Tee Higgins with the Cincinnati Bengals, 2025
With the Cincinnati Bengals, 2025. Photo: Gatorfan252525, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Clemson, 2017–⁠19

Tee Higgins

Number
No. 5
Height
6′4″
Weight
215 lb
Class (2019)
Junior
Hometown
Oak Ridge, TN
Born
Jan 18, 1999

Tee Higgins played receiver at Clemson (2017–⁠19). The Cincinnati Bengals took Higgins in round 2, No. 33 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,167
Receiving yards, 2019 (Clemson, 14–⁠1)
Best game
182 yards
Vs. Virginia, week 15, 2019: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 9
In FBS in receiving touchdowns, 2019
Drafted
No. 33
Round 2, 2020 NFL Draft (Cincinnati Bengals)

Career highs

9catches, career highvs. Virginia, 2019182receiving yards, career highvs. Virginia, 20193receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Virginia, 2019

Team titles: ACC champions, 2017, 2018 and 2019; National champions, 2018

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2017Clemson1734520.3278
2018Clemson5993615.91264
2019Clemson591,16719.81365
Career1352,44818.12778

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2017Clemson5WRFr.
2018Clemson5WRSo.
2019Clemson5WRJr.6′4″215

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
2017Clemson221.21––26.74%
2018Clemson940.7782nd (n=497)0.5372.49%
2019Clemson861.0697th (n=499)0.5491.58%

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

2019 Clemson 15 games, 59 catches, 1,167 yards, 13 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 29vs.Georgia TechW 52–⁠14498162–
Sep 7vs.Texas A&MW 24–⁠10470029–
Sep 14atSyracuseW 41–⁠67150058–
Sep 21vs.CharlotteW 52–⁠10158158–
Sep 28atNorth CarolinaW 21–⁠206129138–
Oct 12vs.Florida StateW 45–⁠14244040–
Oct 19atLouisvilleW 45–⁠101303–
Oct 26vs.Boston CollegeW 59–⁠7236021–
Nov 2vs.WoffordW 59–⁠14574125–
Nov 9atNC StateW 55–⁠10473133–
Nov 16vs.Wake ForestW 52–⁠3464330–
Nov 30atSouth CarolinaW 38–⁠33101265–
Dec 7vs.VirginiaW 62–⁠179182354–
Dec 28 ✦vs.Ohio StateW 29–⁠23433021–
Jan 13 ✦vs.LSUL 25–⁠4235202136
2018 Clemson 15 games, 59 catches, 936 yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.FurmanW 48–⁠7335019–
Sep 8atTexas A&MW 28–⁠263123164–
Sep 15vs.Georgia SouthernW 38–⁠721106–
Sep 22atGeorgia TechW 49–⁠21130130–
Sep 29vs.SyracuseW 27–⁠23453020–
Oct 6atWake ForestW 63–⁠3555120–
Oct 20vs.NC StateW 41–⁠78119146–
Oct 27atFlorida StateW 59–⁠10662221–
Nov 3vs.LouisvilleW 77–⁠16326111–
Nov 10atBoston CollegeW 27–⁠7463035–
Nov 17vs.DukeW 35–⁠6447014–
Nov 24vs.South CarolinaW 56–⁠356142134–
Dec 1vs.PittsburghW 42–⁠10336221–
Dec 29 ✦vs.Notre DameW 30–⁠3453124–
Jan 7 ✦vs.AlabamaW 44–⁠16381162–
2017 Clemson 7 games, 17 catches, 345 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.Kent StateW 56–⁠3218012–
Sep 16atLouisvilleW 47–⁠211808–
Oct 7vs.Wake ForestW 28–⁠14339020–
Oct 28vs.Georgia TechW 24–⁠10110010–
Nov 11vs.Florida StateW 31–⁠141808–
Nov 18vs.The CitadelW 61–⁠36178278–
Nov 25atSouth CarolinaW 34–⁠10384040–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2020Combine or pro day 2020
Height6′3⅝″
Weight216 lb
Arm length34⅛″
Hand size9¼″
Wingspan81″W
40-yard dash4.59 s
10-yard split1.66 sW
Vertical jump31″
Broad jump0′10″
20-yard shuttle4.53 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

7 seasons, 87 games with a stat; latest team: Cincinnati Bengals.

Pro Bowl: 2025

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2020Cincinnati Bengals15679086
2021Cincinnati Bengals14741,0916
2022Cincinnati Bengals14741,0297
2023Cincinnati Bengals12426565
2024Cincinnati Bengals127391110
2025Cincinnati Bengals155984611
2026 (so far)Cincinnati Bengals5274231
NFL career874165,86446

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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