#16

John Hightower

Former wide receiver at Boise State. 2019: 51 catches, 943 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Boise State · Sr. · #16

6′2″ · 172 lb · Landover, MD

Philadelphia — drafted 2020, Rd 5, Pick 23, #168 overall

The story

Former wide receiver at Boise State. 2019: 51 catches, 943 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Drafted round 5 by the Philadelphia in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Boise State, 1,447 receiving yards — drafted at #168 overall by Philadelphia.

His career

The week the volume broke through — put up 182 yds at Air Force.Air Force · W 48-382018

2020

Drafted by Philadelphiaround 5, pick 168

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Boise State

2018–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #168

Philadelphia · 2020

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PhiladelphiaEntering 7th NFL season

#168Rd 5 · Pick 23

PhiladelphiaEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Bryan Harsin, all balanced offenses — 22-5 over that span.

2018Boise State10-3HC: Bryan Harsin · Balanced

2019Boise State12-2HC: Bryan Harsin · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (93rd percentile). Strength: rec yards (92nd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#20 / 283 · 93rd pct

139

Rec yards#45 / 556 · 92nd pct

943

Yards / catch#44 / 556 · 92nd pct

18.5

Rec TDs#38 / 556 · 92nd pct

Long catch#50 / 556 · 91st pct

Receptions#111 / 556 · 80th pct

Fumbles lost#80 / 223 · 40th pct

Rush TDs#60 / 283 · 40th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.9	78.3	21.1	0.9
Road7g	3.4	56.4	15.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.9	66.3	16.9	0.7
Weeks 8+7g	3.4	68.4	19.3	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Spencer Danielson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Boise State	51	943	18.5	8	--
2018	Boise State	31	504	16.3	6	--
Career		82	1,447	17.6	14	--

Season	Team
2019	Boise State	15	139	639	--	--
2018	Boise State	8	163	101	2	--
Career		23	302	740	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2019

W 30–19

vs Air Force

5 rec · 48 yds

With H. Bachmeier — 263 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.1 · 6 rush yds (5 car) · J. Velazquez — 33 AVG · 46 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week