Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Rashard Higgins was born on October 7, 1994, in Dallas, Texas. He is a wide receiver in the NFL.

Higgins attended Mesquite High School in Mesquite, Texas, where he was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and track. He played as a wide receiver for the Mesquite football team. As a senior, he had 69 receptions for 1,136 yards 10 touchdowns. Higgins was a two-star recruit by Rivals.com. He was a starter on the Mesquite basketball team, where he averaged 17 points per game. He also excelled in track & field at Mesquite. At the 2013 District Meet, he took fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.76 seconds, while also placing seventh in the long jump with a leap of 6.68 meters (21 ft, 8 in). He posted a personal-best time of 53.48 seconds in the 400-meter dash at the 2012 Rockin R Relays, where he finished fifth.

As a true freshman at Colorado State University in 2013, Higgins started all 14 games. He finished the season with a school freshman record of 68 receptions, which went for 837 yards and six touchdowns. As a sophomore in 2014, Higgins was a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award. The Cleveland Browns drafted Higgins in the fifth round with the 172nd overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.