{"id":1417,"date":"2026-06-11T16:38:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=1417"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:38:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:38:57","slug":"panthers-xavier-legette-i-cant-have-another-year-like-i-did-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=1417","title":{"rendered":"Panthers\u2019 Xavier Legette: \u2018I can\u2019t have another year like I did last year\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xavier Legette<\/a> didn\u2019t like how he played in 2025, and he knows what\u2019s on the line in 2026 and beyond.<\/p>\n

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The receiver said as much on Thursday morning, at the conclusion of the Carolina Panthers\u2019 three-day mandatory minicamp. And he didn\u2019t mince his words.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy main thing is just to have a better year than my first two years,\u201d Legette said. \u201cI can\u2019t \u2014 I can\u2019t<\/i> \u2014 have another year like I did last year. I can\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked specifically about 2025 that Legette can\u2019t afford to duplicate, the third-year Carolina Panthers wideout didn\u2019t delve into too many specifics.<\/p>\n

\u201cReceiving yards,\u201d he said. \u201cJust doing the little things that I gotta clean up. Just the mishaps that was happening last year. I can\u2019t let that happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Legette finished last year\u2019s regular season with 363 yards and three touchdowns on 64 targets. In the Panthers\u2019 playoff game, he caught one pass for eight yards. Those numbers were all down from his promising rookie season \u2014 and were dwarfed by the Panthers\u2019 2025 first-round pick and Offensive Rookie of the Year Tetairoa McMillan<\/a>, who eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards and recorded seven touchdowns last year.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s also notable: The 6-foot-3 wideout who the Panthers traded up for in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft also saw his snaps decrease. According to Pro Football Reference, Legette only started 12 of 15 games played \u2014 and by the end of the season, his snap counts were vastly lower than the snap counts of wide receiver Jalen Coker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Legette pushed back on the notion that he \u201clost\u201d his starting spot last season. But he was not coy about the urgency he has trained with this offseason.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t really lose my starting job,\u201d he said. \u201cThey just kind of removed me from one personnel (package). I was still starting at 11 personnel (one running back, one tight end). But I mean, I\u2019m a team player. If they feel like that\u2019s what it takes for us to be in a position to win, then I\u2019ll do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Legette said that he\u2019s made several of the changes the coaching and training staffs have wanted to see from him this offseason. That includes playing at 221 pounds \u2014 down from 228-230 from 2025. He also said that he\u2019s \u201cbulletproofed\u201d his hamstrings in an attempt to prevent the soft-tissue injury from dampening his production this season and beyond.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m trying to bulletproof my hamstrings because that played a big part in everything that I\u2019ve been doing my first two years, limiting me,\u201d Legette said. \u201cSo I\u2019m just trying to bulletproof my hamstrings, keep my hamstrings intact, and keep my body (strong) from the OTAs, through minicamp. I feel good. My body\u2019s not sore. I\u2019m working.\u201d<\/p>\n

Legette said that he\u2019s really comfortable in the Panthers\u2019 system and has thus grown into a leader, something that teammates and coaches have taken notice of<\/a> over the team\u2019s offseason program to date. He said everything is \u201ctrending in the right direction\u201d \u2014 but that he still is putting pressure on himself to perform.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like that I can always hold that pressure whenever the pressure is on me,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I kind of just put myself in a mindset of, \u2018It\u2019s do or die.\u2019 And that kind of helps me do the things I need to do, and keep that pressure on myself to never take my foot off the gas.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cI\u2019ve been playing the game for a long time. I\u2019ve had ups and downs throughout my career. And it\u2019s like every time when the pressure gets high, that\u2019s when I show the most. … The things that I\u2019ve been going through here with the Panthers, as far as the media and all that, I dealt with all that when I was at Carolina (South Carolina Gamecocks). I love my Carolina fans. But it was kind of the same thing, my early years. I\u2019ve (gone) through that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Panthers will report to training camp in Charlotte on July 22, head coach Dave Canales said Thursday. Before then, Legette will rest his body and also attend a receiver retreat hosted by quarterback Bryce Young in Arizona, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe and Bryce, we ain\u2019t never had a problem,\u201d Legette said. \u201cBut it\u2019s always room to grow. We workin\u2019. We\u2019re going to stay with each other. Hopefully we\u2019re going to play with each other for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published June 11, 2026 at 11:57 AM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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