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Tee Higgins Injury History & Updates

Basic StatsTee Higgins's Basic Stats

Tee Higgins
ADP: 5.11
Bye: 12
Experience: 4
Age: 25.7
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 219
40 Time: 4.59
Speed Score: 101.30

Burst Score (Rank): 114.20 (16%)
Catch Radius (Rank): 9.87 (26%)

Injury PredictorTee Higgins's Injury Guide

Very High Risk

Chance of Injury in 2024

89.2%

% chance misses at least 2 quarters

Chance of Injury per Game

12.3%

1- 17√1-% Inj/Season

Projected Games Missed 2024

2.40

Durability

5.00

Ability to produce despire relatively minor injuries. 5 being most durable

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Injury History

Date League Injury Details
Jan 1, 2018 Non-NFL Pedal Ankle Sprain Grade 2 Higgins injured his ankle during the Sugar Bowl loss to Alabama.
Oct 12, 2019 Non-NFL Thigh Hamstring Sprain/Pull Unspecified Grade 1 Higgins sustained a "very minor strained hamstring" in Clemson's Week 7 win over Florida State. He was available for the next game
Dec 6, 2020 NFL Thigh Hamstring Strain Grade 2 Higgins suffered a hamstring injury in the fourth quarter of Week 13's loss to the Dolphins. He was active for the next game.
Jan 3, 2021 NFL Thigh Hamstring Strain Grade 2 Higgins suffered a left hamstring injury in the first quarter of Week 17's vs. the Ravens. He was ruled out for the remainder of the game.
Sep 19, 2021 NFL Shoulder Higgins suffered a shoulder injury during the Week 2 loss to the Chicago Bears. He missed two games.
Dec 5, 2021 NFL Pedal Ankle Sprain/Pull Unspecified Grade 1 Higgins tweaked his ankle during the Bengals' loss to the Chargers.
Sep 11, 2022 NFL Head Cranial Concussion Grade 1 Higgins cleared the concussion protocol ahead of Week 2.
Sep 29, 2022 NFL Pedal Ankle Sprain/Pull Unspecified Grade 1 Higgins aggravated the injury Week 5 at Baltimore. He played only 10 snaps in that game.
Dec 8, 2022 NFL Thigh Hamstring Sprain/Pull Unspecified Grade 1 Higgins was downgraded in practice on Thursday, December 8. He aggravated the injury in Week 14 warmups, then returned for Week 15.
Oct 1, 2023 NFL Chest Rib Fracture Higgins sustained a fractured rib in Week 4 vs. the Titans. He only ended up missing one game and returned in Week 6.
Dec 31, 2023 NFL Thigh Hamstring Sprain/Pull Unspecified Grade 1 Higgins sustained a hamstring injury in Week 17 vs. the Chiefs. He missed the following game.
Sep 5, 2024 NFL Thigh Hamstring Sprain/Pull Unspecified Grade 1 Higgins suffered a hamstring injury at practice and missed Week 1 and 2.

Basic StatsTee Higgins's Preseason Player Analysis

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Bottom Line

Higgins’ two biggest questions are his contract situation and health. We’ll have to watch both, but he should remain a solid-to-good fantasy bet as long as he’s practicing and healthy when your league drafts. The injury risk is real. Higgins carries the highest probability of any WR in our injury predictor. But you can insure against that. And the well-known risk has Higgins all the way down at WR27 in best ball ADP.

What We Learned Last Year

  • Higgins continued to deal with injury issues. He fractured a rib in Week 4 but managed to miss only one game. A midyear hamstring injury cost him another three, though, and would sideline him again for Week 18.
    • Along the way, Higgins saw limited playing time in four other contests.
    • That was an issue in 2022 as well. Higgins didn’t miss any full games that season but left three of them too early to be a fantasy factor, with three different injuries.
    • He lost two early-season games to a shoulder injury in 2021.
  • The combo of Higgins’ 2023 injuries and QB Joe Burrow’s dual issues made the WR’s season tough to judge when he was on the field.
    • The rib injury came in the final game of Burrow’s weak start while working back from a calf strain.
    • A healthy Higgins delivered an 8-110 receiving line in Week 9. But he then missed the next three games, and Burrow suffered a season-ending wrist injury while Higgins was out.
  • Higgins averaged just 3.5 catches on 5.8 targets over four healthy games with QB Jake Browning.
  • After running even with Ja’Marr Chase in target share in 2021 (Chase’s rookie year), Higgins has slipped well behind over the past two seasons.
  • His performance slipped in 2023 by advanced metrics, but that shouldn’t surprise anyone. Higgins managed just eight games at his usual snap rate. Three of those came with a limited Burrow; four more with Browning.
    • Before 2023, Higgins looked fairly consistent by those measures.
    • He finished 14th among WRs in PPR points per game in 2021 and 13th in 2022 – Burrow’s two healthy seasons.

