Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 52 | — |
| Target share | 21.8% | 126th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 65.4% | 256th / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 44.2% | 338th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 7.9 | 277th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 9.6% | 321st / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 13.5% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 13 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 4 | — |
Charting
Where Townsend's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted54 targets charted
2025 charting · Iowa State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (1 of Townsend’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted2 targets charted
Career
5 seasons at 3 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Car | Rush yds | Y/C | Rush TD | Rush SR | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Purdue#71 · 3-5 | 8 | 70% | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 100.0% | 36 | 416 | 3 | 21.8% |
| 2025 |  Iowa State#35 · 8-4 | 8 | 38% | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 1 | 25.0% | 18 | 243 | 0 | 10.0% |
| 2024 |  UCF#59 · 4-8 | 4 | 32% | 12 | 88 | 7.3 | 0 | 53.8% | 10 | 69 | 1 | 13.2% |
| 2023 | UCF#49 · 6-7 | 11 | 57% | 15 | 163 | 10.9 | 0 | 61.5% | 33 | 325 | 3 | 14.6% |
| 2022 | UCF#35 · 9-5 | 13 | 29% | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 1 | 80.0% | 23 | 127 | 0 | 8.6% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Xavier Townsend's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Xavier Townsend's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Receiving | Returns | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | KR | KR yds | PR | PR yds | TD |
| 1 |  Indiana State | W 44–19 | 6.7 | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 0 | 18 | · | · | 3 | 24 | · |
| 2 |  Wake Forest | L 36–38 | 6.7 | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 0 | 18 | · | · | 1 | 0 | · |
| 3 | @ UCLA | L 38–52 | 9.8 | 6 | 162 | 27.0 | 2 | 75 | · | · | 1 | 9 | · |
| 4 |  Notre Dame | L 10–49 | 4.3 | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 8 | · | · | 2 | 1 | · |
| 5 | @ Illinois | W 24–17 | 5.8 | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 8 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 6 |  Minnesota | W 41–13 | 5.0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | · | · | 1 | 15 | · |
| 7 |  Washington | L 26–38 | 6.9 | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 46 | · | · | 1 | 18 | · |
| 9 | @ Penn State | L 17–31 | 7.1 | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 1 | 33 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2026 · 8 games | 6.5 | 36 | 416 | 11.6 | 3 | 75 | · | · | 9 | 67 | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 1 | — |
| Yards | 4 | 1235th / 1519 |
| Yards / carry | 4 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 4 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 36 | 88th / 2089 |
| Yards | 416 | 128th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 11.6 | 280th / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 127th / 914 |
| Long | 75 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 2 | 3934th / 5664 |
| Solo | 2 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 9 | — |
| Yards | 67 | — |
| Average | 7.4 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 18 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Plays made | Special teams | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Indiana State | — | 74 | ~53 (35–65) | 8 | · | 3 | · | 72% |
| Wk 2 · Wake Forest | ✓ WR | 82 | ~67 (44–82) | 8 | · | 1 | 1 | 82% |
| Wk 3 · UCLA | ✓ WR | 59 | ~40 (26–49) | 6 | 1 | 1 | · | 68% |
| Wk 4 · Notre Dame | ✓ WR | 68 | ~46 (30–56) | 7 | · | 2 | 1 | 68% |
| Wk 5 · Illinois | — | 60 | ~48 (32–58) | 7 | · | · | · | 80% |
| Wk 6 · Minnesota | ✓ WR | 71 | ~50 (33–61) | 5 | · | 1 | · | 70% |
| Wk 7 · Washington | ✓ WR | 68 | ~25 (8–34) | 4 | · | 1 | · | 37% |
| Wk 9 · Penn State | ✓ WR | 44 | ~40 (26–44) | 10 | · | · | · | 91% |
| Season | 6 GS | 526 | 369 (310–430) | 55 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 70% |
Position Room
16 WRs on the Purdue roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asaad Waseem | WR | 41 | 652 | 1 | 22% | +0.52 | ||
| Xavier Townsend | WR | 36 | 416 | 3 | 20% | +0.41 | ||
| 5 | Chauncey Magwood | WR | SR | 18 | 221 | 1 | 13% | +0.40 |
| 11 | Tra'Mar Harris | WR | SO | 11 | 150 | 2 | 9% | +0.54 |
| 8 | De'Nylon Morrissette | WR | SR | 8 | 125 | 1 | 7% | +0.39 |
| Jesse Watson | WR | 4 | 65 | 0 | 7% | +0.97 | ||
| 17 | Bisi Owens | WR | SR | 3 | 29 | 1 | 6% | +0.87 |
| 0 | Jaylan Hornsby | WR | SO | 2 | 22 | 0 | 4% | -0.38 |
| 33 | Quinn Rosenkranz | WR | FR | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3% | +1.20 |
| 9 | Jalil Hall | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Corey Smith | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Ricky Sampson Jr. | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Brandon Kinsey | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Andrew Adkison | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Nolan Buckman | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Jojo Johnson | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Purdue depth chart →