HOU · WR
Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins is a wide receiver for the Houston Texans. Injury status: IR. Depth chart: WR10.
Scouting report
Jayden Higgins: the full picture
Jayden Higgins at a glance
Jayden Higgins is a 23-year-old wide receiver for the Houston Texans, listed at 6'4" and 215 pounds. The Houston Texans drafted Higgins 34th overall in the second round in 2025, out of Iowa State; this is year two in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Higgins at 62.0 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR108 at the position and works out to 4.0 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 89 qualified wide receivers of 2025, Higgins ranks in the 74th percentile in receiving TDs, the 53rd percentile in yards per target and the 43rd percentile in average separation. The softest mark is the 17th percentile in target share.
Career track record
2025 is the only completed season on record: Higgins finished as WR47 with 129.5 PPR points in 17 games. The totals so far read 41 receptions, 525 receiving yards and 6 receiving touchdowns.
Jayden Higgins by the numbers
Higgins has finished in the top twelve 1 time. The career high is 16.8 PPR points, set in Week 17 of 2025 against LAC.
Contract
Higgins is playing on a four-year, $11.7 million contract signed with the Houston Texans in 2025, an average of $2.9 million per year with $11.7 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Higgins carries a GV stock price of 5,584, which ranks 59th overall and WR27 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Higgins 268th overall. Value has moved up 0.8 since the previous model run. See where Higgins sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 62.0
- PPR / game
- 4.0
Week 2 projection
Jayden Higgins is projected for 0.0 PPR points at home against CIN in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 0.0.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 0.8 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 37.7
- Dynasty
- 54.1
- Superflex redraft
- 52.2
- Superflex dynasty
- 65.2
- TE premium dynasty
- 32.6
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | HOU | 17 | 68 | 41 | 525 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 129.5 |
Wide receivers ranked near Jayden Higgins
- Darius Slayton WR105 · 64.3 PPR
- Elic Ayomanor WR106 · 63.4 PPR
- Josh Cameron WR107 · 63.4 PPR
- Colbie Young WR109 · 60.5 PPR
- Tory Horton WR110 · 59.5 PPR
- Chimere Dike WR111 · 59.5 PPR
Houston Texans fantasy players
- C.J. Stroud QB · 263.3 PPR
- Nico Collins WR · 232.4 PPR
- David Montgomery RB · 175.5 PPR
- Dalton Schultz TE · 130.8 PPR
- Woody Marks RB · 116.5 PPR
- Xavier Hutchinson WR · 106.3 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.