Elijah Higgins

Former wide receiver at Stanford. 2022: 59 catches, 704 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Stanford · Sr. · #6

6′3″ · 234 lb · Kyle, TX

CFB Index 66 · #102 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceMiami — drafted 2023, Rd 6, Pick 20, #197 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 85 nationally · Signed with Stanford

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Stanford. 2022: 59 catches, 704 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Stanford in 2019.
Drafted round 6 by the Miami in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Stanford, 1,382 receiving yards — drafted at #197 overall by Miami.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 110 yds at Arizona State.Arizona State · L 10-282021

2019

Signed with Stanford4-star out of Bowie

2023

Drafted by Miamiround 6, pick 197

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#85 national

CFB

College

Stanford

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #197

Miami · 2023

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

David Shaw

Stanford

Played his entire career under David Shaw.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MiamiEntering 4th NFL season

#197Rd 6 · Pick 20

MiamiEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under David Shaw — 14-28 over that span.

2019Stanford4-8HC: David Shaw · Pass-leaning

2020Stanford4-2HC: David Shaw · Balanced

2021Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

66Quality starter #102 of 488?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (87th percentile). Strength: rush yards (85th percentile). Concern: td rate (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#167 / 636 · 74th pct

85.3%

EPA / target#197 / 636 · 69th pct

0.83

Explosive rate#220 / 636 · 65th pct

16.2%

Yards / catch#311 / 636 · 51st pct

12.2

TD rate#504 / 636 · 21st pct

2.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#71 / 550 · 87th pct

Rush yards#39 / 275 · 85th pct

Rec yards#107 / 550 · 81st pct

704

Long catch#257 / 550 · 53rd pct

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#293 / 550 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#347 / 550 · 36th pct

11.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

22nd → 69th percentile

Explosive rate

37th → 65th percentile

Catch rate

23rd → 74th percentile

TD rate

50th → 21st percentile

Yards / catch

31st → 51st percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.7	60.2	13.0	0.0
Road6g	5.2	57.2	10.6	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	49.3	12.4	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	5.8	68.0	11.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tavita Pritchard

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #102 of 488 WRs

Former four-star. Now #102 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Stanford	59	704	11.9	2	--
2021	Stanford	44	502	11.4	4	--
2020	Stanford	15	176	11.7	0	--
2019	Stanford	--	--	--	--	--
Career		118	1,382	11.7	6	--

Season	Team
2022	Stanford	4	48	--	--	--
2021	Stanford	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Stanford	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Stanford	--	--	--	--	--
Career		4	48	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022

W 16–14

at Notre Dame

4 rush yds (1 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With T. McKee — 288 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.9 · -4 rush yds (3 car) · R. Sanborn — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Utah · 3&15 · Q1 · EPA +4.56Tanner McKee pass complete to Elijah Higgins for 51 yds to the Utah 8 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Oregon · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.98Tanner McKee pass complete to Elijah Higgins for 28 yds for a TD, (Joshua Karty KICK)
Week 7 · Notre Dame · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.73Tanner McKee pass complete to Elijah Higgins for 38 yds to the NDame 35 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · BYU · 4&5 · Q2 · EPA +3.68Tanner McKee pass complete to Elijah Higgins for 22 yds to the BYU 32 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Washington · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.58Tanner McKee pass complete to Elijah Higgins for 20 yds to the Wash 37 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Utah · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.48Tanner McKee pass complete to Elijah Higgins for 23 yds to the Utah 35 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · California · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +3.15Tanner McKee pass complete to Elijah Higgins for 13 yds to the Cal 43 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · USC · 3&15 · Q1 · EPA +2.83Tanner McKee pass complete to Elijah Higgins for 23 yds to the Stanf 43 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Arizona State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.74Tanner McKee pass complete to Elijah Higgins for 19 yds to the Stanf 35 for a 1ST down ARIZONA ST Penalty, Personal Foul (Tautala Pesefea Jr.) to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 13 · BYU · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.66Tanner McKee pass complete to Elijah Higgins for 11 yds to the Stanf 47 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 41-10vs Colgate	2	16	8.0	0	10
Wk 2	L 28-41vs USC	3	50	16.7	0	23
Wk 4	L 22-40@ Washington	4	37	9.3	0	20
Wk 5	L 27-45@ Oregon	6	44	7.3	1	28
Wk 6	L 27-28vs Oregon State	4	68	17.0	0	31
Wk 7	W 16-14@ Notre Dame	5	81	16.2	0	38
Wk 8	W 15-14vs Arizona State	6	73	12.2	0	19
Wk 9	L 13-38@ UCLA	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 10	L 14-52vs Washington State	6	77	12.8	0	31
Wk 11	L 7-42@ Utah	7	105	15.0	0	51	Season-high 105 yds
Wk 12	L 20-27@ California	8	69	8.6	1	14
Wk 13	L 26-35vs BYU	7	77	11.0	0	22
Total		59	704	11.8	2	51

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology