WR#81
Jayden Higgins
gsis_id 00-0040130
HOU
Next Gen Stats
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2025 weekly average
- Separation
- 2.50 yd
- Cushion
- 5.77 yd
- YAC above expectation
- -0.23
- Avg YAC
- 1.99
- Share of intended air yards
- 27.1%
- Catch rate
- 60.4%
Advanced charting
Source: Pro Football Reference advanced2025 season total / average
- Broken tackles (rec)
- 1
- Drops
- 3
- Drop rate
- 2.8%
- Passer rating when targeted
- 92.7
- Interceptions on targets
- 2
Season by season
Aggregated from real weekly rows in nflverse_player_stats_weekly.
| Season | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | TD | Rec EPA | Tgt share | WOPR | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | 82 | 50 | 623 | 6 | 20.3 | 0.129 | 0.32 | 0 | 148.3 |
Bio & status
- Height
- 6'4"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- College
- Iowa State; Eastern Kentucky (Big Twelve Conference)
- Draft
- 2025 · Rd 2 · Pk 34 · HOU
- Rookie season
- 2025
- Experience
- 2 yr
- Status
- RES
Cross-source coverage
Source: Highlightly box scoresmatched via name+birth_date
22 games with stored box-score lines (2025).
Play-by-play drill-down
Loaded on demand, one season at a time.
Similar players
Position-matched comparables scored on real Next Gen Stats season data.
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2025 · WR cohort of 85
Each of separation, cushion, yac over expected, share of air yards, catch rate is z-scored across every qualified WR in 2025; distance is the root-mean-square z gap, so lower means more alike. Only same-position players are compared.
Keon ColemanWR · BUF · distance 0.33
- Separation
- 2.78
- Cushion
- 5.71
- YAC over expected
- -0.40
- Share of air yards
- 20.6
- Catch rate
- 64.4
Andrei IosivasWR · CIN · distance 0.40
- Separation
- 2.46
- Cushion
- 5.55
- YAC over expected
- -0.10
- Share of air yards
- 12.5
- Catch rate
- 56.9
Darius SlaytonWR · NYG · distance 0.53
- Separation
- 2.71
- Cushion
- 5.72
- YAC over expected
- 0.78
- Share of air yards
- 19.2
- Catch rate
- 58.7
Van JeffersonWR · TEN · distance 0.53
- Separation
- 2.63
- Cushion
- 6.07
- YAC over expected
- 0.56
- Share of air yards
- 16.1
- Catch rate
- 55.8
Calvin AustinWR · PIT · distance 0.54
- Separation
- 2.82
- Cushion
- 5.52
- YAC over expected
- 0.67
- Share of air yards
- 18.3
- Catch rate
- 56.4
Jayden Higgins baseline
- Separation
- 2.70
- Cushion
- 5.74
- YAC over expected
- -0.09
- Share of air yards
- 18.0
- Catch rate
- 60.3