Arizona Cardinals · TE · 8 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Stanford (2023 Round 6, Pick 197)

Elijah Higgins

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16.3

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #40 of 45 qualified TEs

Rec / Targets: 16/186.5% target share
Receiving yards: 1519.4 YPR
Receiving TD: 118.9 yds/G
Snap share: 38%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: +0.15118 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 61.1%Play-by-play positive EPA

Elijah Higgins among the 45 qualified tight ends: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Bowers96.5
Likely89.5
Kittle86.4
McBride86.4
Kelce84.9
Fannin Jr.82.3
LaPorta78.7
Hockenson76.8
Kincaid74.5
Higgins#4016.3

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 45 qualified TEs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game15% weight · Raw +0.131 → Shrunk +0.600

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Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw +0.505 → Shrunk +0.537

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Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 8.39 → Shrunk 21.29

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Yards after catch per game, regressed10% weight · Raw 6.11 → Shrunk 10.97

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Downfield air yards per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 3.28 → Shrunk 18.12

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Offensive snaps per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 0.47 → Shrunk 31.77

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Target share34% weight · Raw 6.5% → Shrunk 8.8%

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First-down rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 44.4% → Shrunk 37.2%

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20+ yard target rate, regressed4% weight · Raw 5.6% → Shrunk 7.2%

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2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Elijah Higgins. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Rec	Targets	Rec yds	Rec TD
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	@ LAC	W 26-14	0	0	0	0
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	vs SEA	L 7-31	0	0	0	0
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	@ SF	L 30-36	3	3	20	0
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	@ NYG	L 24-36	2	2	19	1
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	vs DET	L 21-45	3	3	57	0
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	@ LA	W 18-16	3	3	28	0
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	vs DEN	L 16-30	3	3	17	0
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	@ DAL	W 33-30	2	4	10	0

College to the NFL: Stanford to Arizona Cardinals

Verified identity bridge linking Elijah Higgins's college regular-season yards at Stanford to official NFL game lines.

Stanford (College yards)

1762020

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197197th pick
2023 Draft

ARI (NFL yards)

1632023

1722024

3012025

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 4 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2023	ARI	11	14/19	163	1
2024	ARI	17	20/24	172	2
2025	ARI	17	30/37	301	0
2026 (so far)	ARI	8	16/18	151	1

Compare Elijah Higgins with top tight ends

Launch a head-to-head Tale of the Tape against another 2026 TE.

Elijah Higgins vs. Brock Bowers (LV)Score 16.3 vs. 96.5 Elijah Higgins vs. Isaiah Likely (NYG)Score 16.3 vs. 89.5 Elijah Higgins vs. George Kittle (SF)Score 16.3 vs. 86.4 Elijah Higgins vs. Trey McBride (ARI)Score 16.3 vs. 86.4 Elijah Higgins vs. Travis Kelce (KC)Score 16.3 vs. 84.9 Elijah Higgins vs. Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE)Score 16.3 vs. 82.3