Jayden Higgins

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

Photo by: Jeff Spaur

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

Photo by: Jeff Spaur

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-4
Weight:
215
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
South Miami, Fla.
High School:
Westminster Christian
Prev School:
Eastern Kentucky

Awards & Honors
Associated Press Third Team All-American (2024)
Second Team All-Big 12 WR - Coaches and Associated Press (2024)
Honorable Mention All-Big 12 WR & Offensive Newcomer of the Year (2023)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (S23, F23)

NFL Draft
Selected by the Houston Texans in the second round with pick No. 34 ... fourth-highest pick for any Cyclone at the time.

2024
Played in 13 games, making 11 starts, and posted one of the greatest receiving seasons in ISU football history ... served as Iowa State's fourth captain in one game ...earned Associated Press Third Team All-America honors and Second Team All-Big 12 accolades ... selected to participate in the Reese's Senior Bowl after the season ... finished among the school's single-season leaders with 87 receptions (2nd all-time) for 1,183 yards (3rd) and nine touchdowns (T-2nd) ... ranked 10th nationally in receiving yards, 14th in receptions per game (6.7) and 20th in receiving TDs ... joined teammate Jaylin Noel to form one of the best receiving duos in the nation as they were one of just two pairs to each notch 1,000 yards receiving ... they were the first receiving duo in the Big 12 to each reach the 1,000-yard mark since 2018 (Oklahoma's CeeDee Lamb and Hollywood Brown) ... broke the school record with a TD reception in seven-straight games, a streak that spanned the final two games of 2023 and the first five games of 2024 ... caught a pass in all 26 games he played in as a Cyclone, the seventh-longest streak in school history ... caught 17 passes of at least 20 yards, the fifth-most among Big 12 players in 2024 ... topped 100 receiving yards in five games ... had a season-high 10 receptions for 140 yards and a touchdown against Texas Tech ... had nine catches for a season-best 155 yards and a TD at Utah ... pulled in eight receptions for 68 yards and a 3-yard TD against Iowa ... finished career with 26 games played and 23 starts ... had 140 career receptions (10th all-time), 2,166 receiving yards (7th) and 15 touchdowns (T-6th) despite playing just two seasons as a Cyclone ... his eight career 100-yard receiving games are tied for the third-most in school history ... had a receiving TD in 15-of-26 games as a Cyclone ... in his four-year college career at Eastern Kentucky and Iowa State, he accumulated 227 receptions for 3,317 yards and 28 touchdowns.

2023
Played in 13 games, making 12 starts in his first season at ISU ... had a huge impact on the offense, earning Honorable Mention All-Big 12 honors ... finished with 53 receptions for 983 yards and six touchdowns ... averaged 18.5 yards per catch, the seventh-best single-season average in school history ... had five receptions of 40 or more yards ... was second in the Big 12 averaging 75.6 receiving yards per game, recording three 100-yard receiving games ... one of just five receivers in school history to have two career 150-yard receiving games and just the third player (Tracy Henderson, Hakeem Butler) to post two 150-yard receiving games in a season ... in the Liberty Bowl against Memphis, caught nine passes for 214 yards, both career highs, and earned the second-most yards in a game in school history - the most-ever in a bowl game - by a Cyclone ... was the third player in 65-year history of the Liberty Bowl to have 200-plus receiving yards in the game ... had six receptions for 172 yards against Cincinnati, including a 75-yard reception that was the longest non-scoring catch at ISU dating back to 1971 ... finished with eight receptions for 95 yards and a touchdown against Iowa ... recorded seven receptions for 104 yards against Texas and five catches for 74 yards and a touchdown against Baylor.

At Eastern Kentucky
Played two seasons and accumulated 87 receptions for 1,151 yards and 13 touchdown receptions ... had a breakout sophomore season, finishing with 58 receptions for 757 yards and 10 touchdowns ... his 10 receiving touchdowns tied for 15th nationally ... had three multi-TD games and two 100-yard receiving games as a sophomore ... made seven catches for 185 yards against Charleston Southern ... finished with career-best nine receptions in season finale against Gardner-Webb ... averaged 13.2 yards per catch in his two seasons at the school ... earned Second Team All-Atlantic Sun honors from Phil Steele.

High School
Prepped at Westminster Christian School ... had 23 receptions for 430 yards and five touchdowns in five games as a senior in 2020 ... earned all-county honors as a junior, tallying 27 receptions for 490 yards and four touchdowns.

Personal
Majored in finance.