Mike Higgins
TE · Senior
6'5" · 255 lbs · Offense
Also wearing #88: Jyon Simon (DL)
Background
- Hometown
- Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.
- High school
- Blair Academy
Recruiting
- Rating
- 3-star (0.8500 247 composite)
- National rank
- #1261
- Class
- 2022
- Source
- 247 composite
2026 season
No 2026 stats recorded yet.
Season by season
2025tap to read
Played in nine games ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/10).
2024tap to read
Played in all 13 games with two starts at tight end ... totaled five receptions for 36 yards ... saw action in the Rate Bowl versus Kansas State (12/26) ... added a catch for 11 yards against No. 24 Illinois (11/23) ... collected a season-high three receptions for 24 yards at USC (10/25) ... made first career start versus UCLA (10/19) ... recorded first career catch against Wisconsin (10/12).
2023tap to read
Played in three games ... saw action in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami (12/28).
2022tap to read
Played in seven games ... made collegiate debut in the win over Wagner (9/10). Prior to Rutgers: Coached by Greg Bowman at Blair Academy … played tight end and defensive end during prep career … helped the Bucs to a 6-3 record in 2021 … hauled in 25 catches for 504 yards and 10 touchdowns during prep season at Blair … All-Mid-Atlantic Prep League first team honoree at tight end … played football at Don Bosco Prep in 2020 … originally played baseball and basketball at Don Bosco before picking up football as a senior … a three-star prospect by 247Sports and Rivals . Personal: Father, Mike, played baseball at Rutgers from 1990-93, earned All-America status and was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 22nd round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft. Major: Human Resource Management / Rutgers Business Graduate School
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2025 Academic All-Big Ten:
2025 (Senior): Played in nine games ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/10).
2024 (Junior): Played in all 13 games with two starts at tight end ... totaled five receptions for 36 yards ... saw action in the Rate Bowl versus Kansas State (12/26) ... added a catch for 11 yards against No. 24 Illinois (11/23) ... collected a season-high three receptions for 24 yards at USC (10/25) ... made first career start versus UCLA (10/19) ... recorded first career catch against Wisconsin (10/12).
2023 (Sophomore): Played in three games ... saw action in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami (12/28).
2022 (Freshman): Played in seven games ... made collegiate debut in the win over Wagner (9/10).
Prior to Rutgers: Coached by Greg Bowman at Blair Academy … played tight end and defensive end during prep career … helped the Bucs to a 6-3 record in 2021 … hauled in 25 catches for 504 yards and 10 touchdowns during prep season at Blair … All-Mid-Atlantic Prep League first team honoree at tight end … played football at Don Bosco Prep in 2020 … originally played baseball and basketball at Don Bosco before picking up football as a senior … a three-star prospect by 247Sports and Rivals .
Personal: Father, Mike, played baseball at Rutgers from 1990-93, earned All-America status and was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 22nd round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft.
Major: Human Resource Management / Rutgers Business Graduate School