Tee Higgins

Higgins, 27, is in his sixth NFL season out of Clemson and is listed as Cincinnati's RWR #2 on the depth chart. His fantasy production has always run on a mix of volume, chunk plays and red-zone work. Through five games in 2026, the first two are carrying him. He is averaging 8.6 targets, 5.4 catches and 84.6 receiving yards per game, with 15.7 yards per reception and 63.2 air yards per game. He has scored once, on just one red-zone target all season.

That per-game yardage is the best of the seasons shown. He averaged 75.9 yards in 2024, 56.4 in 2025 and 54.7 in 2023. His 8.6 targets per game sit just under his 2024 rate of 9.1 and well above the 6.5 he drew in 2025. The scoring profile has flipped, though. He averaged 2.0 red-zone targets and 0.83 touchdowns per game in 2024, and 0.93 red-zone targets and 0.73 touchdowns in 2025, when he caught 11 scores in 15 games. This year he is at 0.2 red-zone targets and 0.2 touchdowns per game. The net result is 15.1 PPR points per game, up slightly from 14.1 in 2025 but short of the 18.5 he posted in 2024.

For fantasy and DFS, the value right now comes from a floor built on targets and yards, not touchdowns. Clutch Edge projects him for 15.8 points per game, close to his current pace and ranked #204 overall among QB/RB/WR/TE. His PPR rank of 61 so far is in line with his 55 and 57 finishes the past two years. The upside case is a return of red-zone usage. He drew 14 red-zone looks in 2025 and 24 in 2024, and if even part of that comes back on top of this year's yardage, his output could climb toward the 2024 per-game level. The risk runs the other way. If the target rate slips back toward his 2025 or 2023 levels while the red-zone role stays this thin, he loses both legs of his production. Five games is a small sample, so the red-zone number is the one to watch.

Written by a language model from the stat lines below. Numbers from Sleeper; the 2026 line is the season in progress.