Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Iowa State
Xavier Townsend
WR • 5'11" • 195 lbs • Tampa, FL, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Xavier Townsend reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
31
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
31
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
42
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · UCF
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UCF • Iowa State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Player Story
Xavier Townsend built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Tampa, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Iowa State and UCF. The clearest part of Xavier Townsend's career was his receiving...
Read the storyXavier Townsend, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · UCF. Xavier Townsend reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 764
- Receptions
- 84
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Xavier Townsend quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 764
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · UCF
- Top game
- Arkansas State
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Junior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 243 receiving yards · WR 414th (top 38%) · Big 12 68th (top 27%) · National 535th (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Postseason | UCF | 13 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 38.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 13 | 16 | 102 | 1 | 38.2 |
| 2023 Postseason | UCF | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 71.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 11 | 31 | 316 | 3 | 71.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 4 | 10 | 69 | 1 | 37.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa State | 8 | 18 | 243 | 1 | 58.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Iowa State to Purdue | P4 to P4 | 79.8 | Jan 11, 2026 |
| 2025 | UCF to Iowa State | P4 to P4 | 79.8 | Dec 14, 2024 |
Xavier Townsend played WR for UCF and Iowa State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Xavier Townsend recorded 296 rushing yards, 764 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with UCF.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
UCF paired 325 primary output with 58.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 72.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UCF, Iowa State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
30.4
Efficiency
72.1
Usage
12.3
Consistency
47.9
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 34. Iowa: 6. Arkansas State: 92. Arizona: 9. Cincinnati: 50. Colorado: 28. BYU: 24. Arizona State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota: 3 by 75.6. Iowa: 1 by 40. Arkansas State: 3 by 100. Arizona: 1 by 60. Cincinnati: 6 by 55.6. Colorado: 2 by 93.3. BYU: 2 by 80
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins35.3 · Games = 4 · +9.8 vs Losses
Losses25.5 · Games = 4 · -9.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Arkansas State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/1 | vs Arizona State | L 19-24 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs BYU | L 27-41 | — | 2 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Colorado | L 17-24 | — | 2 | 28 | 10.7 | 14 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Cincinnati | L 30-38 | — | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 8.30 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Arizona | W 39-14 | — | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Arkansas State | W 24-16 | — | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 30.70 | 0 | 44 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Iowa | W 16-13 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs South Dakota | W 55-7 | — | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 11.30 | 0 | 18 |
Player Story
Xavier Townsend story
Xavier Townsend built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Tampa, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Iowa State and UCF. The clearest part of Xavier Townsend's career was his receiving role: 84 catches, 764 receiving yards, 4 touchdowns, and 296 rushing yards across 36 career games in the available record. His career also includes 296 rushing yards, 2 tackles, and 846 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Xavier Townsend's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
UCF
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Iowa State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202220222023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Postseason | UCF | 127 | 40.2 | 13.1 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 127 | 40.2 | 13.1 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | UCF | 325 | 58.5 | 19.9 | 198 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCF | 325 | 58.5 | 19.9 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 69 | 36.9 | 16.5 | -256 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa State | 243 | 72.1 | 12.3 | 174 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 100 Arkansas State
Week 3 · W 24-16
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
90.4 takeover
92 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Kent State
Week 1 · W 56-6
81
Receiving Yards
88.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
81 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Colorado
Week 5 · L 21-48 · Conference game
50
Receiving Yards
83.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
50 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.
#4
@ Florida Atlantic
Week 3 · W 40-14
53
Receiving Yards
79.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
53 receiving yards with a 58.9 efficiency score.
#5
vs Oklahoma State
Week 11 · W 45-3 · Conference game
46
Receiving Yards
70.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
46 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · UCF
325 primary output · 58.5 efficiency · 19.9 usage
71.8
#2
2023 Regular Season · UCF
71.8
325 primary · 58.5 efficiency · 19.9 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
58.9
243 primary · 72.1 efficiency · 12.3 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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