CAR · WR
Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette is a wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers. Depth chart: WR3.
Scouting report
Xavier Legette: the full picture
Xavier Legette at a glance
Xavier Legette is a 25-year-old wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers, listed at 6'3" and 227 pounds. The Carolina Panthers drafted Legette 32nd overall in the first round in 2024, out of South Carolina, and 2026 is Legette's 3rd NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Legette for 110.3 PPR points in 2026, which ranks WR74 at the position and works out to 7.4 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Legette has scored 8.4 PPR points, or 4.2 per game. That is 7.6% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Legette would finish with about 71 points, behind the 110.3 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 8.4 points in Week 2 against ATL, the WR44 finish that week. Legette has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 0 of 2 games, a 0% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 94 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Legette ranks in the 72nd percentile in yards per target, the 33rd percentile in receiving TDs and the 32nd percentile in receiving yards. The softest mark is the 4th percentile in receptions.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Legette has finished as WR60 in 2024 and WR71 in 2025. The high-water mark is 125.1 PPR points in 2024. Across 32 regular-season games on record, the totals read 86 receptions, 924 receiving yards and 7 receiving touchdowns.
Xavier Legette by the numbers
Legette has finished in the top twelve 1 time. The career high is 24.2 PPR points, set in Week 7 of 2025 against NYJ. In all, Legette has reached 20 points in 1 game, 3% of career appearances.
Contract
Legette is playing on a four-year, $12.4 million contract signed with the Carolina Panthers in 2024, an average of $3.1 million per year with $12.4 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Legette carries a GV stock price of 2,376, which ranks 303rd overall and WR106 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Legette 332nd overall. Value has moved down 0.3 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Tyquan Thornton, Kayshon Boutte and Tre Harris. See where Legette sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 110.3
- PPR / game
- 7.4
Week 1 projection
Xavier Legette is projected for 5.7 PPR points at home against CHI in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 18.7.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 0.3 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 16.9
- Dynasty
- 23.0
- Superflex redraft
- 27.5
- Superflex dynasty
- 32.0
- TE premium dynasty
- 13.9
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | CAR | 2 | 6 | 2 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 |
| 2025 | CAR | 15 | 64 | 35 | 363 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 89.3 |
| 2024 | CAR | 15 | 84 | 49 | 497 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 125.1 |
Wide receivers ranked near Xavier Legette
- Jauan Jennings WR71 · 110.3 PPR
- Rashod Bateman WR72 · 110.3 PPR
- Ryan Flournoy WR73 · 110.3 PPR
- Makai Lemon WR75 · 109.9 PPR
- Tre Harris WR76 · 107.5 PPR
- Chris Bell WR77 · 106.6 PPR
Carolina Panthers fantasy players
- Bryce Young QB · 246.7 PPR
- Tetairoa McMillan WR · 229.0 PPR
- Chuba Hubbard RB · 223.9 PPR
- Jalen Coker WR · 120.3 PPR
- Tommy Tremble TE · 86.7 PPR
- Trevor Etienne RB · 48.0 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.