Bio
- Height
- 5' 7"
- Debut
- 1988
- College
- Kentucky
Bio
- Height
- 5' 7"
- Debut
- 1988
- College
- Kentucky
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 84
- CAR
- 794
- YDS
- 2,959
- AVG
- 3.7
- TD
- 14
- LNG
- 31
- FD
- 167
- FUM
- 6
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (CAR, YDS, TD: 4+ games, 50+ CAR; AVG: 4+ games, 100+ CAR; LNG, FD: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | FD: First downs this player moved the chains for. | FUM: Times the player lost control of the ball, recovered or not. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 |  DAL | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | PHI | 15 | 49 | 184 | 3.8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | MIA | 12 | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | MIA | 14 | 231 | 905 | 3.9 | 4 | 24 | 57 | 0 |
| 1992 | MIA | 16 | 256 | 915 | 3.6 | 7 | 23 | 65 | 4 |
| 1993 | MIA | 16 | 186 | 693 | 3.7 | 3 | 31 | 35 | 1 |
| 1994 |  MIA/ARI | 6 | 62 | 195 | 3.1 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 1 |
| 1995 | ARI | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 84
- CAR
- 9.5
- YDS
- 35.2
- AVG
- 3.7
- TD
- 0.2
- LNG
- 31
- FD
- 2.0
- FUM
- 0.1
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | FD: First downs this player moved the chains for. | FUM: Times the player lost control of the ball, recovered or not. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | DAL | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | PHI | 15 | 3.3 | 12.3 | 3.8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | MIA | 12 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | MIA | 14 | 16.5 | 64.6 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 24 | 4.1 | 0 |
| 1992 | MIA | 16 | 16 | 57.2 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 23 | 4.1 | 0.3 |
| 1993 | MIA | 16 | 11.6 | 43.3 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 31 | 2.2 | 0.1 |
| 1994 | MIA/ARI | 6 | 10.3 | 32.5 | 3.1 | 0 | 21 | 1.7 | 0.2 |
| 1995 | ARI | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What were Mark Higgs's career stats?
Mark Higgs played 8 seasons for the Cowboys, the Eagles, the Dolphins and the Cardinals. He had 794 carries for 2,959 yards, 40 catches for 303 yards and scored 16 touchdowns. His best season was 1992: 915 rushing yards, 7 rushing touchdowns and 3.6 yards per carry.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 1 postseason, 1988 to 1995
All-time career rank
- 211th in rushing yards (2,959)
- 298th in rushing touchdowns (14)
Among the 2,691 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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