Tee Higgins

Tee Higgins

26-Year-Old Wide ReceiverWR
Cincinnati Bengals
Questionable
Injury Ankle
Est. Return 5/1/2025
2025 Fantasy Outlook
There was no outlook written for Tee Higgins in 2025. Check out the latest news below for more on his current fantasy value.
$Signed a one-year, $21.82 million contract with the Bengals in June of 2024.
Expected to be franchise tagged
WRCincinnati Bengals
Ankle
February 17, 2025
The Bengals are expected to apply the franchise tag to Higgins (ankle), the window for which will officially open Tuesday and last until March 4, James Rapien of SI.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Higgins played on the franchise tag in 2024, when he managed a 73-911-10 line on 109 targets across 12 regular-season games, posting double-digit touchdowns for the first time in his career. Quarterback Joe Burrow already has made his desire for Higgins to be retained clear, per Michael Baca of NFL.com, and the franchise tag could act as a first step for both sides to negotiate a long-term deal. Were he to hit the free-agent market, Higgins would be the top available option at the wide receiver position, if not across the board. Higgins would carry a one-year salary of $26.17 million were he to play out 2025 on the franchise tag.
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How do Tee Higgins' 2024 advanced stats compare to other wide receivers?
This section compares his advanced stats with players at the same position. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that metric and it would be considered average. The longer the bar, the better it is for the player.
  • Air Yards Per Game
    The number of air yards he is averaging per game. Air yards measure how far the ball was thrown downfield for both complete and incomplete passes. Air yards are recorded as a negative value when the pass is targeted behind the line of scrimmage. All air yards data is from Sports Info Solutions and does not include throwaways as targeted passes.
  • Air Yards Per Snap
    The number of air yards he is averaging per offensive snap.
  • % Team Air Yards
    The percentage of the team's total air yards he accounts for.
  • % Team Targets
    The percentage of the team's total targets he accounts for.
  • Avg Depth of Target
    Also known as aDOT, this stat measures the average distance down field he is being targeted at.
  • Catch Rate
    The number of catches made divided by the number of times he was targeted by the quarterback.
  • Drop Rate
    The number of passes he dropped divided by the number of times he was targeted by the quarterback.
  • Avg Yds After Catch
    The number of yards he gains after the catch on his receptions.
  • % Targeted On Route
    Targets divided by total routes run. Also known as TPRR.
  • Avg Yds Per Route Run
    Receiving yards divided by total routes run. Also known as YPRR.
Air Yards Per Game
91.8
 
Air Yards Per Snap
1.83
 
% Team Air Yards
24.8%
 
% Team Targets
17.5%
 
Avg Depth of Target
10.0 Yds
 
Catch Rate
67.0%
 
Drop Rate
5.5%
 
Avg Yds After Catch
3.2
 
% Targeted On Route
24.6%
 
Avg Yds Per Route Run
2.06
 
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#% of Team Snaps

100193%
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Measurables Review View College Player Page
How do Tee Higgins' measurables compare to other wide receivers?
This section compares his draft workout metrics with players at the same position. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that metric and it would be considered average.
Height
6' 4"
 
