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Tee Higgins

Tee Higgins is a wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals. Depth chart: WR2.

Scouting report

Tee Higgins: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated September 24, 2026

Tee Higgins at a glance

Tee Higgins is a 27-year-old wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, listed at 6'4" and 219 pounds. The Cincinnati Bengals drafted Higgins 33rd overall in the second round in 2020, out of Clemson; this is year seven in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Higgins at 193.0 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR22 at the position and works out to 13.2 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 2 games of 2026, Higgins has scored 23.4 PPR points, or 11.7 per game. That is 12.1% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Higgins would finish with about 199 points, in line with the 193.0 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 14.5 points in Week 2 against HOU, the WR19 finish that week. Higgins has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 1 of 2 games, a 50% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 94 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Higgins ranks in the 88th percentile in receiving yards, the 79th percentile in target share and the 70th percentile in receptions. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 33rd percentile in receiving TDs.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Higgins has finished as WR28 in 2020, WR24 in 2021, WR19 in 2022, WR51 in 2023, WR17 in 2024 and WR16 in 2025. The high-water mark is 222.1 PPR points in 2024. Across 84 regular-season games on record, the totals read 397 receptions, 5,595 receiving yards and 45 receiving touchdowns.

Tee Higgins by the numbers

Higgins has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 2 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 12 times and finished in the top twelve 22 times. The career high is 43.4 PPR points, set in Week 16 of 2021 against BAL, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 3 games of 30 or more PPR points, 15 100-yard receiving games and 1 game with three or more touchdowns. In all, Higgins has reached 20 points in 19 games, 23% of career appearances.

Contract

Higgins is playing on a four-year, $115 million contract signed with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2025, an average of $28.8 million per year with $30 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
193.0
PPR / game
13.2

Week 1 projection

Tee Higgins is projected for 12.7 PPR points at home against TB in week 1, with a likely range of 0.0 to 33.3.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 2.6 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
64.9
Dynasty
61.0
Superflex redraft
70.2
Superflex dynasty
69.7
TE premium dynasty
36.7

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026CIN216815400023.4
2025CIN1598598461100211.6
2024CIN12109739111000222.1
2023CIN127642656500137.6
2022CIN14109741,029700220.9
2021CIN14110741,091600219.1
2020CIN15108679086528194.6

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