Elijah Higgins Season 2022

Career Honors

• 2022 Frank Rehm Award- most outstanding offensive player in the Big Game
• 2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• 2022 All-Pac-12 fourth team wide receiver (Phil Steele)
• Two-time All-Pac-12 honorable mention wide receiver (PFF, 2021; Coaches, 2022)
• Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)

As a Senior (2022)

• Frank Rehm Award- most outstanding offensive player in the Big Game
• All Pac-12 honorable mention wide receiver (Coaches)
• All-Pac-12 fourth team wide receiver (Phil Steele)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Started all 12 games for the Cardinal at wide receiver
• Led all Stanford receivers with 704 receiving yards with two touchdowns, averaging 58.67 yards/game
• Also rushed four times for 48 yards
• Recorded first touchdown catch of the season at #13 Oregon (Oct. 1) ... Finished the game with six carries for 44 yards
• Led team with eight catches for 69 yards and a touchdown in the 125th Big Game (Nov. 19) 

As a Junior (2021)

• All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention- WR (PFF)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award watch list
• Stanford Offensive Player of the Game (Week 5- Oregon)
• Started nine games while making 10 appearances 
• Finished the season with a team-high 45 receptions for 500 yards, ranking second on the team in receiving yards
• Caught four touchdown passes
• Scored his first career touchdown at USC, finishing with five receptions for 67 yards -- both team highs (Sept. 11)
• Had a career day against No. 24 UCLA . . . crossed the century mark with 103 yards receiving along with a 56-yard touchdown catch (Sept. 25)
• Scored the game-tying touchdown with 0:00 on the scoreboard to force overtime against No. 3 Oregon . . . ended the game with a career high six receptions for 62 yards (Oct. 2)
• Posted career highs in receptions (7) and receiving yards (110) at No. 22 Arizona State, while scoring a touchdown for the third straight game (Oct. 8)

As a Sophomore (2020)

• Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll
• Played in all six games and made one start
• Was fourth on the team with 15 receptions for 176 yards
• Career and game-high five catches for 37 yards at No. 23 Washington (Dec. 5)
• Matched a career high with five catches for 53 yards at Oregon State (Dec. 12)
• Caught four passes for a career-best 57 yards in a double-overtime win at UCLA (Dec. 19)

As a Freshman (2019)

• Played in all 12 games and made one start vs. Cal (Nov. 23)
• Made one tackle on special teams

Prior to Stanford

• Prepped at Bowie (Texas) under head coach Jeff Ables
• Four-star recruit by Rivals, ESPN, PrepStar and 247Sports
• Nation’s 86th-best recruit by PrepStar, 89th by 247Sports, 112th by ESPN and 119th by Rivals
• Nation’s 14th-best wide receiver by PrepStar, 15th by 247Sports, 16th by ESPN and 18th by Rivals
• Texas’ 12th-best recruit by PrepStar, 15th by 247Sports, 16th by Rivals and 18th by ESPN
• PrepStar Dream Team
• 2019 Polynesian Bowl
• 2018 Under Armour All-America Game
• 2017 all-district first team
• Trustee Award
• African-American Heritage Award
• Watkins Award finalist
• Also competed in track and basketball

Personal

• Born in Florida
• Son of Karon and George Higgins
• Father played football at University of South Florida
• Has two younger siblings, Kaleb and Bailey