Is Tee Higgins playing this week?
No injury designationTee Higgins has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 1:00 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:36 PM ET against the ESPN injury report and the NFL's official weekly report (via nflverse). Injury news can change up to kickoff, so confirm with the team close to game time.
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Fantasy football · Week 4
Our own start/sit calls for every player, with a projected score, the range of likely outcomes and the reasons spelled out. Built from usage, matchup, Vegas lines and injuries. How we rank
Start. Scored 15 points last game against a typical 9 (trending up).
Why we say start
- Projected 9.4 points, #12 among WRs this week, inside the top 24 we recommend starting.
- Scored 15 points last game against a typical 9 (trending up).
- CIN's offense is expected to score about 27 points, a strong scoring spot.
- Averaging 7.7 targets a game.
- Played 93% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 9.0 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~27 pts
- Vegas line
- CIN favored by 2.5
- Game total
- 51.5
- JAX vs WRs
- 4% fewer points
- Last game snaps
- 93%
All week 4 wide receiver rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
27
Height
6'4"
Weight
220 lb
College
Clemson
Experience
6 seasons
Draft
2020 · Pick #33 (CIN)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 84.7?
Higgins' grade is driven by how much each target added in expected points, which ranks 8th of 62 receivers even against tougher-than-average defenses. His other measures were about average. This is a small sample of 23 targets over 3 games, with a big week 3 at PIT (99.0).
Lifting the grade
- EPA per target of +0.818 expected points, 8th of 62 WRs, with a small credit for tougher defenses.
- Week 3 vs PIT, Q2: 28-yard touchdown on a deep right pass from Burrow, worth +4.8 expected points.
- Week 1 vs TB, Q3: 29-yard catch on 3rd and 10, worth +3.0 expected points.
Written by StatGrades AI from this season's play-by-play through week 3. It explains what happened; a grade isn't a forecast (what grades do and don't predict).
EPA / play
0.769
Success rate
61%
WPA (sum)
0.51
Opponent adj.
0.025
Plays graded
23
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 3 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.8 | 4.6 | +5.7 |
| 2 | 3.0 | 7.5 | +0.5 |
| 3 | 2.2 | 7.1 | +0.2 |
What do these mean?
- Separation:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the moment of the catch.
- Cushion:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the snap.
- YAC above exp:
- Yards after catch above what the situation would be expected to produce.
- YAC / rec:
- Average yards after the catch per reception.
- Expected YAC:
- Expected yards after the catch, based on tracking data.
- Air yards share:
- Share of the team's intended air yards that were thrown toward this player.
- Intended air yds:
- Average depth of the targets thrown his way.
- Catch %:
- Receptions divided by targets.
Next Gen Stats data via nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Updated after games are final, not live, and covers QB, RB, WR and TE.