Johnnie Lee Higgins

Infobox NFLactive


currentteam=Oakland Raiders
currentnumber=15
currentposition=Wide receiver
birthdate=birth date and age|1983|9|8
birthplace=Sweeny, Texas
heightft=6
heightin=0
weight=190
debutyear=2007
debutteam=Oakland Raiders
college=Texas-El Paso
draftyear=2007
draftround=3
draftpick=99
pastteams=
* Oakland Raiders (2007-present)
nfl=HIG233023

Johnnie Lee Higgins (born September 8, 1983) is an American football wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was a 3rd round pick (99th overall and the last pick of the first day) out of the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2007 NFL Draft. At UTEP he received several honors including Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Year in 2006. He turned in a 4.43 40 at the 2006 NFL Combine. He returned a kick-off punt 90 yards for a touchdown on August 30th 2007's preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks. He also is the cousin of San Diego Chargers cornerback Quentin Jammer.

Early years

Higgins attended Sweeny High School in Sweeny, Texas, and was a student and a letterman in football, basketball, and track. In basketball, he was named his team's Most Valuable Player.

Pro career

Higgins was selected by the Oakland Raiders as the team's rookie wide receiver and new punt return specialist. He saw action in all games in the 2007 season, and started 2 games.

He saw punt return action in the first 3 games, but it was in week 4 against the Denver Broncos Higgins made his first NFL reception, where he caught 2 passes for 14 yards. Also on special teams, Higgins recorded 5 tackles. In his final game of the season, he had a great punt return for 54 yards, which led to fellow rookie JaMarcus Russell to throw his 2nd touchdown of season. Higgins finished his rookie year with 6 receptions for 47 yards, 20 punt returns for 103 yards and 5 special team tackles.

In 2008, Higgins caught a 84 yard touchdown pass from JaMarcus Russell against Buffalo.