Wide receiver Xavier Worthy broke out as a superstar for the Longhorns in his freshman campaign. Worthy did not enroll until the summer but quickly proved himself as Texas’ WR1.
The entire conference took notice of Worthy after his three-touchdown game against Texas Tech and his historic 261-yard performance against Oklahoma two weeks later.
The speedster finished just shy of 1,000 yards and hauled in an impressive 12 touchdowns, leading the Big 12 in both categories.
The accolades have already started pouring in for Worthy. He was named first-team All-Big 12 and Big 12 Freshman Offensive Player of the year. Worthy was the first Longhorn since Colt McCoy in 2006 to receive such honors.
On Tuesday, Pro Football Focus named Worthy to their 2021 All-True Freshman All-American Team. PFF gave Worthy a receiving grade of 80.3 on the season, tops among freshman wideouts.
The 2021 All-True Freshman Team🎖
WR: Xavier Worthy, @TexasFootball
RB: TreVeyon Henderson, @OhioStateFB
TE: Brock Bowers, @GeorgiaFootball
— PFF College Football (@PFF_College) December 7, 2021
Worthy has set himself up to potentially end his career as one of the best wide receivers in Texas football history. If the Horns have a bounce-back 2022 season, Worthy will be a major reason why.
Checkout Worthy’s 2021 highlight video curiosity of Texas football’s Twitter:
Xavier Worthy – Playmaker 🤘 pic.twitter.com/wM0FbL7jNd
— Texas Football (@TexasFootball) December 3, 2021
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