Elijah Higgins stats

Cardinals

Tight End · #84

Age 26 · 6' 3" · 245 lbs

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Elijah Higgins recorded 18 receptions, 162 receiving yards and 1 receiving touchdown in 9 games of 2026 for the Arizona Cardinals. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
9
REC
18
TGTS
21
YDS
162
AVG
9.0
TD
1
LNG
38
FD
8
Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.REC: Passes caught.TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.LNG: Longest single play, in yards.FD: First downs this player moved the chains for.
2023ARI11141916311.61269
2024ARI1720241728.622310
2025ARI17303730110.002715
2026ARI918211629.01388

What the columns mean: REC · TGTS · LNG · FD

Career regular season

GP
54
REC
82
TGTS
101
YDS
798
AVG
9.7
TD
4
LNG
38
FD
42

Per game

GP
9
REC
2
TGTS
2.3
YDS
18
AVG
9.0
TD
0.1
LNG
38
FD
0.9

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.REC: Passes caught.TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.LNG: Longest single play, in yards.FD: First downs this player moved the chains for.
2023ARI111.31.714.811.60.1260.8
2024ARI171.21.410.18.60.1230.6
2025ARI171.82.217.710.00.0270.9
2026ARI92.02.318.09.00.1380.9

What the columns mean: REC · TGTS · LNG · FD

Career regular season, Per game

GP
54
REC
1.5
TGTS
1.9
YDS
14.8
AVG
9.7
TD
0.1
LNG
38
FD
0.8

Fantasy

GP
9
PPR
40.2
HALF
31.2
STD
22.2
PPG
4.5

Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.

Fantasy by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.PPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use.HALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch.STD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers.PPG: PPR fantasy points per game played.
2023ARI1136.329.322.33.3
2024ARI1749.239.229.22.9
2025ARI1758.143.128.13.4
2026ARI940.231.222.24.5

What the columns mean: PPR · HALF · STD · PPG

Career regular season

GP
54
PPR
183.8
HALF
142.8
STD
101.8
PPG
3.4

Bio

Age
26 yearsOct 27, 2000
Height
6' 3"
Weight
245 lbs
Experience
4 years
Birthplace
Austin, TX
Draft
2023Rd 6, Pk 197
College
Stanford
Salary
$3.67 million2026

Latest performance

Elijah Higgins

Nov 08 · @ SEA · L 17-3

REC
2
TGTS
2
YDS
11
AVG
5.5
TD
0
LNG
7

Snap counts, 2026

38% of his club's offensive snaps a game (228 in 8 games); 32% in week 8.

His offensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1LAC2027%6
2SEA1326%15
3SF3540%17
4NYG2436%17
5DET3953%17
6LAR3244%13
7DEN3948%17
8DAL2632%14

NFL snap counts, every player

2023 NFL combine

WR, 6'3", 235 lb · Stanford

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.54s35th
Vertical jump35"41st
Broad jump10' 6"77th
3-cone drill7.01s42nd

Percentile: the share of WRs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2023 combine

Games

All games

Next

vs LARSun, Nov 15

vs LAR since 2023

6
GP
11
REC
123
YDS
1
TD
Most recent games
DateOpponentRECYDSTD
Sun, Nov 08atSEAL 17-32110
Sun, Nov 01atDALW 33-30 OT2100
Sun, Oct 25vsDENL 30-163170
Sun, Oct 18atLARW 18-163280
Sun, Oct 11vsDETL 45-213570
Sun, Oct 04atNYGL 36-242191

What are Elijah Higgins's career stats?

Elijah Higgins has played 4 seasons for the Cardinals. He has 82 receptions for 798 yards and 4 receiving touchdowns. His best season so far is 2025: 30 receptions, 301 receiving yards and 0 receiving touchdowns.

Best single games

  • Receptions: 7 vs ATL on Dec 21, 2025, L 26-19
  • Receiving Yards: 91 vs ATL on Dec 21, 2025, L 26-19
  • Receiving Touchdowns: 1 vs SF on Dec 17, 2023, L 45-29
Elijah Higgins's best game in each stat, by season
REC: Passes caught.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.
2025791—
20242341
20234441

What the columns mean: REC

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2023.

Elijah Higgins college stats

Elijah Higgins played 3 seasons at Stanford Cardinal (2020 to 2022): 118 catches for 1,382 yards and 6 touchdowns.

rushing

Elijah Higgins's college rushing by season
SeasonSchoolCARCAR: Times the player ran with the ball.YDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVGAVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2022Stanford Cardinal44812018

receiving

Elijah Higgins's college receiving by season
REC: Passes caught.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2020Stanford Cardinal1517611.7029
2021Stanford Cardinal4450211.4456
2022Stanford Cardinal5970411.9251

defensive

Elijah Higgins's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2019Stanford Cardinal101000000
2020Stanford Cardinal101000000

scoring

Elijah Higgins's college scoring by season
REC: Passes caught.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2021Stanford Cardinal0040400024
2022Stanford Cardinal0020200012

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Elijah Higgins's college game log.

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