2026
2026 season · WR · #1 · 3rd season
Xavier Worthy
Age 23 · 5'11" · 165 lb · Texas · Pick 28 overall (2024). Listed WR2 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 84% across 7 games.
- How goodWorthy's -2.4 EPA is 89th of 100 wide receivers.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+16.7, 76th percentile per target).
- Fantasy4.1 standard points a game, WR71 of 171.6.1 half-PPR points a game, WR67 of 171.8.0 PPR points a game, WR61 of 171.
- How he's usedPlay action finds him: 34% of his targets come off a fake (league 16%).
- LatelyTargets are steady: 6.3 a game over his last three against 5.9 for the season.
- This weekA middle-of-the-pack matchup: the Jets rank 22nd vs WR, allowing +0.32 EPA per target to wide receivers.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target shareof team targets | 19% | 42nd of 100 | 59th | |
| Depth of targetair yards per target | 8.6 | 79th of 100 | 22nd | |
| After the catchyards per reception | 4.7 | 35th of 100 | 66th | |
| Catch ratereceptions per target | 66% | 42nd of 100 | 59th | |
| EPA per target | -0.06 | 88th of 100 | 13th |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First downsper target | 27% | 90th of 100 | 11th | |
| Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better | 5% | 62nd of 100 | 39th | |
| Yards per game | 32.9 | 69th of 100 | 32nd | |
| Success rate | 44% | 74th of 100 | 26th | |
| Total EPA | -2.4 | 89th of 100 | 12th |
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.
Worthy scores 4.1 standard points a game, WR71 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 1.4 and 7.2; 0 boom weeks (12+) and 4 busts (under 5). This week the Jets allow the 13th-fewest standard points to WRs, 18.9 a game.
Worthy scores 6.1 half-PPR points a game, WR67 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 2.8 and 10.4; 0 boom weeks (16+) and 4 busts (under 6.5). This week the Jets allow the 10th-fewest half-PPR points to WRs, 23.8 a game.
Worthy scores 8.0 PPR points a game, WR61 of 171 WRs with enough games. Most weeks land between 4.1 and 13.0; 0 boom weeks (20+) and 4 busts (under 8). This week the Jets allow the 9th-fewest PPR points to WRs, 28.8 a game.
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: 34% of his targets come off a fake (league 16%). Much of his damage comes after the catch: 56% of his yards (league 30%). His share of the team's targets is 19%: on third down it holds at 16%; inside the 20 it holds at 18%. The screen game runs through him: 20% of his targets are screens (league 5%).
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.
Worthy's -2.4 EPA is 89th of 100 wide receivers. The biggest share comes after the catch (+16.7, 76th percentile per target). Air yards cost him more than most (-1.2, 8th percentile).
career +0.20 over 2024–2025 · the lowest of his 3 seasons
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.
He is targeted deep right 2.5× as often as the league (12% of his targets against 5%) but averages -1.02 EPA a target there.
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
The game
vs JetsGEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium
KC −9.5 · O/U 46.5
The defense vs WR
a middle-of-the-pack matchup
His history
First meeting this season
His status
A middle-of-the-pack matchup: the Jets rank 22nd vs WR, allowing +0.32 EPA per target to wide receivers. He has averaged 49 yards a game against middle defenses this season.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs DEN W 31-105th D | 5th vs WR | 77% | 6 | 3 | 18 | -8.4 | |
| 2 | vs IND W 33-3015th D | 15th vs WR | 86% | 7 | 5 | 25 | 1 | +0.4 |
| 3 | at MIA W 24-1026th D | 26th vs WR | 83% | 2 | 2 | 20 | +1.0 | |
| 4 | at LV W 30-2729th D | 29th vs WR | 75% | 7 | 4 | 70 | +3.7 | |
| 5 | Bye week | |||||||
| 6 | vs LAC W 22-614th D | 14th vs WR | 84% | 7 | 7 | 73 | +3.3 | |
| 7 | at SEA L 3-203rd D | 3rd vs WR | 87% | 6 | 3 | 11 | -0.8 | |
| 8 | at DEN L 24-285th D | 5th vs WR | 94% | 6 | 3 | 13 | -1.6 | |
| 9 | vs NYJSun Nov 8 · this week | |||||||
| 10 | at ATLSun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | vs ARISun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | at BUFThu Nov 26 | |||||||
| 13 | at LAThu Dec 3 | |||||||
| 14 | at CINSun Dec 13 | |||||||
| 15 | vs NEMon Dec 21 | |||||||
| 16 | vs SFSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | at LACSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | vs LVSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 7 games | 84% | 41 | 27 | 230 | 1 | -2.4 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Tgt share | Air share | aDOT | YAC | EPA/tgt | 1D | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs DEN W 31-105th D | 5th vs WR | 24% | 32% | 7.0 | 15 | -1.41 | 1 | |
