The Carolina Panthers placed Xavier Legette on injured reserve Saturday, October 3. He had already been ruled out against Detroit with a knee injury. The team’s announcement did not provide a return date.
Availability update — October 2, 2026
Carolina ruled Xavier Legette out for the October 4 game against Detroit with a knee injury. He did not practice Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.
Xavier Legette is listed at WR on the Carolina Panthers roster checked September 20, 2026. The official source lists the roster status as Active roster (ACT).
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Roster observations
UPDATEDUpdated Oct 11, 2026, 10:00 am EDT
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Team
Roster status
Effective date
Record
Season 2026 · Week 4
Oct 11, 2026, 10:00 am EDT Updated
Carolina Panthers
Reserve list (unspecified)
Not supplied
Weekly roster
Season 2026 · Week 3
Oct 11, 2026, 10:00 am EDT Updated
Carolina Panthers
Inactive classification (not game-day status)
Not supplied
Weekly roster
Season 2026 · Week 2
Oct 11, 2026, 10:00 am EDT Updated
Carolina Panthers
Active roster
Not supplied
Weekly roster
Season 2026 · Week 1
Oct 11, 2026, 10:00 am EDT Updated
Carolina Panthers
Active roster
Not supplied
Weekly roster
Dated observation
Sep 20, 2026, 7:00 am EDT Observed
Carolina Panthers
Active roster
Not supplied
Dated roster
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Reported transactions
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These are recorded player totals for the stated season. An absent category is not a zero. Games played and career totals are not inferred. Browse player statistics
Game log
Most recent recorded game2026 Week 2 @ ATL (W 34–3) 2 rec, 64 rec yds
LIVE DATAUpdated Sep 28, 2026, 11:44 am EDT
2026 regular season (weeks 1–2) · 2 supplied game records
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Regular-season records. Totals use each recorded season once, even when team splits and a combined row are both shown. Rates are recalculated from the counted totals. A dash means a value is missing or cannot be calculated reliably; these records do not establish complete career coverage. The current-season row is as of the update time above and can differ from the season statistics section, which adds up box scores through the latest recorded final.
Receiving by season
Season
Team
GP
REC
TGTS
YDS
AVG
TD
LNG
FD
FUM
LST
2024
CAR
16
49
84
497
10.1
4
35
27
0
0
2025
CAR
15
35
64
363
10.4
3
36
18
1
0
2026
CAR
2
2
5
64
32.0
0
55
1
0
0
Recorded total
1 known team
33
86
153
924
10.7
7
55
46
1
0
Rushing by season
Season
Team
GP
CAR
YDS
AVG
TD
LNG
FD
FUM
LST
2024
CAR
16
6
24
4.0
0
8
2
0
0
2025
CAR
15
1
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
0
Recorded total
1 known team
31
7
24
3.4
0
8
2
0
0
Passing by season
Season
Team
GP
CMP
ATT
CMP%
YDS
AVG
TD
INT
LNG
SACK
RTG
QBR
2024
CAR
16
0
0
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
—
—
2025
CAR
15
0
0
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
—
—
2026
CAR
2
0
0
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
—
—
Recorded total
1 known team
33
0
0
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
—
—
Defense by season
Season
Team
GP
TOT
SOLO
AST
SACK
FF
FR
YDS
INT
YDS
AVG
TD
LNG
PD
STF
STFYDS
KB
2024
CAR
16
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
0
Recorded total
1 known team
16
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
0
2026 splits
2026 splits
Split
Rec
Rec Yds
Away
2
64
1st half
2
64
Wins/ties
2
64
Checked Oct 5, 2026. Rows with no recorded production are omitted.
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Carolina’s second-year receiver came within one catch and nine yards of two franchise records, and the defense stopped Detroit on fourth-and-13 to seal the win.
