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Elijah Higgins
Cardinals logoArizona Cardinals

Elijah Higgins

TEpos#84jersey26age6'3"height245lbs4seasons

Stanford · 2023 draft, round 6, pick 197

VS1of 8 shown metrics led7
Sam LaPorta
Lions logoDetroit Lions

Sam LaPorta

TEpos#87jersey25age6'3"height245lbs4seasons

Iowa · 2023 draft, round 2, pick 34

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season): LaPorta leads in 7 and Higgins leads in 1. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

HigginsLaPorta

Percentile chips: vs 75 TEs who played half the games, 2026 season

41.3%29thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played89.9%97th

Receiving

HigginsLaPorta

Percentile chips: vs 42 TEs who have 2.5+ targets a week (tight ends 2+), 2026 season

205thTargets4980th
1818thReceptions3575th
16218thReceiving yards39982nd
129thReceiving TD367th
7.2%4thTarget share · of team targets in his games18.2%75th
+0.14444thEPA per target+0.67996th
6.589thYAC per catch5.465th
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Usage

8Games with stats8
2045thPlays with EPA5089th
+2.948thTotal EPA+33.498th

Receiving

90.0%99thCatch rate71.4%51st
2.5%4thAir yards share13.5%54th
2.66thaDOT5.735th

Defense

6Tackles0
4Solo tackles0
0.0Sacks0.0
0Tackles for loss0
0QB hits0
0Passes defended0
0Interceptions0

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Elijah HigginsSam LaPorta
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Expected points added across every role (passing, rushing, receiving) in the nflverse play-by-play model, in the period you picked. Lines run the total; a missing bar is a week without plays. The dot marks the best week among the 2 players.

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Box score totals from ESPN (regular season and playoffs; “last 4” is each player's four most recent games with a box score line). EPA, success rate, CPOE, aDOT, target and air-yard share from the nflverse play-by-play over the same games; snap share from nflverse snap counts. EPA per dropback includes sacks and scrambles. Carries are the official ESPN rush attempts; EPA per designed run leaves out quarterback scrambles (they count as dropbacks) and kneel-downs, so for a quarterback the two counts differ. Per opportunity divides counting stats by nflverse dropbacks (passing), ESPN targets (receiving) and ESPN carries (rushing); other counts go per game. Percentiles rank each value among players at the same position with enough volume in the same period (the same groups as the player cards: QBs 12 dropbacks a week, RBs 4.5 carries, wide receivers 2.5 targets, tight ends 2, defenders half the games; fewer than 8 peers, no percentile). The bars compare the players on the page only, not the league.