Kenny Higgins

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Kenny Higgins
Position (s):
Wide Receiver 		Jersey number (s):
1
born on September 21, 1982
Career information
Active : 2005 - 2010
Undrafted in 2005
College : Toledo
Teams
Career statistics
Career highlights and awards
  • All-Rookie Team (2007)

Kenny Higgins (* 21st September 1982 in Long Beach , California ) is a former American American football - Canadian football - and arena football poker players on the position of wide receiver .

Career

After Higgins had played two seasons at Long Beach City College College Football , he moved to the University of Toledo to the Toledo Rockets . After catching just four passes in his first season, he became a starter in 2004. In the first four games he only caught eleven passes for 194 yards. In the fifth game against the Ball State Cardinals , however, he broke the school records for yards caught in one game (233) and the longest pass catch for a touchdown (96 yards). In addition, he drew level with an existing record with three touchdowns. In total, he caught 46 passes for 697 yards and five touchdowns in his final season.

After he was not selected in the 2005 NFL Draft , the San Diego Chargers signed Higgins on April 25, 2005 as a free agent. He was released on May 14, 2005. He then switched to arena football . After he was with the Memphis Xplorers in af2 in 2006 , he played with the Nashville Kats in the Arena Football League (AFL) in 2007 . Because of his performance with the Kats, he was elected to the AFL's All- Rookie Team . After these dissolved, Higgins was selected in the Dispersal Draft by the Grand Rapids Rampage . There he was the leading receiver in 2008 and the fourth best in the league. By catching 112 passes, he scored 39 touchdowns and 1,552 yards of space. After the AFL suspended game operations for 2009, Higgins signed a contract with the Toronto Argonauts from the Canadian Football League (CFL) in February 2009 . On June 25, 2009, he was released before the start of the regular season. In 2010 he played at the Chicago Rush in the AFL.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kenny Higgins. Retrieved August 18, 2018 .
  2. ↑ UT's secret weapon: Higgins notches 233 receiving yards, 3 TDs. The Blade , October 3, 2004, accessed August 18, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Kenny Higgins. Sports References, accessed August 18, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Chargers officially sign 19 undrafted players. 247Sports, April 25, 2005, accessed August 18, 2018 .
  5. ^ Transactions. New York Times, May 14, 2005, accessed August 18, 2018 .
  6. ↑ a b Rampage's Higgins catches on with CFL team. February 24, 2009, accessed August 18, 2018 .
  7. ^ Former Falcons, Rockets seek arena football title. The Blade, July 3, 2008, accessed August 18, 2018 .
  8. ↑ ACROSS THE CFL: CUT DOWN DAY 2009. CFL, June 25, 2009, accessed August 18, 2018 .
  9. ↑ WATCH PARTY THIS FRIDAY. (No longer available online.) Cleveland Gladiators, April 6, 2010, archived from the original on August 19, 2018 ; accessed on August 18, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.clevelandgladiators.com
  10. ↑ Short-handed Rush fall to Sharks. ESPN, June 5, 2010, accessed August 18, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Higgins, Kenny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football players, Canadian football players, and arena football players on the wide receiver position
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Long Beach , California