Jayden Higgins

Jayden Higgins is on IR with no return date and no headlines, and he has missed all five weeks so far, weeks 1 through 5 of 2026. Before any talk of what he could give you, know that the board ranks him below every available receiver in Houston while that designation stands, so he is taking a roster seat and giving back nothing.

Even setting the injury aside, the case was thin. We gave him 20 points for the full season, built on just 3 expected games, because we saw injury risk in the profile before it cost him anything. Last year he ran a 12.3% target share on a 57.8% snap share, and Nico Collins and Dalton Schultz together took 44% of Houston's targets. Players in that crowded-room spot have lost 0.9 points a game the following year on average. His scoring leaned hard on touchdowns too, 27.8% of his points came from them, and that shape has cost players like him another 0.9 a game. The one thing pointing up is his 18.3% air-yards share, which for players in his spot has meant a gain of 1.3 points a game the next season. That is real, but it only turns into points you can start him for if he gets volume and stays healthy.

He is 23, a 2025 second-rounder, and he played all 17 weeks as a rookie, so the body held up then. None of that matters while he cannot take the field. Let him go and spend the spot on someone who plays in week 6 of 2026.