2025 Receiving Stats
REC
10
YDS
167
TD
0
AVG
16.7
TAR
13
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Year 2 for the Florida A&M product saw Smith finally break out of the practice squad, landing a role as the Rams' return man. He accumulated a solid 333 combined yards of return yardage, four rushes for 36 yards and a pair of catches for six yards in 17 games, including playoffs. A sudden breakout into the starting lineup seems unlikely for the 27-year-old, however, and his value for the Rams will continue to stem from his contributions as a return man while securing a handful of snaps on offense per game. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a contract with the Rams in October of 2024.
Career-best effort in Carolina
Smith caught all three of his targets for 82 yards in Sunday's 31-28 loss to the Panthers.
ANALYSIS
The second-year wideout missed last week's game due to a concussion, but he returned to action with a bang, setting career highs in catches and yardage while leading the Rams in receiving yards. Most of the real estate was gained on a 51-yard connection with Matthew Stafford that helped set up a Blake Corum TD right before halftime. Smith's biggest impact this season prior to Sunday had come as a kick returner -- he has 274 kickoff-return yards and 142 punt-return yards through his first 10 games -- but he's making a case to move past Jordan Whittington into the No. 3 spot on the WR depth chart heading into a Week 14 tilt against the Cardinals.
The second-year wideout missed last week's game due to a concussion, but he returned to action with a bang, setting career highs in catches and yardage while leading the Rams in receiving yards. Most of the real estate was gained on a 51-yard connection with Matthew Stafford that helped set up a Blake Corum TD right before halftime. Smith's biggest impact this season prior to Sunday had come as a kick returner -- he has 274 kickoff-return yards and 142 punt-return yards through his first 10 games -- but he's making a case to move past Jordan Whittington into the No. 3 spot on the WR depth chart heading into a Week 14 tilt against the Cardinals.
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Fantasy/Red Zone Stats
See red zone opportunities inside the 20, 10 and 5-yard lines along with the percentage of time they converted the opportunity into a touchdown.
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Advanced NFL Stats
How do Xavier Smith's 2025 advanced stats compare to other wide receivers?
This section compares his advanced stats with players at the same position. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. The longer the bar, the better it is for the player.
Air Yards Per Game
14.6Air Yards Per Snap
1.26% Team Air Yards
4.9%% Team Targets
3.1%Avg Depth of Target
13.4 YdsCatch Rate
76.9%Drop Rate
0.0%Avg Yds After Catch
6.0% Targeted On Route
20.0%Avg Yds Per Route Run
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2025 NFL Game Log
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Snap Distribution / Depth Chart
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Receiving Alignment Breakdown
See where Xavier Smith lined up on the field and how he performed at each spot.
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This Week's Opposing Pass Defense
How does the Cardinals pass defense compare to other NFL teams this season?
The bars represents the team's percentile rank (based on QB Rating Against). The longer the bar, the better their pass defense is. The team and position group ratings only include players that are currently on the roster and not on injured reserve. The list of players in the table only includes defenders with at least 3 attempts against them.
@ Cardinals
Sunday, Dec 7th at 4:25PM
Overall QB Rating Against
77.6
Cornerbacks
83.1
Safeties
50.6
Linebackers
112.4
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2025 Xavier Smith Split Stats
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More Fantasy News
Cleared of concussion
Smith (concussion) doesn't have an injury designation for Sunday's game against the Panthers, Adam Caplan of SiriusXM NFL Radio reports.
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Returns to full participation
Smith (concussion) logged a full practice Wednesday, Adam Grosbard of The Orange County Register reports.
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Inactive against Tampa Bay
Smith (concussion) is inactive for Sunday night's game versus Tampa Bay.
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Questionable for SNF
Smith (concussion) is questionable for Sunday night's game against the Bucs, Sarah Barshop of ESPN.com reports.
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Back at practice
Smith (concussion) was a limited participant at practice Thursday, Adam Caplan of SiriusXM NFL Radio reports.
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