A 2020 second-round pick of the Bengals, Higgins has quickly become one of the NFL's top young receivers ... Has posted 1000-plus receiving yards in each of the last two seasons, with 74 catches for 1029 yards and seven TDs in 2022 ... His 3028 career receiving yards are the second-most by a Bengal in his first three seasons, trailing only A.J. Green (3833 in 2011-13) ... Missed three games due to injury in 2021 and faced multiple on-field setbacks in '22 (did not play in nearly nine combined quarters), but has still managed to be among the league's most productive WRs when healthy ... Has 10 career 100-yard receiving games, including four in 2022 season ... Caught 74 passes for 1091 yards and six TDs during 2021 regular season, then had 18 for 309 in four-game postseason run ... Had two TD catches and posted a game-high 100 receiving yards in Super Bowl LVI ... Played three seasons (2017-19) at Clemson, and his 27 career receiving TDs tied DeAndre Hopkins and Sammy Watkins for the most in school history.
Selected by Cincinnati in second round of 2020 NFL Draft (33rd overall) ... Signed with Bengals on 7-28-20.
2020—Played in all 16 games (14 starts) as a rookie ... Led team in receiving yards (908) and receiving TDs (six), and was second in catches (67) ... At the time, his receptions total tied Cris Collinsworth for Bengals rookie record, while receiving yardage total was fourth and receiving TDs total tied for fifth ... Ranked third among NFL rookies in 2020 in receptions, receiving yards and receiving TDs ... Made NFL debut on Sept. 13 vs. L.A. Chargers (no statistics) ... Recorded first career start and first career reception (18-yarder) on Sept. 17 at Cleveland ... Caught first (one yard) and second (four yards) career TD passes on Sept. 27 at Philadelphia, becoming the fifth Bengals rookie ever with a multi-TD performance ... Tallied first career 100-yard receiving game on Oct. 18 at Indianapolis, when he hauled in six catches for season-high 125 yards, including a 67-yarder that set up a TD on the next play ... Recorded 115 receiving yards and a two-yard TD on season-high seven catches on Nov. 15 at Pittsburgh ... Left season-finale vs. Baltimore with an injury on Cincinnati's first possession.
2021—Started 14 regular-season games and played in all four postseason games (three starts) ... Missed Games 3-4 due to shoulder injury, and Game 17 when Cincinnati rested starters for playoffs ... Caught 74 passes for 1091 yards and six TDs during the regular season ... Had four 100-yard receiving games in the regular season, with each coming in his final six games ... Streak of three straight 100-yard receiving games tied for the third-longest such streak in team history — 114 yards and a TD on Nov. 28 vs. Pittsburgh, 138 yards and a TD on Dec. 5 vs. the L.A. Chargers, and 114 yards on Dec. 12 vs. San Francisco ... Posted career-highs in catches (12) and receiving yards (194), with two TDs, on Dec. 26 vs. Baltimore ... Caught six passes for game-high 103 yards in AFC Championship win at Kansas City ... Caught four passes for game-high 100 yards in Super Bowl LVI, including two TDs — 75-yarder on first offensive play of the second half was the longest play from scrimmage in Bengals postseason history.
2022—Played in all 16 regular-season games (14 starts) and started all three postseason contests ... Caught 74 passes for 1029 yards and seven TDs during the regular season ... One of five players in team history with multiple 1000-yard receiving campaigns within his first three seasons ... Managed to play at least one snap in every game, but three separate injuries forced him to miss nearly nine full quarters of play ... Led the team with six catches for 71 yards on Sept. 18 at Dallas, and caught five-yard TD pass from Joe Burrow with 3:45 left in fourth quarter to bring the Bengals within two points ... Netted 124 yards on seven catches, including a 59-yard TD grab in the second quarter on Sept. 29 against Miami ... Caught a 41-yard TD pass in the fourth quarter on Oct. 31 at Cleveland ... Delivered back-to-back 100-yard receiving games with teammate Ja'Marr Chase out of the lineup in Games 10-11, beginning with a nine-catch, 148-yard stat line on Nov. 20 at Pittsburgh; eight of his catches went for first downs ... Caught seven passes for 114 yards on Nov. 27 at Tennessee, including a contested 27-yard TD early in fourth quarter that proved to be the game-winner ... Surpassed 1000-yard mark with eight grabs for 128 yards on Dec. 24 at New England, and capped off game's opening drive with a nine-yard TD reception ... Caught 13 passes for 148 yards and a TD during postseason ... In AFC Championship at Kansas City, showed off athleticism by leaping over CB Jaylen Watson for game-tying 27-yard TD catch in the third quarter; finished with team-high 83 yards on six receptions.
Spent three seasons (2017-19) at Clemson ... Played in 43 career games, and compiled 135 receptions for 2448 yards and 27 TDs ... Receiving TDs total tied for most in school history with DeAndre Hopkins and Sammy Watkins ... First player in school history with double-digit TD receptions in consecutive seasons ... Helped Clemson to berths in the college football playoff in each of his three seasons ... Tigers finished 15-0 and won national championship during his sophomore season in 2018, and 14-1 and national runners up as a junior in '19 (lost to Joe Burrow's and Ja'Marr Chase's LSU Tigers).
Hometown is Oak Ridge, Tenn. (outside Knoxville) ... Attended Oak Ridge High School, where he won Tennessee's Mr. Football award for the AAAAA level as both a junior and senior ... Caught 68 passes for 1044 yards and 18 TDs as a senior, and added three scores on punt returns and another on an INT return ... Considered one of the top WR prospects in the country, and played in 2017 Under Armour All-American Game ... Also an outstanding prep basketball player, he averaged 15 points and 6.6 rebounds per game as junior and was finalist for Tennessee's Mr. Basketball award ... Sports communication major at Clemson ... Considered former Bengal A.J. Green his favorite NFL player growing up and says he modeled his game after Green.
