Kevin Szafraniec details the rookie year and future outlook of a wide receiver who has already demonstrated a high floor and could show fantasy managers how high his ceiling truly goes in 2026.
Tee Higgins came into the NFL in 2020 and immediately made his mark by posting 67-908-6 on 107 targets as a rookie. His combination of length and savvy has been giving defensive backs fits ever since. There has been only one instance since Higgins’ rookie year when he has fallen outside the top 20 wide receivers in PPR points per game (PPR/GM).
Higgins has also displayed immense spike-week potential, scoring 40.0-plus points twice in his career and clearing 20.0 PPR points in more than 20% of his games. What makes Higgins’ track record even more impressive is that he has accomplished these feats despite playing opposite a target-dominant superstar in Ja’Marr Chase for the past five seasons.
This past season, we saw another young wideout enter the league with a nearly identical skill set to Higgins and then put up numbers similar to those the Bengals star posted as a rookie. However, it seems unlikely that this 2025 rookie will have a superstar dropped on top of him heading into Year 2, prompting the question: What would Higgins’ ceiling have been if he remained the Bengals’ WR1?
The 2026 season may just give us our answer, as this imposing young WR looks to improve upon his exceptional rookie year.
Volume 1 of the 2026 RotoViz Rookie Draft Guide is out now! Jam-packed with comprehensive player profiles, advanced stats, player comps, strategies, and rankings from the RotoViz staff, it is a must-have for every fantasy manager who wants to crush their best ball, dynasty, and redraft leagues in 2026!
Keep an eye out for Volume 2, scheduled to release following the NFL Combine, and Volume 3, which will drop after the 2026 NFL Draft!