What to Expect in 2024

  • The Bengals used the franchise tag to keep Higgins off the open market, but a contract extension doesn’t seem likely.
  • Cincinnati already gave big money to Burrow and has called Chase’s extension a “priority.” Both sides are saying they want Higgins to stick around, but it’s tough to pay everyone. And there have been trade rumors since before Higgins got tagged.
  • The Bengals let WR Tyler Boyd walk (for a smallish, one-year contract) in free agency. They drafted WR Jermaine Burton in Round 3. The most significant other addition to the pass-catching corps was TE/slot WR Mike Gesicki.
  • As long as Higgins’ contract situation doesn’t create a long summer holdout, he should remain a key passing-game factor. And Boyd’s departure leaves plenty of targets up for grabs.
    • Boyd ranked among the Bengals’ top 3 in that category for each of Higgins’ first four seasons – including second on the team last year.
    • Perhaps some of those Boyd looks go Higgins’ way, but he’s probably not absorbing a significant portion. Only one of their four shared seasons found Boyd within 4.0 yards of Higgins in aDOT (2022).
    • That says they haven’t tended to run similar routes. So unless Higgins suddenly takes on more slot work, Boyd’s departure will probably have little impact.
    • Higgins has run less than 18% of his pass routes from the slot each of the past two years, down from 21% in 2021 and 27.5% in 2020.
    • Even Chase has spent more time in the slot (23.5% in 2023). Jermaine Burton ran 25.7% of his college pass snaps from the slot.
  • The QB play should rebound. Burrow returned to the field for spring workouts, indicating his wrist shouldn’t be an issue for 2024.
  • The Bengals had to replace their OC after Brian Callahan left for Tennessee’s HC post. But replacement Dan Pitcher spent the past four years as Cincinnati’s QBs coach and has been on the offensive staff since 2016 – longer than HC Zac Taylor’s been around. Taylor has also been the play caller. So this shouldn’t be a difficult transition.

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Tee Higgins, WR CIN

1:49pm EDT 9/11/24

Tee Higgins (Hamstring) Not In Uniform at Wednesday's Practice

Bengals WR Tee Higgins was not practicing on Wednesday due to his hamstring injury. Higgins missed Week 1, and his hamstring issue appears to be stopping him from practicing today. This is a poor start for Higgins, and he probably misses Week 2.

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Bengals WR Tee Higgins is listed as "Doubtful" for Week 1 after suffering a hamstring injury on Thursday in practice. He practiced in a limited capacity on Thursday and did not practice on Friday. A Doubtful tag means Higgins is assuredly out of the game against the Patriots.

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Bengals WR Tee Higgins was added to the injury report on Thursday with a hamstring and limited in practice. The season couldn't officially start without Higgins hitting the injury report. He said afterward that he feels "amazing" and fully expects to play this weekend, but we'll see how he's listed on the final injury report on Friday afternoon. The Bengals are expected to have WR Ja'Marr Chase for Sunday's opener vs. the Patriots, although it's still unclear if he'll be ready for a full workload. The rest of the WR corps is rounded out by Andrei Iosivas, Trenton Irwin, Charlie Jones, and Jermaine Burton.

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Bengals QB Joe Burrow (wrist) has been fully cleared for the start of training camp, HC Zac Taylor said Monday. Burrow's 2023 season ended in November with an injury to his right, throwing wrist that required surgery. He resumed throwing early this year and participated in May's OTAs.

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Bengals WR Tee Higgins (hamstring) is listed as doubtful for Sunday’s finale vs. the Browns. He’ll wind up missing five games and parts of a few others in a disappointing 2023 campaign. We’ll see if Cincinnati lets Higgins hit the free-agent market this offseason. He’ll be replaced by some combination of WRs Trenton Irwin and Andrei Iosivas this weekend.

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