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Xavier Hutchinson

Xavier Hutchinson

WR • Houston Texans HOU
Tom Brady

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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Hutchinson over Brady

 
 
 
 
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Outlook Xavier Hutchinson

Deep-League Bench Option Poised to Chase Targets in Potent Houston Offense

Xavier Hutchinson enters his fourth NFL season coming off a career-best 2025 campaign where he secured 35 catches for 428 yards and three touchdowns. However, Houston's depth chart remains crowded, slotting him as the primary backup behind Nico Collins in a potent passing attack.

Draft market trends show his ADP is highly volatile and sits well past pick 600, representing virtually zero draft-day investment. Currently rostered in only four percent of fantasy leagues, he is largely ignored in standard formats but holds appeal in deep dynasty rosters.

Our projections expect Hutchinson to finish with 19 receptions for 227 yards and one touchdown on 26 targets. While his standalone weekly value is nonexistent, he remains a high-upside handcuff who could quickly gain traction if injuries strike the starting lineup.

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Performance Xavier Hutchinson
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Xavier Hutchinson
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Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Xavier Hutchinson
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Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Xavier Hutchinson

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among WR's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 64th with 68.30 total points (3.59 avg).
  • Currently 241 points behind the leader: Puka Nacua
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.6 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 75 in receptions, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 70th among WR.
  • Top 75 in targets, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 72nd among WR.
  • Top 75 in Rec TDs with 3, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 68th among WR.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 25 in rush attempts with 4 (0.22 per game) and is currently ranked 33rd among WR.
  • Top 25 in rush yards with 31 (1.72 per game) and is currently ranked 22nd among WR.
  • Top 25 in rush tds with 0 (0.00 per game) and is currently ranked 21st among WR.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 2 more games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Receptions: +27, Rec Yards: +354 Rec TDs: +3,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

    • Season Outlook

  • REC: 19, REC YDS: 227, REC TDS: 1
Breakdown Tom Brady

    Overview

  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
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Injury Xavier Hutchinson

No Injury Reported

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Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Xavier Hutchinson

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Houston Texans VS Buffalo Bills

PA/G YDS/G TO INT SACK TDs FSP
22.21287.8923163734.06
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Overview

  • Experts don"t even rank him among DST's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 14th with 114.00 total points (6.00 avg).
  • Currently 113 points behind the leader: Seahawks DST
  • Average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 6.

Defensive Stats

  • Top 4 in total yards against with 321.76 per game and is currently ranked 4th among DST.
  • Ranked 28th in rush defense with 2423 (142.53 per game).
  • Top 2 in pass defense with 3047 (179.24 per game) and is currently ranked 1st among DST.
  • Top 12 in points against with 21.47 per game and currently ranked 12th among DST.
  • Top 10 in Total TDs with 3 (0.18 per game) and currently ranked 9th among DST.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Total Yards Against: -10.01, Turnovers: -17 Sacks: -6, INTs: -7, TDs: -2, Points Allowed: +1.51,
  • Unfortunately two players have the same exact name and his rating may not be entirely accurate at this point. We are working on fixing situations like this!

Season Outlook

  • SACK: 42, INT: 13, TDS: 3, PA/G: 22.8, YDS/G: 311.4
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Overview

  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Xavier Hutchinson
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Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Xavier Hutchinson
RECEIVING RUSH
YEAR TEAM GP TGTS REC YD AVG TD ATT YD AVG TD
2023 HOU 11 19 8 90 11.3 0 5 49 9.8 0
2024 HOU 14 26 12 117 9.8 0 0 0 0 0
2025 HOU 16 57 35 428 12.2 3 4 31 7.8 0
3-YEAR AVG 15 38 21 243 11.4 1 3 27 8.9 0
Totals 47 126 68 774 11.4 3 9 80 8.9 0
Career Tom Brady
PASS RUSH
YR TM GP YD CMP% TD INT RAT YD TD FUM
2008 NE 1 76 64% 0 0 83.9 0 0 0
2009 NE 16 4398 66% 28 13 96.2 44 1 2
2010 NE 16 3900 66% 36 4 111.0 30 1 1
2011 NE 15 4897 66% 36 11 105.1 109 3 2
2012 NE 16 5165 63% 37 9 99.3 32 4 0
2013 NE 16 4343 61% 25 11 87.3 18 0 3
2014 NE 16 4109 64% 33 9 97.3 57 0 2
2015 NE 16 4770 64% 36 7 102.2 53 3 2
2016 NE 12 3554 67% 28 2 112.2 64 0 0
2017 NE 16 4576 66% 32 8 102.7 28 0 6
2018 NE 16 4355 66% 29 11 97.7 35 2 4
2019 NE 16 4057 61% 24 8 88.0 34 3 2
2020 TB 16 5014 65% 42 12 102.3 4 3 1
2021 TB 16 5316 68% 43 12 102.1 81 2 3
2022 TB 16 4694 67% 25 9 90.7 -1 1 4
3-YEAR AVG 18 5207 66% 39 12 98 28 2 3
Totals 228 64255 65% 464 130 98.8 587 24 32
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ARI @LAC
ATL @PIT
BAL @IND
BUF @HOU
CAR vs CHI
CIN vs TB
CLE @JAC
DAL @NYG
DEN @KC
DET vs NO
GB @MIN
LAR vs SF
LV vs MIA
NE @SEA
NYJ @TEN
PHI vs WAS
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ATL vs SF 07:15 EDT EST
BAL @SEA 04:10 EDT EST
BOS vs TOR 01:35 EDT EST
CHW @NYY 07:05 EDT EST
CLE @MIL 02:10 EDT EST
KC vs STL 07:40 EDT EST
MIN @TEX 02:35 EDT EST
NYM @PHI 06:40 EDT EST
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