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

Tee Higgins ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Higgins in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Higgins a career score of 73, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

Tee Higgins

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Tee Higgins

1× Pro BowlTop 7% all-time WRsIron Man🏆 Clutch · +5% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2021Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #360

Height6'4"

Weight219 lb

BornJan 18, 1999

Age27

CollegeClemson See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2020

Draft2020 · Rd 2, Pick 33 · CIN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

1x

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end wide receiver defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 140 · #705 · High-Value

Worth 140 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 16% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +23.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

48

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

6

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+23.3

Avg surplus

peak +28

6 seasons × ~23.3 surplus ≈ VORP 140

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%
2020	—	CIN	15	—	108	67	908	6	62.0%	13.6	8.4	—	52	5	28	0	5.6	0.0	1	20.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	805	74.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2020	—	WAS	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	CIN	14	—	110	74	1,091	6	67.3%	14.7	9.9	—	53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	710	75.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2021	—	LV	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	CIN	14	—	109	74	1,029	7	67.9%	13.9	9.4	—	46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	757	69.7%	—	0.0%	3	3.3%
2023	—	CIN	12	—	76	42	656	5	55.3%	15.6	8.6	—	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	573	73.8%	—	0.0%	1	3.0%
2024	—	CIN	12	—	109	73	911	10	67.0%	12.5	8.4	—	48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	636	79.1%	—	0.0%	1	4.0%
2024	—	PIT	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	—	CIN	15	—	98	59	846	11	60.2%	14.3	8.6	—	41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	769	80.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	88	—	610	389	5,441	45	63.8%	14.0	8.9	—	273	5	28	0	5.6	0.0	1	20.0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	4,250	75.6%	—	0.0%	5	3.4%

Career EPA248.3·1 rushing · 247 receiving·49.6/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2020	21	CIN	15	12*	5	28	0	5.6	0.0	1	20.0	0	13.2
Career			15	12*	5	28	0	5.6	—	1	—	0	84.1

* 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
2020	21	CIN	15	12*	108	67	908	6	62.0%	13.6	8.4	—	52
2021	22	CIN	14	11*	110	74	1,091	6	67.3%	14.7	9.9	—	53
2022	23	CIN	14	11*	109	74	1,029	7	67.9%	13.9	9.4	—	46
2023	24	CIN	12	9*	76	42	656	5	55.3%	15.6	8.6	—	33
2024	25	CIN	12	9*	109	73	911	10	67.0%	12.5	8.4	—	48
2025	26	CIN	15	12*	98	59	846	11	60.2%	14.3	8.6	—	41
Career			82	64*	610	389	5,441	45	63.8%	14.0	8.9	—	273

* 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
2020	21	WAS	3	3*	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2021	22	LV	2	2*	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2024	25	PIT	1	1*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			6	6*	7	7	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%
2020	21	CIN	16	12*	805	74.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2021	22	CIN	14	11*	710	75.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2022	23	CIN	16	11*	757	69.7%	—	0.0%	3	3.3%
2023	24	CIN	12	9*	573	73.8%	—	0.0%	1	3.0%
2024	25	CIN	12	9*	636	79.1%	—	0.0%	1	4.0%
2025	26	CIN	15	12*	769	80.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			85	64*	4,250	—	—	—	5	—

* 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
2020	21	—	—	12*	—	1.0	52.9	0	1,241
2021	22	—	—	11*	—	—	57.0	0	1,323
2022	23	—	—	11*	—	—	53.5	0	1,185
2023	24	—	—	9*	—	—	26.5	0	973
2024	25	—	—	9*	—	—	57.4	0	1,067
Career				52*	—	—	—	0	5,789

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

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2020	21	CIN	16	12*	22	4.4	6	1.2	0	—	1
Career			16	12*	22	—	6	—	0	—	1

* 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
2020	21	CIN	16	12*	11.5	8.9	4.6	5	8	0.1	52	103.5
2021	22	CIN	14	11*	12.1	10.8	3.9	4	5	0.0	53	110.1
2022	23	CIN	16	11*	10.9	10.0	3.9	2	8	0.1	47	115.6
2023	24	CIN	12	9*	12.8	10.0	5.6	0	7	0.1	33	100.5
2024	25	CIN	12	9*	9.8	9.4	3.1	7	3	0.0	48	119.5
2025	26	CIN	15	12*	13.1	11.5	2.8	5	2	0.0	41	117.1
Career			85	64*	—	—	—	23	33	—	274	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 73 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 73 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

