2025
2025 season · WR · #19 · 3rd season
Xavier Smith
Age 29 · 5'9" · 170 lb · Florida A&M · Undrafted (2023). Snap share 21% across 16 games.
- How goodSmith's +21.9 EPA is 39th of 146 wide receivers.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes in the air (+17.5, 93rd percentile per target).
- Fantasy1.9 standard points a game, WR113 of 170.2.5 half-PPR points a game, WR114 of 170.3.0 PPR points a game, WR112 of 170.
- How he's usedPlay action finds him: 42% of his targets come off a fake (league 19%).
- LatelyTargets are steady: 3.3 a game over his last three against 1.5 for the season.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target shareof team targets | 5% | 144th of 146 | 2nd | |
| Depth of targetair yards per target | 16.9 | 8th of 146 | 95th | |
| After the catchyards per reception | 5.9 | 19th of 146 | 87th | |
| Catch ratereceptions per target | 75% | 11th of 146 | 93rd | |
| EPA per target | +0.91 | 1st of 146 | 100th |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First downsper target | 46% | 22nd of 146 | 85th | |
| Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better | 4% | 74th of 146 | 49th | |
| Yards per game | 18.9 | 106th of 146 | 28th | |
| Success rate | 67% | T-4th of 146 | 96th | |
| Total EPA | +21.9 | 39th of 146 | 74th |
How this is measured
Each bar is the league at his position; the marker is him. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. Ranks are out of the qualifying pool, ties shown as T-, and move every week as the pool changes.
Smith scores 1.9 standard points a game, WR113 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 3.6; 0 boom weeks (12+) and 13 busts (under 5).
Smith scores 2.5 half-PPR points a game, WR114 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 4.1; 0 boom weeks (16+) and 13 busts (under 6.5).
Smith scores 3.0 PPR points a game, WR112 of 170 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 4.6; 0 boom weeks (20+) and 14 busts (under 8).
How this is measured
Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the WR24 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.
How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when
Play action finds him: 42% of his targets come off a fake (league 19%). Xavier is a downfield target: 33% of his targets travel 20 yards or more, against 17% for the league's receivers. His share of the team's targets is 3%: on third down it holds at 3%; inside the 20 it holds at 2%.
How this is measured
Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying wide receivers; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.
Smith's +21.9 EPA is 39th of 146 wide receivers. The biggest share comes in the air (+17.5, 93rd percentile per target). His incompletions rank in the 98th percentile (-3.5).
How this is measured
Every target this season, split by what happened. Catches divide at the catch: the yards in the air and what came after. The percentile is him among the qualifying wide receivers, higher is better, so a cost smaller than most ranks high. The parts add up to the totals above; the career strip counts seasons with at least 15 targets.
His targets spread much like the league's: no spot with five or more runs 15% above the league's share.
How this is measured
Every target with a charted depth and direction this season; sacks and throws with no charted direction are left out. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. Cells with fewer than three targets show no EPA.
On the field
By depth of target
Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle
By depth
Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs HOU W 14-96th D | 6th vs WR | 3% | 1 | 1 | 36 | +2.7 | |
| 2 | at TEN W 33-1931st D | 31st vs WR | 3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 3 | at PHI L 26-335th D | 5th vs WR | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 4 | vs IND W 27-2017th D | 17th vs WR | 8% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 5 | vs SF L 23-2626th D | 26th vs WR | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 6 | at BAL W 17-324th D | 24th vs WR | 25% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 7 | at JAX W 35-71st D | 1st vs WR | 47% | 3 | 2 | 15 | -0.3 | |
| 8 | Bye week | |||||||
| 9 | vs NO W 34-1015th D | 15th vs WR | 16% | 3 | 2 | 12 | -0.4 | |
| 10 | at SF W 42-2626th D | 26th vs WR | 49% | 1 | 1 | 14 | +0.9 | |
| 11 | vs SEA W 21-192nd D | 2nd vs WR | 12% | 2 | 1 | 8 | +1.3 | |
| 12 | vs TB W 34-7Did not play · Questionable (concussion) | |||||||
| 13 | at CAR L 28-3113th D | 13th vs WR | 38% | 3 | 3 | 82 | +5.4 | |
| 14 | at ARI W 45-1719th D | 19th vs WR | 30% | 1 | 1 | 6 | +0.1 | |
| 15 | vs DET W 41-3422nd D | 22nd vs WR | 4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 16 | at SEA L 37-382nd D | 2nd vs WR | 24% | 2 | 2 | 57 | +6.1 | |
| 17 | at ATL L 24-2714th D | 14th vs WR | 51% | 6 | 4 | 67 | +5.6 | |
| 18 | vs ARI W 37-2019th D | 19th vs WR | 33% | 2 | 1 | 6 | +0.4 | |
| 19 | at CAR W 34-31Stats not posted yet | |||||||
| 20 | at CHI W 20-17Stats not posted yet | |||||||
| 21 | at SEA L 27-31Stats not posted yet | |||||||
| 22 | Bye week | |||||||
| 16 games | 21% | 24 | 18 | 303 | 0 | +21.9 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Tgt share | Air share | aDOT | YAC | EPA/tgt | 1D | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs HOU W 14-96th D | 6th vs WR | 4% | 16% | 36.0 | 0 | +2.69 | 1 | |
| 2 | at TEN W 33-1931st D | 31st vs WR | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 3 | at PHI L 26-335th D | 5th vs WR | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 4 | vs IND W 27-2017th D | 17th vs WR | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 5 | vs SF L 23-2626th D | 26th vs WR | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 6 | at BAL W 17-324th D | 24th vs WR | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 7 | at JAX W 35-71st D | 1st vs WR | 9% | 15% | 18.0 | 7 | -0.09 | 0 | |
