WR · Houston Texans · #19
Xavier Hutchinson
WR2- College
- Iowa State
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Experience
- 4th season
EPA / target
−0.04▼ 0.27 vs '25
42nd of 44 WRs
Catch rate
52.5%▼ 8.9 vs '25
42nd of 44 WRs
Yards / target
6.5▼ 1.1 vs '25
35th of 44 WRs
Target share
17.6%▲ 6.4 vs '25
38th of 44 WRs
Receiving
258 yds−0.04 EPA/TGT
21 rec · 40 tgt · 1 td
Ranks compare against the 44 qualifying wide receivers on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
EPA per target by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark
Where the value came from
Total EPA, 2026
Receiving−1.6
Rushing+0.2
Net−1.4
Best game · Wk 5 @ TEN
4/5
Rec/Tgt
65
Rec yds
0
TD
+4.4
Rec EPA
+0.87
EPA/target
16.3
Yds/rec
2026 game log
| Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||
| Wk 1 vs BUFL | 6 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 50.0 | 9.5 | +0.9 | +0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs CINL | 9 | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | 33.3 | 12.4 | −2.0 | −0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 @ INDL | 6 | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | 50.0 | 20.2 | +0.4 | +0.07 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Wk 4 vs DALL | 5 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 60.0 | 14.2 | +2.2 | +0.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 @ TENW | 5 | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 | 80.0 | 6.2 | +4.4 | +0.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 @ JAXW | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 66.7 | 4.7 | −5.8 | −1.95 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 vs NYGL | 6 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 1 | 50.0 | 6.5 | −1.6 | −0.27 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Season | 40 | 21 | 258 | 12.3 | 1 | 52.5 | 11.1 | −1.6 | −0.04 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
How he compares
2026 wide receivers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
Rookie deal · signed 2023 with Texans
$4Mover 4 years
- Avg. per year
- $1M
- Guaranteed
- $164K 4%
- 2026 cap hit
- $3.7M 1.2% of the cap
- Signed
- 2023
- Runs through
- 2026
2023
2024
2025
2026 · now
Year 4 of 4
Career by season
| Overall | Receiving | Rushing | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 7 | −1.4 | 40 | 21 | 258 | 1 | 52.5 | 12.3 | 6.5 | 17.6 | −0.04 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | +14.7 | 57 | 35 | 428 | 3 | 61.4 | 12.2 | 7.5 | 11.2 | +0.23 | 3 | 22 | 0 |
| 2024 | 16 | −7.8 | 26 | 12 | 117 | 0 | 46.2 | 9.8 | 4.5 | 6.0 | −0.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15 | −3.7 | 19 | 8 | 90 | 0 | 42.1 | 11.3 | 4.7 | 4.9 | −0.35 | 5 | 49 | 0 |
| Career | 55 | +1.8 | 142 | 76 | 893 | 4 | 53.5 | 11.8 | 6.3 | 9.1 | −0.02 | 12 | 87 | 0 |