Player Dossier

2016-2019

Louisiana

Bennie Higgins

DE • 6'0" • 280 lbs • Greenwood, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Bennie Higgins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

48%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

46

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

39

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Louisiana

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Louisiana
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

Player Story

Bennie Higgins built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive end from Greenwood, MS wearing No. 15, spending time with Louisiana. The clearest part of Bennie Higgins' career was his defensive...

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Bennie Higgins, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Louisiana. Bennie Higgins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
103
TFL
16.5
Sacks
7.5
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Bennie Higgins quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisiana · DE
Career Tackles
103
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Louisiana
Top game
Arkansas State
Latest roster
No. 15 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
33 tackles · DE 71st (top 24%) · Sun Belt 109th (top 24%) · National 1,255th (top 22%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonLouisiana00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonLouisiana51230--020
2018 PostseasonLouisiana146-0--061.2
2018 Regular SeasonLouisiana14527422061.2
2019 PostseasonLouisiana123-01-053.4
2019 Regular SeasonLouisiana12306.53.51-053.4

Related Context

Bennie Higgins played DE for Louisiana. Across 4 tracked seasons, Bennie Higgins recorded 103 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Louisiana.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Louisiana paired 15 primary output with 28 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 21.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2019 Postseason · Louisiana

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

21.5

Usage

7.1

Consistency

52.8

Best Game by takeover score

Arkansas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami (OH): 1. Mississippi State: 0. Liberty: 1. Ohio: 2. Georgia Southern: 0. App State: 1. Arkansas State: 4. Texas State: 2. South Alabama: 0. Troy: 0. UL Monroe: 0. App State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami (OH): 3 by 22.5. Mississippi State: 2 by 8.3. Liberty: 3 by 22.5. Ohio: 3 by 32.5. Georgia Southern: 2 by 8.3. App State: 4 by 26.7. Arkansas State: 3 by 52.5. Texas State: 2 by 28.3. South Alabama: 3 by 12.5. Troy: 1 by 4.2. UL Monroe: 3 by 12.5. App State: 4 by 26.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.1 · Games = 9 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arkansas State

Best efficiency game

52.5 vs Arkansas State

Result
Tue 1/7@ Miami (OH)W 27-1731000
Sat 12/7@ App StateL 38-45420.500.500
Sun 12/1vs UL MonroeW 31-3030000
Sat 11/23vs TroyW 53-310000
Sat 11/16@ South AlabamaW 37-2731000
Sat 11/2vs Texas StateSplash gameW 31-322100
Thu 10/17@ Arkansas State2+ sacks · Splash gameW 37-2032220
Thu 10/10vs App StateL 7-1743100
Sat 9/28@ Georgia SouthernW 37-2421000
Sat 9/21@ OhioSplash gameW 45-2533110
Sat 9/7vs LibertyW 35-1432100
Sat 8/31vs Mississippi StateL 28-3822000

Player Story

Bennie Higgins story

Bennie Higgins built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive end from Greenwood, MS wearing No. 15, spending time with Louisiana. The clearest part of Bennie Higgins' career was his defensive production: 103 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Bennie Higgins' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Louisiana

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201620172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonLouisiana0
2017 Regular SeasonLouisiana3163.73
2018 PostseasonLouisiana1528812
2018 Regular SeasonLouisiana152880
2019 PostseasonLouisiana1221.57.1-3
2019 Regular SeasonLouisiana1221.57.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Arkansas State

Week 8 · W 37-20 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Texas State

Week 6 · W 42-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

83.9 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Grambling

Week 1 · W 49-17

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Havoc Plays

73.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.8 takeover score.

#4

vs Coastal Carolina

Week 4 · L 28-30 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

64.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Texas State

Week 7 · W 24-7 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Louisiana

15 primary output · 28 efficiency · 8 usage

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#2

2018 Regular Season · Louisiana

61.2

15 primary · 28 efficiency · 8 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Louisiana

53.4

12 primary · 21.5 efficiency · 7.1 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games