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Elijah Higgins

TE·Arizona Cardinals·#84·6'3"·245 lb·3rd year·Stanford
Round 6, pick 197 in 2023
Updated November 5, 2026
72.8
Model Score
Down from 75.5 last year
Trade value ·a 5th
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Elijah Higgins has 16 catches, 151 receiving yards and 1 touchdown in 6 games for the Arizona Cardinals this season through Week 8, 6.2 PPR points a game (updated November 5, 2026).

Model Score by season

Down 2.7 from last season.

70809072.820252026

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

Comps

The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.

Ken Dilger ’9773%Marcus Pollard ’9872%MarQueis Gray ’1667%Noah Gray ’2461%Rodney Holman ’8656%

Plays like: Anthony Firkser, Brent Celek, Mark Bavaro. Built like: Justin Shorter, Juwan Johnson, Mike Evans.

Elijah Higgins Props This Weekat DAL

MarketLineOverUnder
Receptions2.5+140 Bovada-185 Bovada
Receiving yards16.5-120 Bovada-110 Bovada

Best price across 9 books as of Mon Nov 2. Lines move; check the book before you bet. This week's board · Line Room

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Elijah Higgins Injury StatusNot listed

Elijah Higgins is not on the injury report as of Nov 4. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

This season · 6 games

Rec16
Rec Yds151
Rec TD1
Targets18
Yds/Gm25.2
Fantasy PPG6.2
EPA / target0.580
Avg separation0.0 yd
Avg cushion0.0 yd
YAC over exp0.0
Catch %0.0%

6.2 fantasy points a game, 37 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.

Contract2026 cap

2026 Cap Hit
$3.7M
APY
$1.0M/yr
Guaranteed at Signing
$176K
Years on Deal
4
Signed
2023
Est. Value
$6.5M/yr
underpaid by $5.5M/yr

Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.

Fantasy outlookWeek 9

This week he visits DAL, projecting 5.0 points a game from here.

Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.

Draft & College

Round 6, pick 197 to the Miami Dolphins in 2023, out of Stanford (Pac-12). He went about where consensus had him.

Taken#197
Consensus board183rd
Our college model#257 TE

In college, 2021-2022, 22 games: 103 rec, 1,217 yds, 6 TD, 11.8 yds/rec.

Recruited

Class of 2019 · Receiver · High school: Austin Bowie, Austin, TX

Recruiting sites
★★★★★
No. 85 in the nation. Composite 0.9600, the recruiting sites' average
Committed to
Stanford

His full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2019 class are still being added.

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