| 8 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 9 | vs NO W 34-1015th D | 15th vs WR | 10% | 17% | 17.7 | 3 | -0.14 | 1 | |
| 10 | at SF W 42-2626th D | 26th vs WR | 3% | -1% | -4.0 | 18 | +0.95 | 1 | |
| 11 | vs SEA W 21-192nd D | 2nd vs WR | 7% | 9% | 6.5 | 0 | +0.66 | 0 | |
| 12 | vs TB W 34-7Did not play · Questionable (concussion) | ||||||||
| 13 | at CAR L 28-3113th D | 13th vs WR | 11% | 23% | 16.7 | 32 | +1.79 | 2 | |
| 14 | at ARI W 45-1719th D | 19th vs WR | 3% | 3% | 6.0 | 0 | +0.13 | 0 | |
| 15 | vs DET W 41-3422nd D | 22nd vs WR | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 16 | at SEA L 37-382nd D | 2nd vs WR | 4% | 10% | 25.0 | 7 | +3.06 | 2 | |
| 17 | at ATL L 24-2714th D | 14th vs WR | 17% | 21% | 18.3 | 40 | +0.94 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | vs ARI W 37-2019th D | 19th vs WR | 5% | 10% | 18.5 | 0 | +0.21 | 1 | |
| 19 | at CAR W 34-31Stats not posted yet | ||||||||
| 20 | at CHI W 20-17Stats not posted yet | ||||||||
| 21 | at SEA L 27-31Stats not posted yet | ||||||||
| 22 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 16 games | 5% | 8% | 16.9 | 107 | +0.91 | 11 | 1 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | 20+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs HOU W 14-96th D | 6th vs WR | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 1 | |
| 2 | at TEN W 33-1931st D | 31st vs WR | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 3 | at PHI L 26-335th D | 5th vs WR | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 4 | vs IND W 27-2017th D | 17th vs WR | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 5 | vs SF L 23-2626th D | 26th vs WR | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 6 | at BAL W 17-324th D | 24th vs WR | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 7 | at JAX W 35-71st D | 1st vs WR | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | ||
| 8 | Bye week | ||||||
| 9 | vs NO W 34-1015th D | 15th vs WR | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | ||
| 10 | at SF W 42-2626th D | 26th vs WR | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | ||
| 11 | vs SEA W 21-192nd D | 2nd vs WR | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | ||
| 12 | vs TB W 34-7Did not play · Questionable (concussion) | ||||||
| 13 | at CAR L 28-3113th D | 13th vs WR | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 2 | |
| 14 | at ARI W 45-1719th D | 19th vs WR | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | ||
| 15 | vs DET W 41-3422nd D | 22nd vs WR | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 16 | at SEA L 37-382nd D | 2nd vs WR | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 1 | |
| 17 | at ATL L 24-2714th D | 14th vs WR | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 1 | |
| 18 | vs ARI W 37-2019th D | 19th vs WR | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | ||
| 19 | at CAR W 34-31Stats not posted yet | ||||||
| 20 | at CHI W 20-17Stats not posted yet | ||||||
| 21 | at SEA L 27-31Stats not posted yet | ||||||
| 22 | Bye week | ||||||
| 16 games | 18 | 303 | 16.8 | 0 | 5 |
Targets are steady: 3.3 a game over his last three against 1.5 for the season. He is doing more with less: 43 yards a game over the last three against 19. At or above a starter's median in yards in 4 of 16 games.
How this is measured
Bars are his week. The shaded band is the league's middle half at his position, every qualifying player-game this season, and the dashed line is its median. The solid line is his trailing three games. An × on the baseline is a game his team played without him; a dotted tick is the bye.
He has faced the 10th-toughest slate vs WR: his opponents rank 15.1 of 32 on average (league middle 16.2).
The slate · played solid, ahead dashed
His line by defense faced
| Defenses | G | Tgt/g | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses | 5 | 1.6 | 23 | +1.23 |
| 11 to 22Middle | 7 | 2.1 | 25 | +0.74 |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 4 | 0.3 | 4 | +0.95 |
| All games | 16 | 1.5 | 19 | +0.91 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
His production barely moves with the opponent (r = -0.38); it has traveled.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2024, 6 receiving yards in 14 games. This season's 18.9 a game puts him on pace for 322 over 17, a career high.
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Y/R | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | LA | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.4 | -0.05 |
| 2025 | LA | 16 | 24 | 18 | 303 | 0 | 16.8 | 18.9 | +0.91 |
| Career | 1 tm | 30 | 26 | 20 | 309 | 0 | 15.5 | 10.3 | +0.84 |
How this is measured
Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.
Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates
- Depth chart
- not listed
- Injury report
- clean
- Red zone touches
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- Third down
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- Explosive plays
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- Drops
- 1 on 24 targets
- Broken tackles
- 1
- Passer rating when targeted
- 90.1
- Play action
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- Contested
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Kyren WilliamsRB | 309 | 1533 · 13 TD | +13.5 |
 Puka NacuaWR | 176 | 1820 · 11 TD | +125.0 |
 Blake CorumRB | 159 | 782 · 6 TD | +10.1 |
 Davante AdamsWR | 114 | 789 · 14 TD | +27.0 |
 Colby ParkinsonTE | 56 | 408 · 8 TD | +12.6 |
 Tyler HigbeeTE | 36 | 281 · 3 TD | +9.4 |
 Davis AllenTE | 33 | 208 · 3 TD | +5.4 |
 Matthew StaffordQB | 29 | 1 | -31.8 |