Karan Higdon

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Karan Higdon
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Higdon in 2017
Personal information
Born: (1996-09-08) September 8, 1996 (age 27)
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:202 lb (92 kg)
Career information
High school: Riverview (Sarasota, Florida)
College: Michigan
Position: Running back
Undrafted: 2019
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards

Karan Higdon (born September 8, 1996) is a former American football running back. He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines, where he was twice named an All-Big Ten selection. [1]

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Early years

Higdon grew up in Sarasota, Florida, and attended that city's Riverview High School where he rushed for 1,471 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns on 218 carries. [2] Higdon initially gave a verbal commitment to Iowa, but flipped his commitment to Michigan after a campus visit to Ann Arbor. [3]

College career

As a freshman for Michigan in 2015, Higdon appeared briefly in three games and totaled 19 rushing yards on 11 carries. [4] As a sophomore in 2016, Higdon appeared in 12 games and had back-to-back 100-yard rushing games against Rutgers (108 yards on 13 carries) and Illinois (106 on eight carries). [5] He totaled 425 rushing yards and six touchdowns on 72 carries for an average of 5.9 yards per carry. [4]

During the 2017 season, Higdon was Michigan's leading rusher with 994 yards on 165 carries. [6] On October 14, 2017, Higdon rushed for a career best 200 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries. [7] [8] He became the first Michigan running back to rush for 200 or more yards in a game since 2007. [9] On November 4, 2017, Higdon recorded his second 200-yard game of the season, becoming the first Michigan running back to record multiple 200-yard games in the same season since Mike Hart in 2004. Following his outstanding performance, Higdon was named the Co-Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. [10] Following the 2017 season, Higdon was named to the All-Big Ten offensive third-team, by both the coaches and the media. [11]

During the 2018 season, Higdon rushed for 156 yards on 13 carries against Western Michigan, 136 yards on 12 carries against Nebraska, and 115 yards on 30 carries against Northwestern. [6] He scored the game-winning touchdown on a five-yard run in the fourth quarter of the Northwestern game. He missed the SMU game with a lower-body injury suffered in practice. [12] He rushed for 103 yards on 25 carries against Maryland, becoming the 23rd player in Michigan program history to surpass 2,000 career rushing yards (2,020). [13] He rushed for 132 yards against Penn State, his seventh consecutive game surpassing 100-yards. This was the second-longest streak in Michigan program history, trailing only Mike Hart's eight consecutive games with 100-yards rushing in 2007. [14] On November 10, 2018, he rushed for 42 yards against Rutgers, surpassing the 1,000-yard rushing mark in the second quarter. He became the first 1,000-yard running back for Michigan since Fitzgerald Toussaint in 2011, and the first player of any kind to rush for over 1,000 yards since Denard Robinson in 2012. [15] On November 17, Higdon rushed for 101 yards on 21 carries against Indiana, recording his eighth 100-yard rushing game this season. Higdon's 100-yard game was the 13th of his career, tying him with Gordon Bell, Billy Taylor and Tim Biakabutuka for the eighth-most 100-yard rushing games during a career in Michigan program history. [16] Higdon finished the season with 1,178 yards on 224 carries, with 10 touchdowns. He scored one touchdown or more in eight of 11 games played and averaged 111.0 all-purpose yards per game. Following the season, he was named to the All-Big Ten offensive first-team by both the coaches and media [17] He decided not to play in Michigan's bowl game, the Peach Bowl, in order to prepare for the 2019 NFL draft. [18]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
5 ft 9+1⁄8 in
(1.76 m)		206 lb
(93 kg)		30+3⁄4 in
(0.78 m)		9+5⁄8 in
(0.24 m)		4.49 s1.53 s2.61 s34.0 in
(0.86 m)		10 ft 3 in
(3.12 m)		21 reps
All values from NFL Combine [19] [20]

Higdon signed with the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent following the 2019 NFL draft. [21] The Texans waived him on August 31 during final roster cuts. [22] On September 1, 2019, Higdon was signed to the Texans practice squad. [23] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Texans on January 13, 2020. [24]

On September 5, 2020, Higdon was waived by the Texans. [25]

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References

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