| Xavier Worthy | |
| Current Team: | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Number: | 1 |
| Position: | Wide receiver / Punt returner |
| Birth Date: | April 27, 2003 |
| Birth Place: | Fresno, California, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 165 |
| High School: | Central East (Fresno) |
| College: | Texas (2021–2023) |
| Draftyear: | 2024 |
| Draftround: | 1 |
| Draftpick: | 28 |
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| Status: | Active |
| Highlights: |
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| Statseason: | 2024 |
| Statweek: | 13 |
| Statlabel1: | Receptions |
| Statvalue1: | 33 |
| Statlabel2: | Receiving yards |
| Statvalue2: | 407 |
| Statlabel3: | Receiving touchdowns |
| Statvalue3: | 4 |
| Statlabel4: | Rushing yards |
| Statvalue4: | 49 |
| Statlabel5: | Rushing touchdowns |
| Statvalue5: | 2 |
| Pfr: | W/WortXa00 |
Xavier Glenn Worthy (born April 27, 2003) is an American professional football wide receiver and punt returner for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, earning three All-Big 12 honors. Worthy holds the 40-yard dash record at the NFL Combine (4.21 seconds) and was selected by the Chiefs in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft.
Worthy attended Central East High School in Fresno, California.[1] He was selected to play in the 2021 All-American Bowl, but the game was not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] He originally committed to the University of Michigan to play college football but changed to the University of Texas at Austin.[3]
Worthy earned immediate playing time his freshman season at Texas in 2021.[4] [5] [6] [7] Worthy had a breakout freshman year at Texas, breaking several freshman school records. These records include receiving yards in a season, with 981 yards, and receiving touchdowns in a season, with 12. These records were previously held by Roy Williams, who had 809 yards with 8 touchdowns in his 2000 freshman season. Worthy also broke the school freshman record of receiving yards in a game with 261 yards against rival Oklahoma.[8] At the conclusion of Worthy’s freshman season, he was awarded true-freshman All-American by Pro Football Focus, 247 Sports, and FWAA.[9] [10]
On January 2, 2024, Worthy announced that he would forgo his senior year and enter the 2024 NFL draft.[11]
| Texas Longhorns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 2021 | 12 | 62 | 981 | 15.8 | 12 | |
| 2022 | 13 | 60 | 760 | 12.7 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 14 | 75 | 1,014 | 13.5 | 5 | |
| Career | 39 | 197 | 2,755 | 14.0 | 26 | |
Worthy set the 40-yard dash record of 4.21 at the 2024 NFL Combine, breaking the previous record of 4.22 by John Ross.[12]
Worthy was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs with the 28th overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft, which was traded to them by the Buffalo Bills.[13] On his first touch of the ball in the NFL, Worthy scored his first touchdown on September 5, 2024 in a home game versus the Baltimore Ravens, running it in from 21 yards out.[14] He caught another 35-yard touchdown in the 27-20 win.[15]