Elijah Higgins
American football player (born 2000)
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Elijah Higgins (born October 27, 2000) is an American professional football tight end for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal.
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Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Higgins in 2025 | |||||||||||
| No. 84 – Arizona Cardinals | |||||||||||
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| Position | Tight end | ||||||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
| Born | October 27, 2000 Tampa, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
| Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||
| High school | Bowie (Austin, Texas) | ||||||||||
| College | Stanford (2019–2022) | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2023: 6th round, 197th overall pick | ||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2025 | |||||||||||
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Early life
Higgins grew up in Florida and attended Bowie High School in Austin, Texas.[1] He was selected to play in the Under Armour All-America Game during his senior season.[2] Higgins was rated a four-star recruit and committed to play college football at Stanford.[3]
College career
Higgins played in all 12 games as a freshman at Stanford, primarily on special teams. He had 15 receptions for 176 yards in a 5-game schedule during the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season. Higgins led the Cardinal with 45 receptions for 500 yards and four touchdowns during his junior season.[4][5] He caught 59 passes for 704 yards and two touchdowns as a senior.[6]
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Wingspan | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press |
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| 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 235 lb (107 kg) | 31+3⁄4 in (0.81 m) | 10+1⁄2 in (0.27 m) | 6 ft 5+3⁄4 in (1.97 m) | 4.54 s | 1.56 s | 2.61 s | 4.50 s | 7.01 s | 35.0 in (0.89 m) | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) | 17 reps |
| All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day[7][8] | ||||||||||||
Miami Dolphins
Higgins was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the sixth round, 197th overall, of the 2023 NFL draft.[9] He was waived on August 29, 2023.[10]
Arizona Cardinals
2023 season
On August 30, 2023, Higgins was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Cardinals.[11] In his rookie season, he played in 11 games and started 2. He finished the 2023 season with 14 receptions on 19 targets for 163 yards and 1 touchdown.[12]
2024 season
Higgins started the 2024 season as the Cardinals' second-string tight end behind Trey McBride. In Week 1 against the Buffalo Bills he caught 2 passes for 12 yards in a 34–28 loss for the Cardinals. In Week 2 against the Los Angeles Rams, Higgins caught one pass for 18 yards and a touchdown in the Cardinals' 41–10 win. In Week 5 he caught one pass for two yards and a touchdown in a 24–23 win against the San Francisco 49ers.
In addition to their roles as tight ends, both Higgins and fellow tight end Tip Reiman would both occasionally play fullback due to the Cardinals not carrying a true one on their roster during the 2024 season.
In the 2024 season Higgins played in 17 games and started 6, playing 411 offensive snaps and 176 special teams snaps. He recorded 20 receptions on 24 targets for 172 yards and 2 touchdowns.[13] Higgins played 278 snaps as a tight end, 35 in the backfield, 73 snaps in the slot, and 25 snaps out wide.