Weight
219 lbs
 
Hand Length
9.25 in
 
Arm Length
34.13 in
 
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Higgins finished an injury-plagued 2023 with career lows in nearly every major receiving category, missing five games and playing less than 70 percent of snaps in four others. He's in high demand this offseason all the same, with Cincinnati giving the 25-year-old a franchise tag for $21.8 million and then holding firm against a trade request. Reports in late March suggest the Bengals are at least willing to listen to offers -- though they won't actively shop Higgins -- perhaps opening the door for a deal if a receiver-needy team like New England or Carolina is willing to overpay. The Bengals' stance is understandable given that Higgins averaged 71.7 catches for 1,009 yards and 6.3 TDs over 15.3 games in his first three seasons after entering the league as a second-round pick. He was also highly productive at Clemson, where he had 2,103 yards and 25 TD catches between his age-19 and age-20 seasons. While not especially fast (4.54 40 at his pro day), Higgins is one of the league's bigger receivers (6-4, 216) and one of the best at winning jump balls downfield. He's also quite useful on short and intermediate routes, though his target rate dropped to around 20 percent of routes the past two years with Ja'Marr Chase gobbling up a huge share of the short passes. Higgins drew targets on 23.4 percent of routes in 2021 when Chase was deployed more as a deep threat, finishing with a still-career-high 110 targets despite missing three games. While other players drafted in the same range offer more volume upside, Higgins has never produced less than 8.4 YPT in a season and should best last year's mark of 8.6 if he and QB Joe Burrow both manage to stay relatively healthy.
Higgins is a reliable, high-end WR2 in both real life and fantasy terms. Actually, he might be more than that if he ends up somewhere besides Cincinnati, but it looks like the Bengals have no interest in giving into the trade rumors ahead of the fourth and final season of his rookie contract. A franchise tag next offseason seems likely if no long-term deal is reached, with Higgins coming off back-to-back 1,000 yard campaigns and recording at least 908 yards and six touchdowns in each of his first three NFL seasons. At 6-4, he's a regular menace on jump balls and contested catches, also showing a degree of prowess on short and intermediate passes even if he's not nearly the YAC threat that teammate Ja'Marr Chase is. In terms of fantasy upside beyond the 1,200-yard range or so, that'll probably only happen for Higgins in Cincinnati if Chase misses extended time -- a scenario that would leave the talented 2020 second-round pick as Joe Burrow's unquestioned top option.
Overshadowed by rookie phenom Ja'Marr Chase much of last year, Higgins eventually caught fire down the stretch and recorded his first 1,000-yard season despite missing three games. He narrowly missed that mark as a rookie, providing the Bengals an instant return on the 33rd overall pick. Higgins didn't test well out of college — he skipped drills at the combine and then put up a 4.54 40 and 31-inch vertical at his pro day — but he's quickly proven that his prolific college stats (2,103 receiving yards, 25 TDs his final two years) weren't just a product of favorable circumstances at Clemson. Higgins doesn't have the issues with fluidity and change- of-direction that plague many wideouts his size, and the poor vertical jump hasn't seemed to matter when it comes to contested catches in the NFL. He was efficient as a rookie (62.0 percent catch rate, 8.4 YPT) and took another step forward in Year 2 (67.3 percent, 9.9 YPT), benefiting from his own progress as well as QB Joe Burrow's. Higgins even led the team in targets per game, with 7.9 to Chase's 7.5, and in the playoffs he added 309 yards and two TDs (both in the Super Bowl) in four games. The only drawbacks, really, are his lack of elite speed and the reality that he won't be the go-to guy unless Chase misses time. It's nitpicking, especially after the Bengals made big offseason moves to upgrade their offensive line.
Drafted as the eventual successor to A.J. Green, Higgins has already succeeded him. In fact, Higgins surpassed Green out of the gate with 13.6 YPC, 8.4 YPT, 14 catches for 20-plus yards and two catches for 40-plus last year, while the Bengals struggled to force-feed the now-departed veteran. At 6-4, 215, Higgins is massive, and ran a blistering-for-his-size 4.43 40 at his pro day (his fastest time), though he also recorded some slower ones (4.59). Higgins seemed set to expand his role as the team’s top outside, downfield and red-zone target, until the Bengals added Joe Burrow’s favorite college wideout Ja’Marr Chase with the fifth overall pick in this year's draft. Not only is Chase faster and more athletic (though smaller) than Higgins, he comes preloaded with a connection to his quarterback. As a result, it’s unclear whether Higgins or Chase will lead the team in targets, and Tyler Boyd, a possession receiver who usually lines up in the slot, will also get his looks. But it helps that the Bengals don’t throw heavily to their backs, have no pass-catching tight end of whom to speak and that Burrow is expected to be healthy Week 1.
Taken with the 33rd overall pick in this year's draft, Higgins lands in a crowded Bengals receiving group. Aging star A.J. Green was franchised for 2020, Tyler Boyd is a good bet for well more than 100 targets and 2017 first-round burner John Ross and mammoth Auden Tate both had significant roles last year. At 6-3, 216, Higgins is built like Green, though his pro day timed speeds ranged from a 4.43 40 (Greenlike) to a sluggish 4.59. Either way, Higgins was a playmaker in college, with 25 TDs the last two years at Clemson on only 185 targets. He dominates when the ball is in the air, using his height, catch radius and good hands to outreach smaller defenders. His route running needs work, but he'll have Green as a mentor, and there's a good chance he surpasses Ross and Tate as the No. 3 option before long.
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Tending to high-ankle sprain
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January 5, 2025
Higgins disclosed after exiting in the second half of Saturday's 19-17 win over the Steelers that he is tending to a left high-ankle sprain, Jordan Schultz of Fox Sports reports.
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Questionable to return Saturday
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January 4, 2025
Higgins is questionable to return to Saturday's game against the Steelers due to an ankle injury.
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Active again Saturday
WRCincinnati Bengals
January 4, 2025
Higgins (ankle/knee) is listed as active Saturday at Pittsburgh.
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Should suit up Saturday
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Ankle
January 3, 2025
Higgins (ankle/knee) is expected to be available for Saturday's game at Pittsburgh, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com reports.
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Gets questionable tag for Week 18
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January 2, 2025
Higgins (ankle/knee) is listed as questionable for Saturday's game against the Steelers.
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May not reach free agency
WRCincinnati Bengals
February 17, 2025
Signing Higgins to a long-term contract remains a top priority for the Bengals, but the team is prepared to put the franchise tag on the wide receiver if necessary to prevent him from leaving in free agency, Bobby Kownack of NFL.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Higgins, who finished the season with an ankle injury, played under the tag in 2024, and tagging him for a second straight season would result in the 26-year-old wideout getting a 120 percent increase in salary to $26.2 million. Cincinnati has until March 4 to place the franchise tag on him, but it would then have until July 15 to work out a new long-term contract with Higgins before it locked in that salary for 2025.
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