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Xavier Worthy becomes the 11th Texas Longhorns receiver to eclipse 2,000 career yards

On3 imageby:Justin Wells•09/30/23
Syndication: Austin American-Statesman
(Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK)

AUSTIN — With his 23-yard first quarter reception, Texas junior wide receiver Xavier Worthy became the 11th Longhorn receiver to eclipse the 2,000-yard receiving mark on the Forty Acres on Saturday.

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The Fresno (Calif.) Central East product had tallied 1,993 yards receiving and 23 touchdowns on 141 catches during his three-year career in Austin entering the game.

Worthy was named an AP preseason All-American for the second time in his career. Worthy has played and started in 25 career games with 122 career receptions, 1741 yards, and 21 touchdowns. He is third all time in Texas history in touchdown receptions.

While playing through a broken hand during the second part of the 2022 campaign, Worthy caught 60 passes for 760 yards and nine touchdowns. That followed a 62-catch, 981-yard, 12-touchdown freshman season in 2021.

Worthy has also been named to watch lists for the Maxwell Award, the Paul Horning Award, the Biletnikoff Award, the Walter Camp Player of the Year, and the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award.

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Xavier Worthy made an instant impact on the Forty Acres after arriving at Texas as the nation’s second-best receiver prospect in the 2021 recruiting class out of Fresno’s Central East High School. In 2021, Worthy garnered multiple true freshman All-American honors and first-team All-Big 12 recognition. He was also selected as the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year after racking up 62 receptions for 981 yards and 12 touchdowns – all single-season UT freshman records. As a sophomore, Worthy was a second-team All-Big 12 pick after totaling 60 receptions for 760 yards and nine touchdowns. He entered the 2023 season as a unanimous preseason all-league pick and preseason watch list honors for the Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year, Biletnikoff Award, Paul Hornung Award and the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award. Worthy is majoring in Physical Culture and Sports. While in high school he ran a personal best 10.55-second 100-meter-dash time.

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