Player facts
- Team
Houston Texans- Position
- Wide Receiver
- Number
- 81
- Born
- Dec 15, 2002 (age 23)
- Birthplace
- South Miami, FL, USA
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 215 lbs
- College
- Iowa State
- Experience
- 2 seasons
- Status
- Day-To-Day
Stats
2025 Offense
| REC | TGTS | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FD | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 41 | 68 | 525 | 12.8 | 6 | 75 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Postseason | 9 | 14 | 98 | 10.9 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 41 | 68 | 525 | 12.8 | 6 | 75 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Recent games
| Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | REC | TGTS | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FD | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST |
@  NE | L 28-16 | 6 | 10 | 59 | 9.8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  PIT | W 30-6 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  IND | W 38-30 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  LAC | W 20-16 | 2 | 4 | 88 | 44.0 | 1 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  LV | W 23-21 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
Jayden William Higgins (born December 15, 2002) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels and Iowa State Cyclones and was selected by the Texans in the second round of the 2025 NFL draft.
From Wikipedia’s article on Jayden Higgins, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life
Higins was born on December 15, 2002, in Cobb County, Georgia. He attended Westminster Christian School in Palmetto Bay, Florida. As a senior, he had 23 receptions for 430 receiving yards and five touchdowns in five games. Higgins also played basketball in high school.
College career
Higgins played two seasons of college football for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels, recording 87 receptions for 1,151 yards and 13 touchdowns. After the 2022 season, he transferred to Iowa State University. In his first season at Iowa State in 2023, he started 12 of 13 games and had 53 receptions for 983 yards and six touchdowns. In the 2023 Liberty Bowl, he had a school Bowl record 214 receiving yards. In 2024 Higgins recorded 87 receptions for 1,183 yards and 9 touchdown, earning him AP Third Team All-American honors and Second Team All-Big 12.
From Wikipedia’s article on Jayden Higgins, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
Texans’ next games
Recent results
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Sources
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- 1WikipediaJayden Higgins on Wikipedia
- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Jayden Higgins