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2024 Football Roster

40 Will Higson

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 240
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Havertown, Pa.
  • High School Haverford
  • Position TE
  • Major Business, Organizations & Society

Biography

Career Honors

  • Three-time College Sport Communicators Academic All-District (2022, 23, 24)
  • Three-time Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2022, 23, 24)
  • National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society (2024)

2024: Team captain … Selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team … Member of the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society … Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Appeared in all 11 games at tight end … Caught four passes for 42 yards and one touchdown … Snagged his touchdown reception at Kean (11/2) … Caught two passes for 22 yards at The College of New Jersey (9/14).

2023: Selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team …Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Played in 10 games, making six starts at tight end … Caught 10 passes for 103 yards and one touchdown … Had multiple receptions in four different contests, including a season-best three catches and 26 yards – plus a touchdown – versus Ursinus (10/7).

2022: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree … Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Started all 10 games at tight end … Caught 14 passes for 176 yards and two touchdowns … Made five tackles on special teams … Hauled in a season-long 32-yard reception against Johns Hopkins (10/1) … Had a season-high 42 receiving yards on two catches at Muhlenberg (10/29) … Caught a season-best four passes for 28 yards, and one touchdown, versus Moravian (11/5) … Finished season with touchdown receptions in back-to-back games, adding another score at Gettysburg (11/12).

2021: Appeared in each of the final 10 games as a tight end during his rookie campaign, making three starts … Caught seven passes for 77 yards, scoring three touchdowns … Caught a touchdown pass and a two-point conversion in his collegiate debut against Susquehanna (9/11) … Had a season-high four catches and 42 receiving yards to go along with a touchdown in the win versus McDaniel (9/18) … Also caught a 16-yard touchdown pass in the regular season finale versus Gettysburg (11/13).

High School: Three-year varsity starter at both linebacker and tight end/h-back … Team captain … Team MVP (2020) … Two-time Defensive MVP (2019, 20) … Two-time first-team all-county linebacker (2019, 20) … Two-time first-team all-league linebacker (2019, 20) … Two-time first-team all-area linebacker (2019, 20) … Delaware County Hall of Fame Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senior (2021) … Haverford High School Male Athlete of the Year for senior class … Also played basketball and baseball … Team captain in baseball, earning first-team all-county, first-team all-league, and first-team all-area honors as a senior … Two-time honorable mention all-county selection in basketball … Led basketball team to the 2020 Central League Championship … National Honor Society and National Business Honor Society member.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 40

    2021First-Year

    TE
    6'1" 220 lbs
    40
  • 40

    2022Sophomore

    TE
    6'1" 235 lbs
    40
  • 40

    2023Junior

    TE
    6'1" 235 lbs
    40
  • 40
    C

    2024Senior

    TE
    6'2" 240 lbs
    40
    C