NFL analyst's latest prediction about WR Xavier Legette is exactly what the Panthers need to elevate their offense in 2025
Wide receiver Xavier Legette didn't quite live up to expectations during his rookie year. The Panthers selected Legette 32nd overall in the 2024 NFL Draft after a five-year collegiate run with the South Carolina Gamecocks. In 16 games with Carolina, he caught 49 passes for 497 yards and four touchdowns. Despite the slow start, Legette […]
Wide receiver Xavier Legette didn't quite live up to expectations during his rookie year.
The Panthers selected Legette 32nd overall in the 2024 NFL Draft after a five-year collegiate run with the South Carolina Gamecocks. In 16 games with Carolina, he caught 49 passes for 497 yards and four touchdowns.
Despite the slow start, Legette still has plenty of upside. He's a big, physical receiver who can make contested catches and go over the top of defenders for back shoulder throws. Legette also has 4.3 40-yard dash speed, which could help him develop into a credible deep threat.
NFL.com analyst Marc Ross believes that Legette can put it all together in 2025, listing him as one of his second-year breakout candidates.
"Legette had a slow start to his NFL career, catching 49 passes for 497 yards and four touchdowns last season. Some of the struggles can be tied to his own growing pains — he had eight drops on 81 targets, according to Pro Football Focus — but he had also had to navigate the quarterback shuffle between Bryce Young and Andy Dalton early in Dave Canales' first season leading the Panthers. Canales recently said he believes Carolina has a DK Metcalf-like talent in Legette, who had foot surgery this offseason but was cleared to resume work in early April, and that having a full offseason alongside Young, who took a significant step forward in 2024, could lead to a breakout result in 2025. I anticipate it will also help that Carolina invested another first-round pick in a wide receiver, Arizona's Tetairoa McMillan, to complement Legette in the pass game." – Marc Ross
Legette and quarterback Bryce Young should have plenty of chemistry by now, and the arrival of 2025 first-round pick WR Tetairoa McMillan will help open things up more for him. If Legette can solve is woes with dropped passes, he could sneakily be the top receiving option for the Panthers this coming season.
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