Xzavier Henderson

Former wide receiver at Cincinnati. 2024: 58 catches, 735 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Cincinnati · Sr. · #8

6′3″ · 200 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 68 · #90 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceCincinnati 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 68 nationally · Signed with Florida

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Cincinnati. 2024: 58 catches, 735 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Florida in 2020.
Transferred from Florida to Cincinnati in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Cincinnati, 2,352 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 149 yds vs Eastern Kentucky.Eastern Kentucky · W 66-132023

20205 games

Signed with Florida4-star out of Columbus

202312 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#68 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2022

Luke Fickell

Cincinnati

2023–2024

Scott Satterfield

Cincinnati

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Luke Fickell → Scott Satterfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Florida8-4HC: Dan Mullen · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021Florida6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Florida6-7HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2023Cincinnati3-9HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

2024Cincinnati5-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

68Quality starter #90 of 466?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (91st percentile). Strength: epa / target (82nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#1 / 610 · 91st pct

100.0%

EPA / target#112 / 610 · 82nd pct

1.18

Yards / catch#262 / 610 · 57th pct

12.4

TD rate#279 / 610 · 54th pct

6.7%

Explosive rate#400 / 610 · 34th pct

11.7%

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#69 / 541 · 87th pct

Rec yards#103 / 541 · 81st pct

735

Fumbles lost#1 / 221 · 80th pct

Rec TDs#140 / 541 · 69th pct

Yards / catch#288 / 541 · 47th pct

12.7

Long catch#345 / 541 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

47th → 82nd percentile

Explosive rate

68th → 34th percentile

Catch rate

61st → 91st percentile

TD rate

27th → 54th percentile

Yards / catch

63rd → 57th 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	5.5	66.0	13.3	0.5
Road6g	4.2	56.5	12.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.5	78.5	14.5	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	44.0	11.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

68 · #90 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #90 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Cincinnati	58	735	12.7	4	--
2023	Cincinnati	58	782	13.5	3	--
2022	Florida	38	410	10.8	2	--
2021	Florida	26	277	10.7	2	--
2020	Florida	9	148	16.4	1	--
Career		189	2,352	12.4	12	--

Season	Team
2024	Cincinnati	--	--	--	--	--
2023	Cincinnati	--	--	212	--	--
2022	Florida	--	--	111	108	--
2021	Florida	--	--	26	162	--
2020	Florida	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	--	349	270	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 38–20

vs Towson

7 rec · 101 yds · 1 TD

With B. Sorsby — 383 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.3 · 5 rush yds (5 car) · 2 TD · E. Pryor — 105 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Towson · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.20Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Xzavier Henderson for 42 yds for a TD (Carter Brown KICK)
Week 2 · Pittsburgh · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.84Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Xzavier Henderson for 34 yds to the PITT 38 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Houston · 2&17 · Q1 · EPA +3.34Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Xzavier Henderson for 19 yds for a TD (Nathan Hawks KICK)
Week 5 · Texas Tech · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.29Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Xzavier Henderson for 42 yds for a TD (Nathan Hawks KICK)
Week 4 · Houston · 2&15 · Q2 · EPA +3.10Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Xzavier Henderson for 15 yds for a TD (Nathan Hawks KICK)
Week 3 · Miami (OH) · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.64Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Xzavier Henderson for 11 yds to the M-OH 49 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · UCF · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Xzavier Henderson for 15 yds to the UCF 31 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Arizona State · 2&13 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Xzavier Henderson for 15 yds to the ASU 38 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Pittsburgh · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Xzavier Henderson for 15 yds to the PITT 41 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Texas Tech · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +2.51Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Xzavier Henderson for 17 yds to the CIN 41 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 38-20vs Towson	7	101	14.4	1	42
Wk 2	L 27-28vs Pittsburgh	5	80	16.0	0	34
Wk 3	W 27-16@ Miami (OH)	10	108	10.8	0	21
Wk 4	W 34-0vs Houston	2	34	17.0	2	19	2 TD catches
Wk 5	L 41-44@ Texas Tech	7	127	18.1	1	42	Season-high 127 yds
Wk 7	W 19-13@ UCF	2	21	10.5	0	15
Wk 8	W 24-14vs Arizona State	8	67	8.4	0	15
Wk 9	L 23-34@ Colorado	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 11	L 24-31vs West Virginia	8	68	8.5	0	11
Wk 12	L 17-34@ Iowa State	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 13	L 15-41@ Kansas State	4	60	15.0	0	21
Wk 14	L 13-20vs TCU	3	46	15.3	0	28
Total		58	735	13.1	4	42

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