Xavier Hutchinson holds the LWR · Backup spot in Houston Texans’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Xavier Hutchinson played 19 games in 2025 with a 59% snap share.

Xavier Hutchinson is a 6'3", 210-pound left wide receiver from Jacksonville, FL. The Houston Texans selected him in the sixth round (205th overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft out of Iowa State, where he played three seasons and compiled 254 receptions for 2,929 yards and 15 touchdowns across 37 games. In his 2023 rookie season, Hutchinson appeared in 16 games and recorded eight receptions for 90 yards, adding five carries for 49 yards. He caught his first career pass, a 9-yard reception, in Week 1 against Baltimore and later posted a season-long 34-yard reception in Week 12 versus Jacksonville. Entering his fourth season with Houston, Hutchinson recorded 41 receptions for 493 yards and three touchdowns on 74 targets in 2025.

Iowa Statethrough 2022

Texans2023 — present

CollegeIowa StateDraftRound 6 · No. 205 overall · 2023 · HOUHometownJacksonville, FL