| 2 | vs IND W 33-3015th D | 15th vs WR | 16% | 15% | 5.7 | 19 | +0.06 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | at MIA W 24-1026th D | 26th vs WR | 9% | 8% | 6.5 | 7 | +0.49 | 1 | |
| 4 | at LV W 30-2729th D | 29th vs WR | 26% | 34% | 16.4 | 24 | +0.53 | 2 | |
| 5 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 6 | vs LAC W 22-614th D | 14th vs WR | 24% | 28% | 4.3 | 43 | +0.47 | 3 | |
| 7 | at SEA L 3-203rd D | 3rd vs WR | 19% | 42% | 10.8 | 10 | -0.13 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | at DEN L 24-285th D | 5th vs WR | 16% | 25% | 8.0 | 10 | -0.27 | 1 | |
| 9 | vs NYJSun Nov 8 · this week | ||||||||
| 10 | at ATLSun Nov 15 | ||||||||
| 11 | vs ARISun Nov 22 | ||||||||
| 12 | at BUFThu Nov 26 | ||||||||
| 13 | at LAThu Dec 3 | ||||||||
| 14 | at CINSun Dec 13 | ||||||||
| 15 | vs NEMon Dec 21 | ||||||||
| 16 | vs SFSun Dec 27 | ||||||||
| 17 | at LACSun Jan 3 | ||||||||
| 18 | vs LVSun Jan 10 | ||||||||
| 7 games | 19% | 26% | 8.6 | 128 | -0.06 | 11 | 2 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | 20+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vs DEN W 31-105th D | 5th vs WR | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | ||
| 2 | vs IND W 33-3015th D | 15th vs WR | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| 3 | at MIA W 24-1026th D | 26th vs WR | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | ||
| 4 | at LV W 30-2729th D | 29th vs WR | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 1 | |
| 5 | Bye week | ||||||
| 6 | vs LAC W 22-614th D | 14th vs WR | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | ||
| 7 | at SEA L 3-203rd D | 3rd vs WR | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | ||
| 8 | at DEN L 24-285th D | 5th vs WR | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | ||
| 9 | vs NYJSun Nov 8 · this week | ||||||
| 10 | at ATLSun Nov 15 | ||||||
| 11 | vs ARISun Nov 22 | ||||||
| 12 | at BUFThu Nov 26 | ||||||
| 13 | at LAThu Dec 3 | ||||||
| 14 | at CINSun Dec 13 | ||||||
| 15 | vs NEMon Dec 21 | ||||||
| 16 | vs SFSun Dec 27 | ||||||
| 17 | at LACSun Jan 3 | ||||||
| 18 | vs LVSun Jan 10 | ||||||
| 7 games | 27 | 230 | 8.5 | 1 | 1 |
Targets are steady: 6.3 a game over his last three against 5.9 for the season. 4 straight games above a starter's median in targets.
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 5th-toughest slate vs WR: his opponents rank 13.9 of 32 on average (league middle 16.4). Ahead: 1 of his next 10 is top-10 vs WR and 4 are bottom-10, starting with the Jets (22nd) in Week 9.
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 | 3 | 6.0 | 14 | -0.60 |
| 11 to 22Middle | 2 | 7.0 | 49 | +0.27 |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 2 | 4.5 | 45 | +0.52 |
| All games | 7 | 5.9 | 33 | -0.06 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
How this is measured
His yards climb as the defense gets softer (r = 0.57): the schedule has been doing some of the work.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2024, 638 receiving yards in 16 games. This season's 32.9 a game puts him on pace for 559 over 17, close to it.
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Y/R | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | KC | 16 | 98 | 59 | 638 | 6 | 10.8 | 39.9 | +0.20 |
| 2025 | KC | 14 | 73 | 42 | 532 | 1 | 12.7 | 38.0 | +0.20 |
| 2026 | KC | 7 | 41 | 27 | 230 | 1 | 8.5 | 32.9 | -0.06 |
| Career | 1 tm | 37 | 212 | 128 | 1,400 | 8 | 10.9 | 37.8 | +0.15 |
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
- WR2 · 3WR 1TE
- Injury report
- clean
- Red zone touches
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- Third down
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- Explosive plays
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- Drops
- 2 on 41 targets
- Broken tackles
- 0
- Passer rating when targeted
- 83.1
- Play action
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- Contested
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Kenneth Walker IIIRB | 173 | 901 · 8 TD | +8.4 |
 Travis KelceTE | 42 | 410 · 2 TD | +21.6 |
 Emmett JohnsonRB | 36 | 314 · 1 TD | +13.3 |
 Rashee RiceWR | 25 | 243 · 2 TD | +6.5 |
 Patrick MahomesQB | 21 | 77 · 1 TD | +1.9 |
 Noah GrayTE | 16 | 173 · 1 TD | +10.3 |
 Tyquan ThorntonWR | 15 | 219 · 2 TD | +19.0 |
 Jalen RoyalsWR | 12 | 45 · 1 TD | -4.2 |