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Elijah Higgins
TE · ARI · 2023–2026
Born October 27, 2000 · College Stanford · Drafted 2023, round 6, pick 197 (MIA) · 6-3, 245 lb
EPA per target by season
Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.
Receiving
| Season | Team | G | Targets | Rec | Yds | TD | Catch % | EPA/target | Stabilised EPA/target | Target share % | aDOT | Rec EPA | Rec WPA (wins) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ARI | 11 | 19 | 14 | 163 | 1 | 73.7 | +0.539 | +0.155−0.026 to +0.335 | 5.4 | 6.7 | +10.2 | +0.05 |
| 2024 | ARI | 14 | 24 | 20 | 172 | 2 | 83.3 | +0.397 | +0.174−0.004 to +0.352 | 5.7 | 4.5 | +9.5 | +0.06 |
| 2025 | ARI | 16 | 37 | 30 | 301 | 0 | 81.1 | +0.039 | +0.166−0.005 to +0.337 | 6.5 | 4.0 | +1.4 | +0.46 |
| 2026 | ARI | 8 | 20 | 18 | 162 | 1 | 90.0 | +0.144 | +0.158−0.022 to +0.338 | 6.6 | 2.6 | +2.9 | +0.06 |
| Career | ARI | 49 | 100 | 82 | 798 | 4 | 82.0 | +0.241 | 6.1 | 4.4 | +24.1 | +0.64 |
Defence
Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).
| Season | Team | G | Tackles | Sacks | QB hits | Tackles for loss | INT | Passes defensed | Forced fumbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ARI | 11 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | ARI | 14 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | ARI | 16 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | ARI | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Career | ARI | 49 | 20 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Playing time
Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
| Season | Team | G | Offensive snaps | Share of the offence’s snaps | Defensive snaps | Share of the defence’s snaps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ARI | 11 | 186 | 25.7 | – | – |
| 2024 | ARI | 17 | 400 | 37.0 | – | – |
| 2025 | ARI | 17 | 471 | 41.8 | – | – |
Hands and contested catches
Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
| Season | Targets charted | Catchable % | Drops | Drop % of catchable | Contested targets | Contested catch % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19 | 78.9 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | – |
| 2024 | 24 | 83.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| 2025 | 37 | 81.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 33.3 |
| 2026 | 20 | 90.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
Game logs
2026 game log (8 games)
2026 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2026-09-20 | vs SEA | L 7–31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2026-09-27 | @ SF | L 30–36 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 0 | +1.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2026-10-04 | @ NYG | L 24–36 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 1 | +2.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2026-10-11 | vs DET | L 21–45 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 0 | +4.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2026-10-18 | @ LA | W 18–16 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 0 | +1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2026-10-25 | vs DEN | L 16–30 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | +0.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2026-11-01 | @ DAL | W 33–30 OT | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | −6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2026-11-08 | @ SEA | L 3–17 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | +0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 game log (16 games)
2025 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-09-07 | @ NO | W 20–13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | −1.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2025-09-14 | vs CAR | W 27–22 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 0 | +2.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2025-09-21 | @ SF | L 15–16 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | +1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2025-09-25 | vs SEA | L 20–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2025-10-05 | vs TEN | L 21–22 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | −0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2025-10-12 | @ IND | L 27–31 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 | +3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2025-10-19 | vs GB | L 23–27 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | −0.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2025-11-03 | @ DAL | W 27–17 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 0 | +1.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2025-11-09 | @ SEA | L 22–44 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 0 | +0.6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2025-11-16 | vs SF | L 22–41 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | −13.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2025-11-30 | @ TB | L 17–20 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | +0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2025-12-07 | vs LA | L 17–45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −0.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2025-12-14 | @ HOU | L 20–40 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | −1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2025-12-21 | vs ATL | L 19–26 | 8 | 7 | 91 | 0 | +6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2025-12-28 | @ CIN | L 14–37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 2026-01-04 | @ LA | L 20–37 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 0 | +2.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 game log (14 games)
2024 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024-09-08 | @ BUF | L 28–34 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | +0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2024-09-15 | vs LA | W 41–10 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | +2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2024-09-22 | vs DET | L 13–20 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | +0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2024-09-29 | vs WAS | L 14–42 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | +0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2024-10-06 | @ SF | W 24–23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2024-10-21 | vs LAC | W 17–15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | −0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2024-10-27 | @ MIA | W 28–27 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | +0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2024-11-03 | vs CHI | W 29–9 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 | +2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2024-11-10 | vs NYJ | W 31–6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | +0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2024-11-24 | @ SEA | L 6–16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | −1.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2024-12-01 | @ MIN | L 22–23 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 0 | +1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2024-12-15 | vs NE | W 30–17 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | +0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2024-12-22 | @ CAR | L 30–36 OT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2024-12-28 | @ LA | L 9–13 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 0 | +0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 game log (11 games)
2023 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2023-10-22 | @ SEA | L 10–20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2023-10-29 | vs BAL | L 24–31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2023-11-05 | @ CLE | L 0–27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2023-11-12 | vs ATL | W 25–23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2023-11-19 | @ HOU | L 16–21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | −1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2023-11-26 | vs LA | L 14–37 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 0 | +1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2023-12-03 | @ PIT | W 24–10 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 0 | +0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2023-12-17 | vs SF | L 29–45 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 1 | +6.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2023-12-24 | @ CHI | L 16–27 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 0 | −0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2023-12-31 | @ PHI | W 35–31 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | +2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 2024-01-07 | vs SEA | L 20–21 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 0 | +1.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |