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Xavier Legette

Xavier Legette is a wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers. Depth chart: WR3.

Scouting report

Xavier Legette: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated September 24, 2026

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.

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

Compare Xavier Legette on the trade value chart

Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026CAR262640008.4
2025CAR15643536331089.3
2024CAR1584494974624125.1

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