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Tee Higgins Cincinnati Bengals · #5

Wide Receiver · 6' 4", 220 lbs · Oak Ridge, TN · Age 27

Tee Higgins is a Wide Receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, drafted 33rd overall, 2020. In 2026 he caught 25 passes for 401 yards and 1 touchdowns.

Wide ReceiverDrafted 33rd overall7-yr veteran
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Tee Higgins
Season avg25 rec · 401 yds · 1 td
Career avg414 rec · 5,842 yds · 46 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
25rec
401yds
1td
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Scouting report

Tee Higgins — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Wide Receiver · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Tee Higgins is a Wide Receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, drafted 33rd overall, 2020. In 2026 he caught 25 passes for 401 yards and 1 touchdowns.
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Receiving
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Big-play
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Scoring
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Receiving yards
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Volume
Elite · offense
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Big-play
Excellent · offense
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Scoring
Excellent · offense
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Target share
Elite · offense
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Act II

Where Tee Higgins stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #20 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
470Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Tee Higgins — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Receiving
401 YDS
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Volume
25 REC
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Big-play
16.0 Y/R
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Scoring
1 TD
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The engine

How the model sees Tee Higgins

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2027  modeled
44
rec
25–64
634
rec yds
430–838
6
td
2–10
70
targets
42–98
9
games
5–13
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 7-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 25 → projected 44 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
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Net vs last season+19.3 rec
Everything it reads
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7 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 27 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 12 / 15 / 4
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Tee Higgins career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
20201667908610813.6
202114741,091611014.7
202216741,029710913.9
2023124265657615.6
202412739111010912.5
20251559846119814.3
2026 in progress · 4 games42540113916.0
Career894145,84246649
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the Cincinnati Bengals built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

10–7proj record
95off index
55def index
+16net
63%playoff odds
27roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades A+ (95), defense C- (55) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 93, pass rush 50, coverage 60.
How his role moves
Projected 10–7 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rare
Rank #132 of 2316 in NFL.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Tee Higgins

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1999-01-18

The beginning

Tee Higgins is a Wide Receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, in his 7th NFL season.

Cincinnati Bengals

Turning pro

Drafted 33rd overall, 2020 as a Wide Receiver.

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Tee Higgins is a Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver, drafted 33rd overall, 2020.

Chapter

Across 7 seasons (2020–2026) he has caught 414 passes for 5,842 yards and 46 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 25 passes for 401 yards and 1 touchdown in 2026.

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 4"
Weight
220 lbs
Draft
33rd overall, 2020
Born
Oak Ridge, TN
Age
27
Jersey
#5
Background

Tee Higgins is from Oak Ridge, TN and is 27 years old. He was drafted 33rd overall, 2020 and plays wide receiver at 6' 4", 220 lbs.

Over 7 seasons (2020–2026) he has caught 414 passes for 5,842 yards and 46 touchdowns. Higgins is currently on the Cincinnati Bengals roster.

The person

Tee Higgins is a starting-caliber wide receiver who has caught 414 passes for 5,842 yards and 46 touchdowns across 7 seasons (2020–2026).

Receiving414 career catches, 5,842 yards, 46 touchdowns.
Best season74 catches for 1,091 yards in 2021.
Yards per catch14.1 yards per reception over his career.
Draft pedigree33rd overall, 2020.
Durability89 career games played.
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FAQ

Tee Higgins — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Tee Higgins, answered.

What position does Tee Higgins play?
Tee Higgins is a Wide Receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals.
When was Tee Higgins drafted?
Tee Higgins was drafted 33rd overall, 2020.
How many seasons has Tee Higgins played?
7 (2020–2026).
What are Tee Higgins's career stats?
He has caught 414 passes for 5,842 yards and 46 touchdowns.
Tee Higgins career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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War Room · Draft

The War Room's draft verdict on Tee Higgins

AI analyst opinion · grounded in the model below
Model rank
WR10
#21 overall
Proj / game
15.5
Tier 2 · PPR
Draft cost
Rd 2
model draft cost, illustrative
Schedule
55
matchup score 0–100
VALUEat his current draft costThe Coach· Culture & winning

A touchdown role in the league's best passing game.

11 touchdowns in a 15-game 2025 is elite scoring, and paired with Chase in a pass-funnel offense the model sees WR11 near 14.8 PPG. A soft fantasy-playoff stretch is a bonus. At a Round 3 cost, that red-zone role is a value.

Projection is a Balladex model estimate, illustrative. The War Room's verdict is argued opinion. Real stats: 2025 season. · Updated Aug 28, 2026

Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
WR2
behind the starter
Snap share
79%
of offensive snaps
Target share
25%
WOPR 0.70
Alpha target: 25% team target share (WOPR 0.702)

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Weekly matchups

Fantasy points allowed by position · 2026 schedule · Balladex
Next matchup
vs TB
Week 1 · Avoid
Season outlook
55
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
3 / 7
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
57
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 vs TBW2 @ HOUW3 @ PITW4 vs JAXW5 @ MIAW6 · BYEW7 @ BALW8 vs TENW9 @ ATLW10 vs PITW11 @ WASW12 vs NOW13 @ CLEW14 vs KCW15 @ CARW16 @ INDW17 vs BALW18 vs CLE

Each week grades Tee Higgins's opponent by the fantasy points that defense allowed to his position (2025), tiered Smash → Avoid. A transparent Balladex model estimate; see the full weekly matchups grid.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
18
since 2020
Games missed
6
listed Out
Lower-body
11
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
2
head, reported
Most recent reports
2026 Wk1 · Foot2025 Wk16 · Concussion (Questionable)2025 Wk15 · Concussion (Out)2025 Wk14 · Concussion2025 Wk13 · Concussion (Out)2024 Wk18 · Ankle (Questionable)

Home surface: fieldturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 7 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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