#14

Ryan Higgins

Quarterback for Louisiana Tech. 2016: 4,617 passing yards, 41 TD, 8 INT.

QB · Louisiana Tech · #14

6′2″ · Hutto, TX

Louisiana Tech 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

PRO recruit

No. 1575 nationally · Signed with Louisiana Tech

Statement game484 yds · 5 TDat Massachusetts (FBS) · W 56-28

Top 1% passing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 quarterback for Louisiana Tech. 2016: 4,617 passing yards, 41 TD, 8 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisiana Tech in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Louisiana Tech, 4,824 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2012

Signed with Louisiana Tech3-star out of Hutto

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1575 national

CFB

College

Louisiana Tech

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Skip Holtz

Louisiana Tech

Played his entire career under Skip Holtz.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Skip Holtz — 27-14 over that span.

2014Louisiana Tech9-5HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2015Louisiana Tech9-4HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2016Louisiana Tech9-5HC: Skip Holtz · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: pass yards (99th percentile). Strength: pass tds (98th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#2 / 167 · 99th pct

4617

Pass TDs#3 / 167 · 98th pct

Yards / att#9 / 167 · 94th pct

9.3

Completion %#12 / 167 · 93rd pct

66.3%

Fumbles lost#24 / 163 · 72nd pct

Rush yards#56 / 167 · 67th pct

277

Rush TDs#52 / 167 · 65th pct

Interceptions#92 / 167 · 40th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	328	3.4	9.6	0.4
Road8g	372	3.0	9.4	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	395	3.7	9.7	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	309	2.5	9.2	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Cumbie

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Louisiana Tech	329	496	66.3%	4,617	9.3	41	8	168.6	--	--	--
2015	Louisiana Tech	15	25	60.0%	138	5.5	1	3	95.6	--	--	--
2014	Louisiana Tech	6	10	60.0%	69	6.9	0	0	118.0	--	--	--
Career		350	531	65.9%	4,824	9.1	42	11	164.2	--	--	--

Season	Team
2016	Louisiana Tech	88	277	3.1	4	--
2015	Louisiana Tech	9	27	3.0	0	--
2014	Louisiana Tech	5	17	3.4	0	--
Career		102	321	3.1	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2016

W 55–52

vs Western Kentucky

454 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.8 · 31 rush yds (7 car)

Edged out Western Kentucky at home in a shootout.

With C. Henderson — -1 rush yds (1 car) · J. Craft — 78 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week