• At Navy: Enters the fall as Navy’s starting center ... was elected by his teammates to be one of four team captains for the 2019 season ... being elected team captain is the greatest honor a student-athlete can receive at Navy ... coming off a solid junior campaign ... although a bit undersized, he makes up for it with how hard he plays ... has earned two varsity letters.
• 2018: A starter in every contest (12 at center / 1 at tackle) ... part of an offense that racked up 629 yards of total offense (484 rushing, 145 receiving) in the win over Lehigh, which stands as the 10th most in program history and the most since Navy amassed 680 yards against North Texas on Nov. 10, 2007 ... the Mids also rushed for 484 yards against the Mountain Hawks, the 15th-best mark in school history ... moved over to left tackle for the Lehigh game ... made his second career start in Navy’s opener against Hawai’i and first since last year’s UCF contest.
• 2017: A starter in one of the 10 games in which he played, he missed the final two games of the year due to a broken ankle ... made his collegiate debut in the Mids’ season-opener at Florida Atlantic and earned his first collegiate start in the contest against UCF ... member of Navy’s offensive line that was named to the Mid-Season Honor Roll for the Joe Moore Award ... helped slot back-turned-quarterback Malcolm Perry rush for an AAC record 282 yards (third most in program history) against SMU ... part of an offensive line that allowed Navy to rush for 471 yards against Air Force which set a series record for most rushing yards by either team ... the 471 yards on 57 carries against is the second-best ground gain by the Mids this season ... the 557 yards of total offense (417 rush, 86 pass) by the Mids stands as the most by Navy in series history ... the previous high was 508 (424 rush, 84 pass) in 1978 ... the 48 points are the most Navy has scored in the series ...member of a line that allowed QB Zach Abey to become the first player in program history to rush for 200 yards (235) AND throw for 100 yards (110) in a single game, while also setting the AAC record for most yards rushing by a QB (235) in the win over FAU.
• 2016: Did not see any varsity action.
• High School / Personal: A 2016 graduate of Greater Atlanta Christian School, Higgins was a three-sport athlete who earned letters in football (3), lacrosse (4) and wrestling (1) ... earned All-State (Ga.) and all-county honors in football his senior year ... Touchdown Club of Atlanta award winner as a senior ... a two-time all-county attackman for the lacrosse team, he was also named All-State his senior season ... set school records for most goals scored in a season, most goals scored in a game and most points in a season ... served as captain of the football and lacrosse teams his senior year ... member of the National Honor Society ... son of Rick and Betsy Higgins ... majoring in applied mathematics.
