CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers shocked the football world, as they traded pick no. 33 (the first pick of the second round) to no. 32 (the last pick of round one) and select the big-body wide receiver out of South Carolina.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers selected wide receiver Xavier Legette from South Carolina after trading up one spot in the NFL draft to get into the bottom of the first round, giving quarterback Bryce Young another weapon in the passing game.
The 6-foot-3, 227-pound Legette had 71 catches for 1,255 yards and seven touchdowns last season for the Gamecocks. He had no more than 18 receptions in a season in his first four years at South Carolina before emerging in 2023.
Legette gives the Panthers another option to go along with Diontae Johnson, Adam Thielen, and last year’s second-round pick, Jonathan Mingo.
Legette was the seventh wide receiver taken in the first round.
The Panthers didn't have a first-round pick entering the night. The team traded that pick — which turned out to be the No. 1 overall pick — to the Chicago Bears last year to move up to get Young. The Bears used that pick on quarterback Caleb Williams.
The Panthers traded the 33rd overall pick and one of their fifth-round picks to the Buffalo Bills for the 32nd pick and the Bills' sixth-round selection
What do you need to know about the 6'3" 237lb wideout, Xavier Legette.
- From Mullins, South Carolina (2.5 hours from Charlotte)
- 2023 Blanchard-Rogers Trophy Winner
- 2023 Senior Bowl All-American Team
- 2023 Third-Team All0american (Phil Steele, College Football Network)
- 2023 First-Team All-SEC (PFF, Phil Steele, College Football Network)
- 2023 Second-Team All-SEC Wide Reciever (AP, Coaches)
- 2023 Second-Team All-SEC All-Purpose (AP)
- 2023 Rexx Enright Team Captain
- 2023 co-Steve Wadiak Team MVP
- 2023 Steve Spurrier Award Winner- Offensive MVP
- 2023 Most Outstanding Senior
- 2023 Bilenikoff Award Semifinalist
- 2023 Midseason Second-Team All-American (AP)
- 2023 Gamecocks' Toughness Award- Offense
- 2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
- 2019-2020 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
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