WR · Carolina Panthers · #17

Xavier Legette

WR2Out · Kneewk 4 report
College
South Carolina
Height
6'3"
Weight
227 lb
Experience
3rd season
EPA / target
+0.35▲ 0.41 vs '25
19th of 45 WRs
Catch rate
33.3%▼ 21.4 vs '25
45th of 45 WRs
Yards / target
10.7▲ 5.0 vs '25
6th of 45 WRs
Target share
9.2%▼ 5.1 vs '25
45th of 45 WRs
Receiving
64 yds+0.35 EPA/TGT
2 rec · 6 tgt · 0 td

Ranks compare against the 44 qualifying wide receivers on the 2026 leaderboard plus Legette.

Week-by-week

EPA per target by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark

2025: −0.06−0.49Week 1+0.77Week 2

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Receiving+2.1
Rushing0.0
Net+2.1
Best game · Wk 2 @ ATL
2/4
Rec/Tgt
64
Rec yds
0
TD
+3.1
Rec EPA
+0.77
EPA/target
32.0
Yds/rec

2026 game log

ReceivingRushing
Game
Wk 1 vs CHIL200–00.010.0−1.0−0.49000
Wk 2 @ ATLW426432.0050.019.3+3.1+0.77000
Season626432.0033.316.2+2.1+0.35000

How he compares

2026 wide receivers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

4.27.510.914.217.5−0.36+0.01+0.38+0.75+1.12AllenAdamsEvansDiggsBourneMetcalfLambHigginsCollinsWaddleChaseSmithSt. BrownLondonOlaveWilliamsPickensWilsonRobinsonWatsonSmith-NjigbaWilsonTuckerWashingtonHutchinsonDownsFlowersNacuaNabersFlournoyVeleCokerWashingtonWorthyOdunzeMcMillanEgbukaGoldenBurden IIILemonBostonTateBernardConcepcionXavier Legette↑ EPA per targetaDOT →

Contract

Rookie deal · signed 2024 with Panthers

$12.4Mover 4 years
Avg. per year
$3.1M
Guaranteed
$12.4M 100%
2026 cap hit
$3.4M 1.1% of the cap
Signed
2024
Runs through
2027
2024
2025
2026 · now
2027
Year 3 of 4

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons
OverallReceivingRushing
Season
20262+2.16264033.332.010.79.2+0.35000
202515−4.66435363354.710.45.714.3−0.06100
202416+3.98449497458.310.15.918.5+0.076240
Career33+1.415486924755.810.76.016.0+0.027240