NFL Network analyst raves about Chiefs’ Xavier Worthy: ‘Watch out for Xavier next year’
The Chiefs on Friday announced their team awards for the 2024 season, and wide receiver Xavier Worthy was picked by teammates as the Mack Lee Hill Rookie of the Year.
Worthy, who was selected in the first round by the Chiefs, had 59 receptions for 648 yards with six touchdown catches. He also rushed 20 times for 104 yards and three more touchdowns.
Additionally, Worthy led all NFL receivers with 19 catches for 287 yards and three touchdowns in the postseason.
While Super Bowl LIX was a lopsided loss for the Chiefs, Worthy had eight receptions for 157 yards and two touchdowns.
That included a 50-yard touchdown catch from quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Worthy’s strong play in Super Bowl LIX had NFL Network analyst Brian Baldinger buzzing about the future.
“The biggest play of the night happened right here in the fourth quarter, Xavier Worthy, who I think is going to be awesome next year,” Baldinger said in a video he shared earlier this month on X. “This guy can flat out run. Now look, the Eagles got their backup safeties in there. He runs right by them both, and Mahomes just launches it 66 yards in the air. Like, maybe they should have tried this earlier, albeit against the starting safeties maybe he doesn’t get loose like that. But you could just watch Mahomes just wind up right here (with) good protection, one of the few times all night, backup defensive lineman coming. But Mahomes steps, and then he just launches this rocket, literally 66 yards on a rope to Xavier Worthy.
“I would say Xavier Worthy’s going to be a guy that we’re all going to talk a great deal about next year, because he can play the horizontal game, the vertical game, two touchdowns in the Super Bowl. Good hands, great routes and elite speed. Watch out for Xavier next year.”
That video can be seen on Baldinger’s X/Twitter page.
This story was originally published February 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM.
