Jayden Higgins
American football player (born 2002)
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Jayden William Higgins (born December 15, 2002) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels and Iowa State Cyclones and was selected by the Texans in the second round of the 2025 NFL draft.
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Cobb County, Georgia, U.S.
Higgins in 2025 | |||||||||
| No. 81 – Houston Texans | |||||||||
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| Position | Wide receiver | ||||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||||
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| Born | December 15, 2002 Cobb County, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 214 lb (97 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Westminster Christian (Palmetto Bay, Florida) | ||||||||
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| NFL draft | 2025: 2nd round, 34th overall pick | ||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2025 | |||||||||
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Early life
Higins was born on December 15, 2002, in Cobb County, Georgia.[1] He attended Westminster Christian School in Palmetto Bay, Florida. As a senior, he had 23 receptions for 430 receiving yards and five touchdowns in five games. Higgins also played basketball in high school.
College career
Higgins played two seasons of college football for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels, recording 87 receptions for 1,151 yards and 13 touchdowns. After the 2022 season, he transferred to Iowa State University.[2] In his first season at Iowa State in 2023, he started 12 of 13 games and had 53 receptions for 983 yards and six touchdowns.[3][4][5] In the 2023 Liberty Bowl, he had a school Bowl record 214 receiving yards.[6] In 2024 Higgins recorded 87 receptions for 1,183 yards and 9 touchdown, earning him AP Third Team All-American honors and Second Team All-Big 12.
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 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 4+1⁄8 in (1.93 m) | 214 lb (97 kg) | 33+1⁄8 in (0.84 m) | 9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) | 4.47 s | 1.53 s | 2.62 s | 4.28 s | 7.05 s | 39.0 in (0.99 m) | 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m) | 16 reps | |
| All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day[7][8] | ||||||||||||
Higgins was in the second round, selected with the 34th pick in the 2025 NFL draft by the Houston Texans.[9]
In Week 4 against the Tennessee Titans, Higgins caught his first touchdown, a 24-yarder from C. J. Stroud in the 26–0 victory.[10] He had 41 receptions for 525 yards and six touchdowns.[11]