South Carolina WR Xavier Legette 2024 NFL Draft Profile

Xavier Legette, WR Height/Weight: 6-3, 227 Age: 22 South Carolina Senior Bowl: Yes Shrine Bowl: No YearYardsCatchesTDs2019980120207113020218631202218167320237112557South Carolina WR Xavier Legette Career StatsESPN Pros Ball SkillsEasily elevates in jump ball situations with excellent timing. Can track the ball deep over his shoulder and win with late handsPhysicalityCan body smaller corners both off the line and […]

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Sep 2, 2023; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks wide receiver Xavier Legette (17) during the first quarter against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Bank of America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports
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Xavier Legette, WR

Height/Weight: 6-3, 227

Age: 22

South Carolina

Senior Bowl: Yes

Shrine Bowl: No

YearYardsCatchesTDs

2019

9

80

1

2020

7

113

0

2021

8

63

1

2022

18

167

3

2023

71

1255

7

South Carolina WR Xavier Legette Career Stats
ESPN

Pros

  • Ball Skills
    Easily elevates in jump ball situations with excellent timing. Can track the ball deep over his shoulder and win with late hands
  • Physicality
    Can body smaller corners both off the line and at the catch point. Built like a lean tight end
  • Acceleration/Deep Speed
    Excellent burst off the snap and elite takeoff to dust corners and get into blindspots/turn safeties around in an instant
  • Suddenness
    Surprising fluidity in his hip drop. Can touch grass and get back up on return routes and get in and out on in-breakers

Cons

  • MA’s
    Occasionally has mental lapses. Primarily shows up in blocking assignments where either effort or assignment is questionable
  • Lateral agility
    Stiff ankles mitigate his ability to cut against the grain or make defenders miss in 1v1 situations

Eval:

While Legette is built like a prototype for the perimeter, South Carolina utilized his skill set in multiple alignments and recognized the ball in his hands is always a good thing.

Legette’s innate ball skills and physicality make him a jump ball merchant, turning 50-50 balls in his favor.

Despite displaying surprising fluidity to get in and out of breaks, Legette is best on vertical patterns, making one cut and getting up the field. Teams looking for a static X on the backside of 3×1 formations as a pure ball winner and deep threat will covet Legette in the draft.

Floor Comp: Laquon Treadwell

Good size and athletic ability but could get lost in the shuffle without proper development

Ceiling Comp: DK Metcalf

Big target with excellent ball skills and extreme burst and deep speed but isn't great laterally

Destin Adams’ Latest Big Board Ranking: (38 Overall, 9 WR)

James Foster’s Latest Big Board Ranking: (49 Overall, 9 WR)