Rashard Higgins with the Cleveland Browns, 2021
With the Cleveland Browns, 2021. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Colorado State, 2013–⁠15

Rashard Higgins

Number
No. 82
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Dallas, TX
Born
Oct 7, 1994

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Rashard Higgins played receiver at Colorado State (2013–⁠15). He was a consensus All‑American in 2014. The Cleveland Browns took Higgins in round 5, No. 172 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,750
Receiving yards, 2014 (Colorado State, 10–⁠3)
Best game
194 yards
At Nevada, week 7, 2014: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in receiving touchdowns, 2014
Drafted
No. 172
Round 5, 2016 NFL Draft (Cleveland Browns)

Career highs

12catches, career highat Air Force, 2014194receiving yards, career highat Nevada, 20144receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Tulsa, 2014

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013Colorado State6883712.3656
2014Colorado State961,75018.21773
2015Colorado State751,06214.2846
Career2393,64915.33173

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Colorado State82WR
2014Colorado State82WR
2015Colorado State82WR6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Colorado State670.7745th (n=341)0.8151.37%
2014Colorado State1181.0398th (n=496)0.52121.916%
2015Colorado State1060.7785th (n=465)0.5381.212%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 Colorado State 12 games, 75 catches, 1,062 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 5vs.Savannah StateW 65–⁠13784123–
Sep 19vs.ColoradoL 24–⁠278125137–
Sep 26atUTSAW 33–⁠315103138–
Oct 3atUtah StateL 18–⁠3311115117–
Oct 10vs.Boise StateL 10–⁠41342020–
Oct 17vs.Air ForceW 38–⁠23774033–
Oct 31vs.San Diego StateL 17–⁠41575135–
Nov 7atWyomingW 26–⁠7449015–
Nov 14vs.UNLVW 49–⁠357102346–
Nov 21atNew MexicoW 28–⁠218140041–
Nov 28atFresno StateW 34–⁠3112402420
Dec 29 ✦vs.NevadaL 23–⁠289129038–
2014 Colorado State 12 games, 96 catches, 1,750 yards, 17 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 29vs.ColoradoW 31–⁠17116116–
Sep 6atBoise StateL 24–⁠3711143021–
Sep 13vs.UC DavisW 49–⁠217147252–
Sep 27atBoston CollegeW 24–⁠21998121–
Oct 4vs.TulsaW 42–⁠176178473–
Oct 11atNevadaW 31–⁠2410194251–
Oct 18vs.Utah StateW 16–⁠1310187069–
Oct 25vs.WyomingW 45–⁠315174273–
Nov 1atSan José StateW 38–⁠318143155–
Nov 22vs.New MexicoW 58–⁠2010167242–
Nov 28atAir ForceL 24–⁠2712193233–
Dec 20 ✦vs.UtahL 10–⁠457110059–
2013 Colorado State 14 games, 68 catches, 837 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.ColoradoL 27–⁠41657022–
Sep 7atTulsaL 27–⁠301303–
Sep 14vs.Cal PolyW 34–⁠17240136–
Sep 21atAlabamaL 6–⁠31771018–
Sep 28vs.UTEPW 59–⁠426156256–
Oct 12vs.San José StateL 27–⁠342707–
Oct 19atWyomingW 52–⁠22643015–
Oct 26atHawai’iW 35–⁠28579028–
Nov 2vs.Boise StateL 30–⁠421099019–
Nov 9vs.NevadaW 38–⁠17222011–
Nov 16atNew MexicoW 66–⁠42671118–
Nov 23atUtah StateL 0–⁠1342007–
Nov 30vs.Air ForceW 58–⁠137127229–
Dec 21 ✦vs.Washington StateW 48–⁠45442022–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height6′1⅜″
Weight196 lb
Arm length32¼″
Hand size9¾″
40-yard dash4.64 s
10-yard split1.56 s
Vertical jump32″
Broad jump9′8″
Bench press13 reps
3-cone drill7.19 s
20-yard shuttle4.52 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 68 games with a stat; latest team: Carolina Panthers.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2016Cleveland Browns106770
2017Cleveland Browns14273122
2018Cleveland Browns13395724
2019Cleveland Browns74551
2020Cleveland Browns12375994
2021Cleveland Browns12242751
NFL career681371,89012

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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