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#82Tyler Higbee

Tyler Higbee is a Red Zone Weapon TE for Western Kentucky. Tyler's 2015 season produced 46.4 total EPA across 46 plays.

2015 Production

Receiving

38 Receptions563 Rec yards8 Rec TD

Player type

Red Zone Weapon TE

Goes from good to great inside the 20 — high TD conversion on limited looks makes this receiver a scoring machine.

Red zone targetHigh TD rateSize/catch radius advantage

Peer percentiles

Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)—

Game-to-game consistency75th %ile · above avg

Key findings

▸Limited usage share suggests a rotational or specialist role.
▸High game-to-game consistency — reliable floor each week.
▸7 high-impact games (EPA/play > 0.4) this season — elite ceiling.
▸Particularly dangerous on passing downs — efficiency spikes in obvious pass situations.
▸Production faded as the season progressed — 0.77 EPA/play decline from first to second half.
▸Peak game: 2.41 EPA/play in Wk 5 vs Rice (SP+ -15).

EPA per play, by weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost

Wk	Opponent	Result	Opp SP+	Rec	Rec Yds	Avg	Rec TD	Long	EPA/play
1	@Vanderbilt	W14-12	-1.6	4	102	25.5	1	65	1.91
2	vsLouisiana Tech	W41-38	8.3	7	88	12.6	0	22	0.61
3	@Indiana	L35-38	0.4	11	109	9.9	1	18

Snap-share proxy

Overall

6.9%

Passing plays

12.4%

Rushing plays

0.3%

Standard downs

5.8%

Passing downs

9.4%

EPA by down type

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).

Plays

Usage

vs Southern MissWk 14

EPA -0.2

Rec 1 · Rec Yds 8 · Avg 8.0 · Rec TD 0