Rashard Higgins

Rashard Higgins

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Higgins in 2016
No. 81Cleveland Browns
Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Date of birth: (1994-10-07) October 7, 1994
Place of birth: Dallas, Texas
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school: Mesquite (TX)
College: Colorado State
NFL Draft: 2016 / Round: 5 / Pick: 172
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 9, 2016
Receptions: 4
Receiving yards: 43
Receiving touchdowns: 0
Player stats at NFL.com

Rashard Malick "Hollywood" Higgins (born October 7, 1994) is an American football wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Colorado State.

Early years

Higgins attended Mesquite High School in Mesquite, Texas, where he was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball and track. He played as a wide receiver for the Mesquite football team. As a senior, he had 69 receptions for 1,136 yards 10 touchdowns. Higgins was a two-star recruit by Rivals.com.[1] He was a starter on the Mesquite basketball team, where he averaged 17 points per game.

He also excelled in track & field at Mesquite. At the 2013 District Meet, he took fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.76 seconds, while also placing seventh in the long jump with a leap of 6.68 meters (21 ft, 8 in).[2] He posted a personal-best time of 53.48 seconds in the 400-meter dash at the 2012 Rockin R Relays, where he finished fifth.[3]

College career

As a true freshman at Colorado State University in 2013, Higgins started all 14 games.[4] He finished the season with a school freshman record 68 receptions. He also had 837 yards and six touchdowns.[5] As a sophomore in 2014, Higgins was a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award.[6][7]

G Rec Yards Yds/Rec Long TD Yds/G
2013 14 68 837 12.3 56 6 59.8
2014 12 96 1750 18.2 73 17 145.8
2015 12 75 1062 14.2 46 6 88.5
Total 38 239 3649 15.27 73 29 96

Professional career

The Cleveland Browns drafted Higgins in the fifth round (172nd pick overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft.[8] On May 13, he signed a four-year contract worth about $2.52 million, which included a signing bonus worth about $184,000.[9]

See also

References

  1. "Rashard Higgins".
  2. "District 12-5A Meet". Texas MileSplit.
  3. "Rockin R Relays – Track & Field Meet". Athletic.net.
  4. Tom Kensler The Denver Post (December 17, 2013). "Colorado State wideout Rashard Higgins shining as a freshman".
  5. Terry Frei The Denver Post (August 19, 2014). "CSU wide receiver Rashard Higgins is ready for huge sophomore season".
  6. Terry Frei The Denver Post (November 25, 2014). "Rashard Higgins is a Biletnikoff Award finalist; Rams don't crack CFP 25".
  7. "CSU's Rashard Higgins a finalist for Biletnikoff Award". Coloradoan. November 25, 2014.
  8. Cabot, Mary kay (April 30, 2016). "WR Rashard Higgins of Colorado State drafted by Browns at 172". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  9. Lyell, Kelly (May 14, 2016). "Ex-Colorado State receiver Higgins signs with NFL's Browns". The Coloradoan. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

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