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Jersey Number 88
Mike Higgins
- Position:
- TE
- Class:
- Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 255
- Hometown:
- Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.
- High School:
- Blair Academy
- Major:
- Human Resource Management / Rutgers Business Graduate School
| PRONUNCIATION |
2025 Academic All-Big Ten
2025 (Senior): Played in nine games ...Ā named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/10).
2024 (Junior):Ā Played in all 13 games with two starts at tight end ... totaled five receptions for 36 yards ...Ā saw actionĀ 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 yardsĀ at USC (10/25) ... made first career start versusĀ UCLA (10/19) ... recorded first career catch againstĀ Wisconsin (10/12).
2023 (Sophomore): Played in three games ... saw actionĀ in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami (12/28).
2022 (Freshman):Ā Played in seven games ... made collegiate debut in the win over Wagner (9/10).
Prior to Rutgers:Ā Coached by Greg Bowman at Blair Academy ā¦ played tight end and defensive end during prep career ā¦ helped the Bucs to a 6-3 record in 2021 ā¦ hauled in 25 catches for 504 yards and 10 touchdowns during prep season at Blair ā¦ All-Mid-Atlantic Prep League first team honoree at tight end ā¦ played football at Don Bosco Prep in 2020 ā¦ originally played baseball and basketball at Don Bosco before picking up football as a senior ā¦ 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:Ā Human Resource Management / Rutgers Business Graduate School
2025 (Senior): Played in nine games ...Ā named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/10).
2024 (Junior):Ā Played in all 13 games with two starts at tight end ... totaled five receptions for 36 yards ...Ā saw actionĀ 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 yardsĀ at USC (10/25) ... made first career start versusĀ UCLA (10/19) ... recorded first career catch againstĀ Wisconsin (10/12).
2023 (Sophomore): Played in three games ... saw actionĀ in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami (12/28).
2022 (Freshman):Ā Played in seven games ... made collegiate debut in the win over Wagner (9/10).
Prior to Rutgers:Ā Coached by Greg Bowman at Blair Academy ā¦ played tight end and defensive end during prep career ā¦ helped the Bucs to a 6-3 record in 2021 ā¦ hauled in 25 catches for 504 yards and 10 touchdowns during prep season at Blair ā¦ All-Mid-Atlantic Prep League first team honoree at tight end ā¦ played football at Don Bosco Prep in 2020 ā¦ originally played baseball and basketball at Don Bosco before picking up football as a senior ā¦ 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:Ā Human Resource Management / Rutgers Business Graduate School
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