#81
Jayden Higgins
HOU · 2025–presentACT
JaydenHiggins#81WR
Age
23
Dec 15, 2002
Height
6'4"
76"
Weight
215
lb
College
Iowa State; Eastern Kentucky
2022-2024
Drafted
2025
Rd 2, Pk 34
Exp
1
seasons
Contract
$12M
4y · $2.9M APY
Status
ACT
ACT

2025 Season

Latest production
Rec
41
2025
Targets
68
regular season
Rec Yds
525
regular season
TD
6
regular season
Y/R
12.8
regular season
Catch %
60%
41/68
Updated 2026-06-02

Career

Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career

Career Path

2022 — Present · Includes honors
2025
Houston Texans · Wide Receiver
WR · 19 active weeks
NFL
2023–2024
Iowa State · WR
NCAA
2022
Eastern Kentucky · WR
NCAA

Draft Profile

2025 Draft
Selection
Round 2, Pick 34
#34 overall by Houston Texans
TeamHOU
Overall#34

Data Sources & Attribution

Credits
Headshot — wikipediaFront Office Sports. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.