13.4	4	48

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

Xavier Weaver

20198 games

20229 games

202311 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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