Xavier Worthy
American football player (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Xavier Glenn Worthy (born April 27, 2003) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, earning three All-Big 12 honors. Worthy holds the 40-yard dash record at the NFL Combine (4.21 seconds) and was selected by the Chiefs in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft.
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | April 27, 2003 Fresno, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Central East (Fresno) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Texas (2021–2023) | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2024: 1st round, 28th pick | ||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 18, 2024 | |||||||||||||
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Early life
Worthy attended Central East High School in Fresno, California.[1] He was selected to play in the 2021 All-American Bowl, but the game was not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] He originally committed to the University of Michigan to play college football but changed to the University of Texas at Austin.[3]
College career
Worthy earned immediate playing time his freshman season at Texas in 2021.[4][5][6][7] Worthy had a breakout freshman year at Texas, breaking several freshman school records. These records include receiving yards in a season, with 981 yards, and receiving touchdowns in a season, with 12. These records were previously held by Roy Williams, who had 809 yards with 8 touchdowns in his 2000 freshman season. Worthy also broke the school freshman record of receiving yards in a game with 261 yards against rival Oklahoma.[8] At the conclusion of Worthy’s freshman season, he was awarded true-freshman All-American by Pro Football Focus, 247 Sports, and FWAA.[9][10]
On January 2, 2024, Worthy announced that he would forgo his senior year and enter the 2024 NFL draft.[11]
Professional career
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Perspective
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||||
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| 5 ft 11+1⁄4 in (1.81 m) |
165 lb (75 kg) |
31+1⁄8 in (0.79 m) |
8+3⁄4 in (0.22 m) | 4.21 s | 1.49 s | 2.42 s | 41.0 in (1.04 m) | 10 ft 11 in (3.33 m) | ||||
| All values from NFL Combine[12][13] | ||||||||||||
Worthy set the 40-yard dash record of 4.21 at the 2024 NFL Combine, breaking the previous record of 4.22 by John Ross.[14]
Worthy was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round with the 28th overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft, which was traded to them by the Buffalo Bills.[15] On September 5, 2024, on his first touch of the ball in the NFL, Worthy scored his first touchdown in a home game versus the Baltimore Ravens, running it in from 21 yards out.[16] He caught another 35-yard touchdown in the 27–20 win.[17] As a rookie, he finished with 59 receptions for 638 yards and 6 touchdowns in the 2024 season.[18]
In Super Bowl LIX, Worthy had 8 receptions for 157 yards and 2 touchdowns in the 22–40 loss,[19] becoming the first Texas Longhorn to score a touchdown in the Super Bowl.[20] His 157 yards set a new Super Bowl record for most receiving yards by a rookie receiver, breaking the previous mark of 109 yards by Torry Holt and Chris Matthews.[21]
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Personal life
Worthy proposed to his girlfriend, Tia Jones on July 9, 2024.[22] On March 7, 2025, Worthy was arrested for alleged assault of a family member,[23] later revealed to be Jones.[24] The next day, the charges were dropped.[25] Worthy has since pressed charges against Jones alleging theft and assault against him.[24]
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