Player
Tyler Higbee
TE
Red-zone TD share isolates a TE's role: a high share means he is the primary goal-line target rather than a downfield seam threat. Higbee's 93% concentration shows McVay used him as a designed short-area scorer almost exclusively.
27 of 29 career receiving TDs (93%) came in the red zone — pure short-area TE.
RareHigbee career receiving TDs by field zone
| Zone | TDs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Red zone (≤20 yd line) | 27 | 93% |
| Outside red zone | 2 | 7% |
| Total | 29 | 100% |
Why it matters. Red-zone TD share isolates a TE's role: a high share means he is the primary goal-line target rather than a downfield seam threat. Higbee's 93% concentration shows McVay used him as a designed short-area scorer almost exclusively.
1 TD shy of 30 for his career. 79 catches from 500, 665 yards from 5,000.
MilestoneHigbee — distance to round-number milestones
| Milestone | Current | To go |
|---|---|---|
| 30 receiving TDs | 29 | 1 |
| 500 receptions | 421 | 79 |
| 5,000 receiving yards | 4,335 | 665 |
| 150 games | 142 | 8 |
Why it matters. Round-number milestones (30 TDs, 500 catches, 5,000 yards) become live storylines for an aging veteran; the closer a player sits to one, the more it shapes a single broadcast. Higbee being 1 TD from 30 is the kind of marker that flips a routine catch into a moment.
Pre-McVay (2016): 11-85-1. McVay era (2017-2025): 410-4,250-28. McVay built his career.
SplitHigbee career splits
| Era | Years | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-McVay | 2016 | 11 | 85 | 1 |
| McVay era | 2017-2025 | 410 | 4,250 | 28 |
Why it matters. Splitting a career by head-coach era isolates how much of a player's production is system-driven. Higbee posting 11 catches under Jeff Fisher and 410 under Sean McVay is one of the cleanest coach-fit signals in the league for a same-team veteran.
Super Bowl LVI ring (2021) — posted a tied career-high 5 TDs that season and 12 catches for 89 yards across LA's playoff run.
RareHigbee — 2021 championship season
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Reg-season line | 70 / 675 / 5 |
| Receiving TDs (tied career-high) | 5 |
| Postseason games | 4 |
| Career postseason rec | 35 |
| Career postseason yds | 386 |
Why it matters. Pairing a championship ring with personal career-bests separates role players from peak-year contributors. Higbee posted a tied career-high TD total in LA's title run and has accumulated 14 playoff games — non-trivial postseason exposure for a TE.
2019 final 5 games: 43 catches, 522 yards (104.4/g) — WR1-level production from a TE over a month-long stretch.
ComparisonHigbee 2019 — Weeks 13-17
| Wk | Opp | Rec | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | ARI | 7 | 107 |
| 14 | SEA | 7 | 116 |
| 15 | DAL | 12 | 111 |
| 16 | SF | 9 | 104 |
| 17 | ARI | 8 | 84 |
| Total | 43 | 522 |
Why it matters. A 5-game 100+ yds/g stretch from a TE is a strong outlier vs typical TE usage — yards/game in that range is normally a WR1 pace. The mechanism (4 straight 100-yard games) flags this as sustained dominance rather than one outlier game.
Led the Rams in receiving yards in 12 different games — a TE outpacing Kupp/Woods/Nacua-era WR rooms.
AnomalyHigbee — games as LA's top receiver
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Games as LA top receiver (career) | 12 |
| Career 100+ yard games | 4 |
| Career receiving TDs | 29 |
| Career receptions | 421 |
Why it matters. TEs rarely top a contending team's weekly receiving leaderboard — WRs almost always lead. Counting the games where Higbee did separates role-player weeks from true featured-target weeks across his decade-long arc.
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