Rashard Higgins NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

Rashard Higgins is a career quality starter — a receiver whose body of work places Higgins in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Higgins's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

Rashard Higgins

WRCAR#17ACT

Rashard Higgins

Top 36% all-time WRsHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2020Two-Way Profile

Height6'1"

Weight198 lb

BornOct 7, 1994

Age31

CollegeColorado State See College Stats

ConferenceMountain West

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 5, Pick 172 · CLE

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A quality wide receiver with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 26 · #2847 · Role Player

Worth 26 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 62% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

3 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

48

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

3

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+8.7

Avg surplus

peak +13

3 seasons × ~8.7 surplus ≈ VORP 26

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2016	—	CLE	10	—	12	6	77	0	50.0%	12.8	6.4	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	183	17.0%	—	0.0%	25	12.1%
2017	—	CLE	14	—	50	27	312	2	54.0%	11.6	6.2	—	13	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	663	66.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	—	PIT	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	CLE	13	—	53	39	572	4	73.6%	14.7	10.8	—	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	483	54.5%	—	0.0%	12	5.4%
2019	—	CLE	6	—	11	4	55	1	36.4%	13.8	5.0	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	172	35.3%	1	1.0%	14	10.2%
2020	—	CLE	12	—	52	37	599	4	71.2%	16.2	11.5	—	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	502	59.5%	—	0.0%	17	15.8%
2020	—	BAL	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	CLE	12	—	47	24	275	1	51.1%	11.5	5.9	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	509	51.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2022	—	CAR	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	8.0%	—	0.0%	3	12.0%
Career		—	78	—	225	137	1,890	12	60.9%	13.8	8.4	—	90	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	9	9	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	2,521	41.7%	1	1.0%	71	11.1%

Career EPA55.3·-0 rushing · 55 receiving·9.2/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2017	23	CLE	14	10*	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	6.6
Career			14	10*	1	4	0	4.0	—	0	—	0	32.6

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2016	22	CLE	10	0*	12	6	77	0	50.0%	12.8	6.4	—	5
2017	23	CLE	14	10*	50	27	312	2	54.0%	11.6	6.2	—	13
2018	24	CLE	13	7*	53	39	572	4	73.6%	14.7	10.8	—	27
2019	25	CLE	6	0*	11	4	55	1	36.4%	13.8	5.0	—	3
2020	26	CLE	12	8*	52	37	599	4	71.2%	16.2	11.5	—	26
2021	27	CLE	12	8*	47	24	275	1	51.1%	11.5	5.9	—	16
Career			67	33*	225	137	1,890	12	60.9%	13.8	8.4	—	90

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2016	22	CLE	1	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2017	23	PIT	5	5*	6	6	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2020	26	BAL	3	3*	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			9	8*	9	9	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2016	22	CLE	16	0*	183	17.0%	—	0.0%	25	12.1%
2017	23	CLE	15	10*	663	66.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	24	CLE	13	7*	483	54.5%	—	0.0%	12	5.4%
2019	25	CLE	10	0*	172	35.3%	1	1.0%	14	10.2%
2020	26	CLE	13	8*	502	59.5%	—	0.0%	17	15.8%
2021	27	CLE	15	8*	509	51.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2022	28	CAR	3	—	9	8.0%	—	0.0%	3	12.0%
Career			85	33*	2,521	—	1	—	71	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2016	22	—	—	0*	—	—	-2.9	0	138
2017	23	—	—	10*	—	-0.2	-16.0	0	464
2018	24	—	—	7*	—	—	29.2	0	594
2019	25	—	—	0*	—	—	3.8	0	116
2020	26	—	—	8*	—	—	36.1	0	733
2021	27	—	—	8*	—	—	5.3	0	546
Career				33*	—	—	—	0	2,591

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2018	24	CLE	13	7*	11.1	10.9	3.7	1	3	0.1	27	117.8
2019	25	CLE	10	0*	10.5	11.5	2.3	0	1	0.1	3	83.5
2020	26	CLE	13	8*	14.1	14.1	2.1	0	0	0.0	26	119.0
2021	27	CLE	15	8*	11.5	9.5	2.0	0	3	0.1	16	67.2
Career			51	23*	—	—	—	1	7	—	72	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 52 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 52 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

49

Sustained

career value

×.6

57

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 52.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 52· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 49

On-field 34.6

Availability 14.4

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)

2016bestavg 472021

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

13

Depth

of 100

Reached 9% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

9% of the all-time Receptions leader9

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

9.22 EPA/season over 6 seasons53

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

43

Solid

SIS

Yards / snap:0.754 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.754Touch rate0.09EPA/snap0.022Snap share47.3%Off snaps2,512VolatileCV 0.52

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within wide receivers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2016

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

WR · 2016 class

4.64s

40-Yard

Low · 5th pct

Pos 5thAll 52thClass Pos 12thClass All 57th

32"

Vertical

Low · 10th pct

Pos 10thAll 35thClass Pos 18thClass All 43th

116"

Broad Jump

Low · 15th pct

Pos 15thAll 46thClass Pos 22thClass All 49th

13 reps

Bench

Below avg · 33th pct

Pos 33thAll 10thClass Pos 46thClass All 15th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt14Rec7Yds116Ctch%50.0%Y/R16.6Y/Tgt8.31D5

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA-1.9Rec AirYd162

College Stats

Colorado StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Colorado State), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #172

#164Halapoulivaati VaitaiG #165Tyreek HillWR #166DJ ReaderDT #167Marqui ChristianDB #168Spencer DrangoG #169Antwione WilliamsLB #170Cole TonerOT #171Alex CollinsRB #173Trey CaldwellDB #175Jatavis BrownOLB #176Andy JanovichFB #177Temarrick HemingwayTE #178D.J. WhiteCB #179Drew KaserP #181Tyrone HolmesLB #182Keenan ReynoldsWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Rashard inherited the Cleveland Browns WR room from Andrew Hawkins (2014–2016), and handed it to Jarvis Landry (2018–2021).

Brian Brennan 1984–1991Reggie Langhorne 1985–1991Webster Slaughter 1986–1991Eric Metcalf 1989–1994Michael Jackson 1991–1995Keenan McCardell

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Movementderived from season history

2022team change
Joined CAR (from CLE)
2022final season
Last recorded season with CAR
2016draft
Drafted by CLE — Round 5, Pick 172

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 198 lb

Frame

196 lb at 4.64s

Size-speed

32" vert / 116" broad

Explosion

13 reps

Bench power

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	CAR	2	W9Out· IllnessW10Out· Illness
2019	CLE	0	W2Questionable· KneeW3Questionable· KneeW4Questionable· KneeW5Questionable· Knee
2018	CLE	3	W6Out· KneeW7Out· KneeW8Out· KneeW9Questionable· Knee

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 6-season peers. See all →

52

peak 57

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

D2016

C+2017

C+2018

F2019

B2020

C2021

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

75%

Era Translator

Rec Yds translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
2016	77	7.7	0-77	0
2017	312	22.3	263-49	15.5
2018	572	44	634+62	37.3
2019	55	9.2	15-40	0.9
2020	599	49.9	760+161	44.7
2021	275	22.9	309+34	18.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

26 career value over replacement — #2847 all-time of 4,642. 4.3/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #172 (Rd 5) · CLE · 2016 · +24.8 vs expected KV-H

52actual

27.2 expected · Δ+24.8

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