{"id":127053,"date":"2025-06-13T16:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T16:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/127053\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T16:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T16:30:11","slug":"xavier-restrepo-makes-impression-in-titans-minicamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/127053\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavier Restrepo makes impression in Titans minicamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

After going undrafted in the 2025 NFL Draft, Xavier Restrepo<\/a> is writing his own story at the Tennessee Titans\u2019 minicamp.<\/p>\n

The former Miami standout, who broke Miami Hurricane records previously held by Santana Moss and Mike Harley for most all-time catches and receiving yards, has been putting on a show at minicamp while rekindling his chemistry with the Titans\u2019 first overall draft pick, Cam Ward.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite being passed on by all NFL teams, Restrepo landed with the Titans as an undrafted free agent. Restrepo is taking the opportunity to make plays to fight for a spot on the final roster.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWard and receiver Xavier Restrepo have great chemistry from their days at the University of Miami, and it was on full display on Tuesday,\u201d Jim Wyatt of TennesseeTitans.com<\/a> wrote. \u201cWard connected with Restrepo on a bullet across the middle early, and he hit Restrepo again in a team period with cornerback Jarvis Brownlee Jr. on his hip.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cam Ward connection <\/p>\n

Restrepo\u2019s workload increased during minicamp. He caught a team-high six passes, four were from Ward. The Coconut Creek, Fla., native impressed wide receivers coach Tyke Tolbert.<\/p>\n

\u201cXavier is savage to get open in the slot,\u201d Tolbert said. \u201cPeople say \u2018well, he\u2019s not a fast guy.\u2019 Well, you don\u2019t have to be fast to get open. There\u2019s a lot of guys who are not very fast who get open. He\u2019s been able to get open a lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo their knowledge of the game and understanding and learning day-by-day has enabled them to be able to get open, and I\u2019m pleased.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Restrepo has been impressive, the wide receiver room for the Titans is deep. One way that he can secure a spot on the team would be through special teams. Special teams coach John Fassel knows Restrepo can be useful on special teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019ve learned is that if a guy is kind of pigeonholed, is not the biggest guy, or not the fastest guy, he usually has a lot of versatility,\u201d Fassel said. \u201cI think that\u2019s where some of the strengths lie in a lot of the special teams guys, is their versatility. I think his college ball proved he can return the ball. But he can also block in the return game.<\/p>\n

\u201dI find a ton of value in versatile guys. And I think that\u2019s where Restrepo kind of fits, is that versatile piece that we have got to be creative with to get him on the field.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After going undrafted in the 2025 NFL Draft, Xavier Restrepo is writing his own story at the Tennessee…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[127,7,6,526,394,2411,527,2724],"class_list":{"0":"post-127053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-cam-ward","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-tennessee","12":"tag-tennessee-titans","13":"tag-tennesseetitans","14":"tag-titans","15":"tag-xavier-restrepo"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114677011378718861","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}