71

Sustained

career value

×.6

75

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 72.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 73· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 71

On-field 54.7

Availability 16.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2020bestavg 71elite 702025

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #360 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Total Score

22

1 qualifying season

2025 CIN·6 team wins#4

Receiving Touchdowns · 11 · score 22

All-Time Standing

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

30

Depth

of 100

Reached 25% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

25% of the all-time Receptions leader25

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

49.65 EPA/season over 5 seasons67

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: 95%.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

79

Excellent

SIS

Yards / snap:1.287 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.287Touch rate0.145EPA/snap0.058Snap share75.6%Off snaps4,250Elite · ConsistentCV 0.13

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+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Reception: 14.0 regular season → 14.7 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

+5%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt51Rec31Yds457TD3Ctch%60.8%Y/R14.7Y/Tgt9.01D21

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA20.3Rec AirYd574

College Stats

ClemsonImported college table

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2017	—	0	0	0	0.0	—	—	—	—
2018	—	0	0	0	0.0	—	—	—	—
2019	—	1	36	1	36.0	100.0	—	—	—
Career		1	36	1	36.0	100.0	—	—	—

College Receiving

Season	School	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2017	—	—	17	345	2	—	20.3	—	—	—
2018	—	—	59	936	12	—	15.9	—	—	—
2019	—	—	59	1,167	13	—	19.8	—	—	—
Career		0	135	2,448	27	—	18.1	—	—	—

Reference Graph

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

2020 Draft Class· this player went #33

#25Brandon AiyukWR #26Jordan LoveQB #27Jordyn BrooksLB #28Patrick QueenLB #29Isaiah WilsonOT #30Noah IgbinogheneCB #31Jeff GladneyCB #32Clyde Edwards-HelaireRB #34Michael PittmanWR #35D'Andre SwiftRB #36Xavier McKinneySAF #37Kyle DuggerSAF #38Yetur Gross-MatosDE #39Robert HuntOT #40Ross BlacklockDT #41Jonathan TaylorRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Tee inherited the Cincinnati Bengals WR room from Tyler Boyd (2016–2023), and handed it to Ja'Marr Chase (2021–2025).

David Verser 1981–1984Cris Collinsworth 1981–1988Tim McGee 1986–1994Jeff Query 1992–1994Carl Pickens 1992–1999Darnay Scott

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Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with CIN
2020draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 2, Pick 33

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 219 lb

Frame

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	CIN	0	W1Doubtful· HamstringW2Doubtful· HamstringW8Questionable· QuadricepW9Doubtful· QuadricepW10Doubtful· QuadricepW17Questionable· Ankle / KneeW18Questionable· Ankle / Knee
2023	CIN	3	W5Questionable· RibsW6Questionable· RibsW10Out· HamstringW11Out· HamstringW12Out· HamstringW18Doubtful· Hamstring
2022	CIN	0	W2Questionable· ConcussionW5Questionable· AnkleW6Questionable· AnkleW15Questionable· Hamstring
2021	CIN	1	W3Doubtful· ShoulderW4Out· ShoulderW14Questionable· Ankle
2020	CIN	0	W14Questionable· Hamstring

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 →

73

peak 75

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

B+2020

B+2021

B+2022

B2023

B+2024

B2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

84%

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
2020	908	60.5	952+44	56
2021	1,091	77.9	1,266+175	74.5
2022	1,029	73.5	1,187+158	69.8
2023	656	54.7	887+231	52.2
2024	911	75.9	1,285+374	75.6
2025	846	56.4	959+113	56.4

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

Career Value · VORP

140 career value over replacement — #705 all-time of 4,642. 23.3/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #33 (Rd 2) · CIN · 2020 · +18.1 vs expected KV-H

73actual

54.9 expected · Δ+18.1

💔+22.4 stolen VORP·0.96 szns lost

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