Tyler Higbee in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Fox Sports, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, Western Kentucky, 2011–⁠15

Tyler Higbee

Number
No. 82
Height
6′6″
Hometown
Clearwater, FL
Born
1993, in Clearwater, Florida

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Tyler Higbee played tight end at Western Kentucky (2011–⁠15). The Los Angeles Rams took Higbee in round 4, No. 110 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
563
Receiving yards, 2015 (Western Kentucky, 12–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 110
Round 4, 2016 NFL Draft (Los Angeles Rams)

Career highs

11catches, career highat Indiana, 2015109receiving yards, career highat Indiana, 20153receiving touchdowns, career highat Marshall, 2014

Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2015

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011*Western Kentucky29246.0163
2013Western Kentucky1316913.0130
2014Western Kentucky1523015.3431
2015Western Kentucky3856314.8865
Career681,05415.51465

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Western Kentucky82TE
2012Western Kentucky82TE
2013Western Kentucky82TE
2014Western Kentucky82TE
2015Western Kentucky82TE6′6″

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
2013Western Kentucky120.78––9.4–
2014Western Kentucky211.01––21.34%
2015Western Kentucky471.0598th (n=465)0.5349.47%

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 Western Kentucky 9 games, 38 catches, 563 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 3atVanderbiltW 14–⁠124102165
Sep 10vs.Louisiana TechW 41–⁠38788022
Sep 19atIndianaL 35–⁠3811109118
Sep 26vs.Miami (OH)W 56–⁠14455226
Oct 3atRiceW 49–⁠10254130
Oct 10vs.Middle TennesseeW 58–⁠28251143
Oct 15atNorth TexasW 55–⁠281404
Nov 27vs.MarshallW 49–⁠28692227
Dec 5vs.Southern MissW 45–⁠281808
2014 Western Kentucky 6 games, 15 catches, 230 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 6atIllinoisL 34–⁠42330116
Sep 13atMiddle TennesseeL 47–⁠50248028
Sep 27atNavyW 36–⁠27226022
Nov 22vs.UTSAW 45–⁠7123023
Nov 28atMarshallW 67–⁠66699331
Dec 24 ✦vs.Central MichiganW 49–⁠481404
2013 Western Kentucky 5 games, 13 catches, 169 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 31vs.KentuckyW 35–⁠26341018
Sep 7atTennesseeL 20–⁠52––––
Sep 14atSouth AlabamaL 24–⁠31567130
Sep 28vs.NavyW 19–⁠7431013
Oct 26vs.TroyL 26–⁠32130030
2011 Western Kentucky 2 games, 2 catches, 92 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Nov 19atNorth TexasW 31–⁠21163163
Nov 26vs.TroyW 41–⁠18129029

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height6′5¾″
Weight249 lb
Arm length33¼″
Hand size10¼″
Wingspan80⅞″W
Bench press18 repsW

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

11 seasons, 131 games with a stat; latest team: Los Angeles Rams.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2016Los Angeles Rams1211851
2017Los Angeles Rams14252951
2018Los Angeles Rams14242922
2019Los Angeles Rams14697343
2020Los Angeles Rams15445215
2021Los Angeles Rams15615605
2022Los Angeles Rams16726203
2023Los Angeles Rams15474952
2024Los Angeles Rams38662
2025Los Angeles Rams10252813
2026 (so far)Los Angeles Rams3151411
NFL career1314014,09028

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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