Tee Higgins

Former wide receiver at Clemson. 2019: 59 catches, 1,167 receiving yards, 13 TD.

WR · Clemson · Jr. · #5

6′4″ · 215 lb · Oak Ridge, TN

Cincinnati — drafted 2020, Rd 2, Pick 1, #33 overall

Recruiting

5★

WR recruit

No. 19 nationally · Signed with Clemson

Career night9 rec · 182 yds · 3 TDvs Virginia (FBS) · W 62-17

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Clemson. 2019: 59 catches, 1,167 receiving yards, 13 TD.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Clemson in 2017.
Drafted round 2 by the Cincinnati in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Clemson, 2,448 receiving yards — drafted at #33 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 182 yds vs Virginia.Virginia · W 62-172019

20177 games

Signed with Clemson5-star out of Oak Ridge

2020

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 2, pick 33

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#19 national

CFB

College

Clemson

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #33

Cincinnati · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

1 coach

2017–2019

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 7th NFL season

#33Rd 2 · Pick 1

CincinnatiEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 41-3 over that span.

2017Clemson12-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

2018Clemson15-0HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2019Clemson14-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (98th percentile). Strength: rec yards (97th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#7 / 556 · 98th pct

Rec yards#19 / 556 · 97th pct

1167

Yards / catch#23 / 556 · 96th pct

19.8

Receptions#75 / 556 · 86th pct

Rush TDs#23 / 283 · 86th pct

Long catch#130 / 556 · 76th pct

Rush yards#82 / 283 · 71st pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 15 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.9	78.2	23.9	1.1
Road7g	4.0	77.3	17.6	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.9	79.2	23.8	0.4
Weeks 8+7g	4.0	76.1	17.7	1.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

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	Clemson	59	1,167	19.8	13	--
2018	Clemson	59	936	15.9	12	--
2017	Clemson	17	345	20.3	2	--
Career		135	2,448	18.1	27	--

Season	Team
2019	Clemson	1	36	--	--	--
2018	Clemson	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Clemson	--	--	3	--	--
Career		1	36	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2019

W 29–23

at Ohio State

4 rec · 33 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With T. Lawrence — 259 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 107 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD · W. Spiers — 44 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 53 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week