TRANSACTIONS: Selected in the fourth round of the 2016 draft (110th overall) on 4/30/16.
PRO: Fourth-year pro has played in all 48 regular season and four postseason games since being drafted by the Rams in 2016... caught 58 career passes for 658 yards and four touchdowns.
2018 SEASON: Started all 16 regular season games and three postseason contests including Super Bowl LIII...hauled in 24 passes for 292 yards and a career-best two touchdowns during regular season action...vs. Arizona (9/16): Recorded one catch for three yards and a touchdown, his first of the season...vs. Chargers (9/23): Notched two receptions for 25 yards, including a long of 20 yards...at Seattle (10/7): Started at tight end...tallied two receptions for 26 yards...at Denver (10/14): Started at tight end and saw action on special teams...helped block for RB Todd Gurley II to amass 208 rushing yards and two touchdowns...at New Orleans (11/4): Started at tight end...caught two passes for a season-high 40 yards and average of 20.0 yards per catch... with a 33 yard long...vs. Seattle (11/11): Started at tight end... totaled a season-high three receptions for 25 yards and one touchdown...his second touchdown of the season, setting a new single-season career high...averaged 8.3 yards per reception... vs. Kansas City (11/19): Started at tight end and saw action on special teams...recorded a career-high six receptions for a season-high 68 yards...averaged 10.5 yards per catch...vs. San Francisco (12/30): Started at tight end...recorded one reception for a season-long of 36 yards...Divisional Round vs. Dallas (1/12/19): Started at tight end...posted two receptions for 30 yards with a long of 19 yards...Championship Round at New Orleans (1/20/19): Started at tight end...caught four passes for 25 yards... recorded first-career postseason touchdown...Super Bowl LIII (2/3/19): Started at tight end.
2017 SEASON: Started in all 16 games and one postseason... tallied a new career-high 25 receptions for 295 yards and one touchdown...at Dallas (10/1): Recorded three receptions for 47 yards...vs. Seattle (10/8): Led the team in receiving yards with a new personal high of 98 yards on four catches...at New York Giants (11/5): Notched one catch for 8 yards and his first touchdown of the season...vs. Houston (11/12): Tallied two catches for 22 yards...vs. New Orleans (11/26): Recorded three catches for 48 yards...Wild Card vs. Atlanta (1/6/18): Totaled one reception for 11 yards.
2016 SEASON: Started in six-of-16 games in his rookie campaign...hauled in 11 receptions for 85 yards and scored his first career touchdown...at San Francisco (9/13): In his first career NFL game, recorded one reception...at Tampa Bay (9/25): Made first career NFL start at tight end...saw significant action on special teams...at Arizona (10/2): Saw action at tight end and recorded one reception...vs. New York Giants (10/23): Recorded one catch for a four-yard gain...vs. Carolina (11/6): Made second career start at tight end...recorded a career- long 31-yard reception...at New England (12/4): Recorded two catches for 16 yards...vs. Atlanta (12/11): Caught one pass for eight yards...at Seattle (12/15): Hauled in a 15-yard reception... vs. San Francisco (12/26): Recorded two receptions for five yards...scored his first career touchown on a two-yard pass from QB Jared Goff.
COLLEGE: Played in 38 games with 15 starts...earned a midseason addition to the Biletnikoff Watch List in 2015...racked up a pair of 100-yard receiving games and four touchdowns through the first four games of the year and caught at least one touchdown in six of his nine games, including two, two- touchdowns game...named the John Mackey Award Tight End of the Week following the season opener at Vanderbilt when he caught four passes for 102 yards...as a junior in 2014, he tallied 230 yards on 15 receptions, including four touchdowns...notched a breakout performance at No. 19 Marshall when came up with three-touchdowns on six passes for 99 yards, to earn CFPA honorable mention National Tight End of the Week honors...he was also one of only three tight ends last season to catch at least three touchdowns in a game, joined by FIU's Jonnu Smith and Minnesota's Maxx Williams...became one of just four players in WKU history to catch at least three touchdowns in a single game and the first since 1978...in 2013, saw time in seven games and three starts after converting over from wide receiver...finished the year with 13 catches for 169 yards and a touchdown...redshirted in 2012...as a true freshman in 2011, he played in 11 games... finished the regular season with a pair of catches for 92 yards... tallied his first career catch on a 63-yard touchdown grab.
PERSONAL: Named team MVP and team captain for his senior season at East Lake High School. He reeled in 42 receptions as a tight end, leading the county in receptions, to total over 540 receiving yards and eight touchdowns in his final season. He finished his career with over 1,100 yards receiving and 18 touchdowns. Higbee earned first-team All-County honors as well as being a Pinellas County All-Star his senior year. He was rated as a two-star recruit by Rivals.com after lettering all four years in football. He also earned a pair of letters on the baseball diamond at the varsity level.
