Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2023California
Brian Hightower
WR • 6'3" • 215 lbs • Leimert Park, CA, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Brian Hightower reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
16
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
7
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Miami • Illinois • California
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
Brian Hightower built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Leimert Park, CA wearing No. 7, spending time with California, Illinois, and Miami. The clearest part of Brian Hightower's...
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Recruit Profile
Class 2018 · Rating 0.9366
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- Committed To
- Miami
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Brian Hightower, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois. Brian Hightower reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 910
- Receptions
- 70
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Brian Hightower quick answers
- Latest team and position
- California · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 910
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Miami
- High school pipeline
- Wilsonville · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Senior
- 2023 Receiving yards rank
- 101 receiving yards · WR 639th (top 62%) · Pac-12 98th (top 52%) · National 968th (top 47%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Miami | 7 | 4 | 60 | 1 | 40 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Miami | 2 | 8 | 88 | 0 | 62.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 6 | 11 | 209 | 3 | 52.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 11 | 37 | 452 | 2 | 71.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | California | 6 | 10 | 101 | 0 | 44.5 |
Related Context
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Brian Hightower played WR for Miami, Illinois, and California. Across 6 tracked seasons, Brian Hightower recorded 910 receiving yards, 5 tackles, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Illinois paired 452 primary output with 71.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 60.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Miami, Illinois, California.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Washington
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2023 Regular Season · California
Games
6
Receiving Yards / G
16.8
Efficiency
60.7
Usage
8.1
Consistency
68
Best Game by takeover score
Washington
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 23. Auburn: 21. Washington: 32. Arizona State: 7. Utah: 0. Oregon: 18
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Texas: 2 by 76.7. Auburn: 2 by 70. Washington: 3 by 71.1. Arizona State: 1 by 46.7. Utah: 1 by 0. Oregon: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins15 · Games = 2 · -2.8 vs Losses
Losses17.8 · Games = 4 · +2.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Washington
Best efficiency game
100 vs Oregon
Player Story
Brian Hightower story
Brian Hightower built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Leimert Park, CA wearing No. 7, spending time with California, Illinois, and Miami. The clearest part of Brian Hightower's career was his receiving role: 70 catches, 910 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns across 32 career games in the available record. His career also includes 5 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Brian Hightower's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Miami
2018-2019
Opening stop
- 2
Illinois
2020-2022
Peak year stop
- 3
California
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201820192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Miami | 60 | 71.7 | 8.7 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Miami | 88 | 75.1 | 18.4 | 28 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 209 | 74.5 | 18.1 | 121 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | -209 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 452 | 71.5 | 16.1 | 452 |
| 2023 Regular Season | California | 101 | 60.7 | 8.1 | -351 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Purdue
Week 11 · L 24-31 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
97.6 takeover
89 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Purdue
Week 9 · L 24-31 · Conference game
97
Receiving Yards
88.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
97 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Northwestern
Week 15 · L 10-28 · Conference game
60
Receiving Yards
85.7 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
60 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Iowa
Week 6 · W 9-6 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
84.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
68 receiving yards with a 90.7 efficiency score.
#5
@ Wisconsin
Week 5 · W 34-10 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
79.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
59 receiving yards with a 78.7 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Illinois
452 primary output · 71.5 efficiency · 16.1 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Miami
62.6
88 primary · 75.1 efficiency · 18.4 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Illinois
52.9
209 primary · 74.5 efficiency · 18.1 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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