#22

Karan Higdon

Senior running back for Michigan. 2018: 1,180 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 7 catches.

RB · Michigan · Sr. · #22

5′10″ · 202 lb · Sarasota, FL

Michigan 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 479 nationally · Signed with Michigan

Statement game25 car · 200 yds · 3 TDat Indiana (FBS) · W 27-20

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Michigan. 2018: 1,180 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 7 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Michigan in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Michigan, 2,618 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

20153 games

Signed with Michigan3-star out of Riverview

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#479 national

CFB

College

Michigan

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

1 coach

2015–2018

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

Played his entire career under Jim Harbaugh.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Jim Harbaugh — 38-14 over that span.

2015Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2016Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2017Michigan8-5HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2018Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (94th percentile). Strength: rush yards (92nd percentile). Concern: rec yards (29th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#20 / 339 · 94th pct

225

Rush yards#27 / 339 · 92nd pct

1180

Fumbles lost#1 / 217 · 87th pct

Rush TDs#45 / 339 · 86th pct

Long run#79 / 339 · 77th pct

Yards / carry#145 / 339 · 56th pct

5.2

Receptions#209 / 326 · 34th pct

Rec yards#231 / 326 · 29th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	105	6.6	0.7
Road5g	89.0	3.8	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	98.4	6.0	0.9
Weeks 8+5g	98.2	4.7	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Michigan	225	1,180	5.2	10	--
2017	Michigan	164	994	6.1	11	--
2016	Michigan	72	425	5.9	6	--
2015	Michigan	11	19	1.7	0	--
Career		472	2,618	5.5	27	--

Season	Team
2018	Michigan	7	43	6.1	0	--
2017	Michigan	8	131	16.4	0	--
2016	Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2015	Michigan	1	3	3.0	0	--
Career		16	177	11.1	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2018

W 42–7

vs Penn State

132 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 35-point win at home against Penn State.

With W. Hart — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG · S. Patterson — 144 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 42 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week