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Xavier Legette

Wide Receiver, Carolina Panthers · #17.

Player facts

Team: Carolina Panthers
Position: Wide Receiver
Number: 17
Born: Jan 29, 2001 (age 25)
Birthplace: Mullins, SC, USA
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 227 lbs
College: South Carolina
Experience: 3 seasons
Status: Day-To-Day

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Regular Season	2	5	64	32.0	0	55	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career	86	153	924	10.7	7	55	46	7	24	3.4	0	8	1	0

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Receiving	6 targets	+0.35	33%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Receiving							Rushing					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Sep 20	@ ATL	W 34-3	2	4	64	32.0	0	55	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	vs CHI	L 59-37	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 2 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Anthony Xavier Legette (born January 29, 2001) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks and was selected by the Panthers in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Xavier Legette, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

When he was in the third grade, Legette's childhood home burned down. That same year, his mother was diagnosed with cancer as well as his dad having a light heart attack. He attended Mullins High School in Mullins, South Carolina. He played wide receiver in high school but also played quarterback his senior year. As a senior, he had 1,826 yards receiving with 19 touchdowns and passed for 887 yards with 14 touchdowns. He committed to the University of South Carolina to play college football.

College career

In his first four years at South Carolina, Legette played in 41 games with 17 starts and had 42 receptions for 423 yards and five touchdowns during that time. As a fifth year senior in 2023, Legette became the team's number one receiver. He totaled 1,255 yards and seven touchdowns on 71 receptions, including a career high 217 yards against Jacksonville State.

From Wikipedia’s article on Xavier Legette, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