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Elijah Higgins

Tight End, Arizona Cardinals · #84.

Player facts

Team: Arizona Cardinals
Position: Tight End
Number: 84
Born: Oct 27, 2000 (age 25)
Birthplace: Austin, TX, USA
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 245 lbs
College: Stanford
Experience: 4 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	FUM	LST
Regular Season	8	9	96	12.0	1	38	6	0	0
Last 5 Games	8	8	96	11.7	1	38	6	0	0
Career	72	89	732	10.2	4	38	40	1	1

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Receiving	11 targets	+0.82	82%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Receiving							Rushing					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 11	vs DET	L 45-21	3	3	57	19.0	0	38	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	@ NYG	L 36-24	2	2	19	9.5	1	17	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	@ SF	L 36-30	3	3	20	6.7	0	9	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs SEA	L 31-7	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ LAC	W 26-14	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Elijah Higgins (born October 27, 2000) is an American professional football tight end for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal.

From Wikipedia’s article on Elijah Higgins, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Higgins grew up in Florida and attended Bowie High School in Austin, Texas. He was selected to play in the Under Armour All-America Game during his senior season. Higgins was rated a four-star recruit and committed to play college football at Stanford.

College career

Higgins played in all 12 games as a freshman at Stanford, primarily on special teams. He had 15 receptions for 176 yards in a 5-game schedule during the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season. Higgins led the Cardinal with 45 receptions for 500 yards and four touchdowns during his junior season. He caught 59 passes for 704 yards and two touchdowns as a senior.