Tee Higgins Siblings: Meet Shakia and Rashard

May 2024 · 3 minute read

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Tee Higgins Siblings: Meet Shakia and Rashard American football wide receiver, Tee Higgins was born January 18th, 1999 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in the United States of America.

Higgins attended Oak Ridge High School in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He recorded 68 receptions for 1,044 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior.

Higgins, a five-star prospect, switched his college football commitment from the University of Tennessee to Clemson University.

In addition to playing basketball in high school, Higgins received multiple scholarship offers to play basketball in college.

Higgins participated in 13 games while a freshman at Clemson in 2017 and recorded 17 receptions for 345 yards and two scores. In 2018, Higgins started his sophomore campaign.

He has three receptions for 81 yards in the College Football Playoff National Championship’s 44-16 victory over Alabama. In the end, he had 936 receiving yards on 59 receptions and 12 touchdowns.

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Higgins amassed 1,167 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns during his junior year, helping his team to a 14-1 record reach the National Championship, which Clemson ultimately lost to LSU 42-25.

The Cincinnati Bengals selected Higgins with the 33rd overall choice in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft. Higgins signed his rookie agreement on July 28, 2020, a four-year, $8.6 million deal.

In the opening game of the 2020 campaign against the Los Angeles Chargers, Higgins made his NFL debut. He had his first three career receptions for 35 yards in Week 2’s Thursday Night Football matchup with the Cleveland Browns. 

Higgins had five receptions for 40 yards and his first two career receiving touchdowns in Week 3’s 23-23 tie with the Philadelphia Eagles.

He recorded six receptions for 125 receiving yards in Week 6’s 31-27 loss to the Indianapolis Colts. He has seven receptions for 115 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown in Week 10’s 36-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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With 67 receptions for 908 yards and six receiving touchdowns, Higgins completed his debut season. His 67 catches tied Cris Collinsworth’s 1981 rookie record for the Bengals.

Ja’Marr Chase, a rookie wide receiver, eventually shattered the mark the next year with 81 catches. He finished third among all rookie receivers in 2020 in terms of receiving yards with 908, trailing only CeeDee Lamb and Justin Jefferson.

Higgins declared before the start of the season that he will switch from wearing the number 85 to the number 5 after the 2021 NFL season. Higgins outperformed his rookie season in 2021, finishing the regular season with 74 receptions for 1,091 yards and six receiving touchdowns in 14 games played.

In the 19-16 victory over the Tennessee Titans in the Divisional Round, Higgins had 7 receptions for 96 yards. Higgins had six receptions for 103 yards in the Bengals’ 27-24 overtime victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game, advancing them to Super Bowl LVI.

Tee Higgins Siblings: Meet Shakia and Rashard

Tee Higgins has two siblings – Shakia and Rashard. Rashard, Tee’s brother, is also an NFL American football wide receiver. He’s five years Tee’s senior. Shakia, his sister, is ten years older than Tee. Rashard Higgins signed a one-year contract with the Carolina Panthers on March 16, 2022.

Source: www.ghgossip.com

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