Peyton Higgins

Senior wide receiver for Troy. 2025: 36 catches, 301 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Troy · Sr. · #2

5′10″ · 180 lb · Florence, AL

CFB Index 38 · #321 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Troy for 2026

The numbers

301

receiving yards · 2025

36 catches · 1 TD · 8.4 per catch

Best game: 6 rec, 51 yds, 1 TD, at Southern Miss

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Troy. 2025: 36 catches, 301 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Troy in 2021.
301 receiving yards in 2024. Then 301 in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

EPA / target: 57th percentile.

The full scouting read

Peyton Higgins

WR · Troy · Sr · #2

Moves the chains on third down. Four seasons at Troy, two different head coaches: Jon Sumrall and Gerad Parker. The receipt: 51 rec yds, 6 receptions against Southern Miss — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Troy12-2HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-leaning

2023Troy11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Balanced

2024Troy4-8HC: Gerad Parker · Run-leaning

2025Troy8-6HC: Gerad Parker · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

38Below cohort / limited sample #321 of 485?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (81st percentile). Concern: explosive rate (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#341 / 798 · 57th pct

0.47

Catch rate#490 / 798 · 39th pct

64.8%

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Yards / catch#659 / 798 · 17th pct

8.4

Explosive rate#700 / 798 · 12th pct

3.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct

Receptions#218 / 558 · 60th pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Rec yards#360 / 558 · 35th pct

301

Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct

Rush yards#256 / 287 · 10th pct

-3

Yards / catch#526 / 558 · 6th pct

8.4

Long catch#532 / 558 · 4th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

25th → 57th percentile

Explosive rate

44th → 12th percentile

Catch rate

91st → 39th percentile

TD rate

27th → 18th percentile

Yards / catch

24th → 17th 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

31%17 of his 54 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.5	18.7	6.9	0.0
Road8g	2.6	23.6	8.8	0.1

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.0	15.6	6.9	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	3.1	27.4	9.0	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Gerad Parker

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

38 · #321 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #321 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #38 of 51 Sun Belt WRs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Troy	36	301	8.4	1	--
2024	Troy	31	301	9.7	1	--
2023	Troy	12	167	13.9	0	--
2022	Troy	5	92	18.4	1	--
Career		84	861	10.2	3	--

Season	Team
2025	Troy	2	-3	141	98	--
2024	Troy	1	-3	25	8	--
2023	Troy	1	3	14	--	--
2022	Troy	--	--	35	--	--
Career		4	-3	215	106	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 38–20

vs Nicholls

2 rec · 21 yds

With T. Meadows — 186 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD · W. Crowder — 144 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.3 · 43 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Jacksonville State · 3&18 · Q2 · EPA +3.88Shotgun #10 T.Kilcrease pass complete short left to #2 P.Higgins caught at JAX ST48, for 20 yards to the JAX ST38 (#5 T.Taylor; #1 C.Nix), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Nicholls · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.88Goose Crowder pass complete to Peyton Higgins for 14 yds to the NICH 47 for a 1ST down Nicholls Penalty, Roughing The Passer (Joe Mason) to the NICH 38 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Arkansas State · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.87(02:13) Shotgun #10 T.Kilcrease pass complete short left to #2 P.Higgins caught at Troy48, for 8 yards to the ASU49 (#6 A.McGhee), 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · Southern Miss · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.72(00:19) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 G.Crowder pass complete short left to #2 P.Higgins caught at USM00, for 16 yards to the USM00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:18, 1ST DOWN #40 S.Renfroe kick attempt good (H: #28 E.Crenshaw, LS: #87 C.Walls)
Week 7 · Texas State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.71Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to Peyton Higgins for 19 yds to the TXST 46 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Jacksonville State · 4&6 · Q4 · EPA -2.63Shotgun #10 T.Kilcrease pass complete short right to #2 P.Higgins caught at JAX ST22, for 5 yards to the JAX ST22 (#59 M.Sanders), TURNOVER ON DOWNS. The previous play is under automatic review - "Short of the line to gain". CALL UPHELD
Week 9 · Louisiana · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.62(04:35) Shotgun #10 T.Kilcrease pass complete short left to #2 P.Higgins caught at LA 40, for 10 yards to the LA 36 (#9 C.Whitfield), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · UL Monroe · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.56Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to Peyton Higgins for 11 yds to the TROY 44 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Texas State · 2&12 · Q2 · EPA +2.42Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to Peyton Higgins for 12 yds to the TXST 49 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Jacksonville State · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.42Shotgun #10 T.Kilcrease pass complete short right to #2 P.Higgins caught at Troy42, for 6 yards to the Troy43 (#10 R.Rainer; #31 M.Woods), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-20vs Nicholls	2	21	10.5	0	14
Wk 2	L 16-27@ Clemson	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 3	L 7-28vs Memphis	2	0	0.0	0	5
Wk 4	W 21-17@ Buffalo	2	13	6.5	0	7
Wk 6	W 31-24vs South Alabama	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 7	W 48-41@ Texas State	4	40	10.0	0	19
Wk 8	W 37-14@ UL Monroe	3	29	9.7	0	11
Wk 9	W 35-23vs Louisiana	3	22	7.3	0	10
Wk 10	L 10-23vs Arkansas State	3	21	7.0	0	8
Wk 12	L 0-33@ Old Dominion	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 13	W 31-19vs Georgia State	5	48	9.6	0	21
Wk 14	W 28-18@ Southern Miss	6	51	8.5	1	16	Season-high 51 yds
Wk 15	L 14-31@ James Madison	1	17	17.0	0	17
Bowl	L 13-17@ Jacksonville State	3	31	10.3	0	20
Total		36	301	8.0	1	21

How he plays

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Money down

fact

11/173rd-down conversions

1.233rd-down EPA/target

0.19Other-downs EPA/target

13 of 17 caught on third down (76.5%) — EPA/target 1.23 vs 0.19 elsewhere (11 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.

2026 Outlook

Troy

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Wide receiver · Troy

Returning around him