BIOGRAPHY
Tyler Higbee was born on January 1st, 1993 in Clearwater, Florida. He is a tight end in the NFL.
Higbee attended East Lake High School in Tarpon Springs, Florida, where he was a two-sport athlete, in football and baseball. A standout in football, he was named MVP of his team, playing as a wide receiver for the Eagles.
Higbee played in 38 games with 15 starts and earned a midseason addition to the Biletnikoff Watch List in 2015. Higbee racked up a pair of 100-yard receiving games and four touchdowns through the first four games of the year and caught at least one touchdown in six of his nine games, including two, two- touchdowns game. He was named the John Mackey Award Tight End of the Week following the season opener at Vanderbilt when he caught four passes for 102 yards.
Tyler Higbee was selected by the Rams in the fourth round of the 2016 draft with the110th overall pick. Higbee is a fourth-year pro has played in all 48 regular season and four postseason games since being drafted by the Rams in 2016. He's caught 58 career passes for 658 yards and four touchdowns.
Playing in all but one game, Higbee totaled 61 receptions for 560 yards and equaled his five touchdown catches from a year earlier. During the season, Higbee became the Los Angeles Rams' all-time leader in receptions (234) and receiving yards (2,487) by a tight end, surpassing marks set previously by Lance Kendricks and Billy Truax, respectively. His 17 career TD receptions is tied with Kendricks for second-most in team history behind Damone Johnson.
In the playoffs, Higbee set new postseason highs for receptions (nine) and yardage (115). However, in the NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers, Higbee suffered a knee injury in the first quarter after catching two passes for 18 yards and missed the rest of the game. Higbee was later placed on injured reserve on February 12, 2022, the day before Super Bowl LVI. Without Higbee, the Rams won Super Bowl LVI against the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20.
