• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Browns Nation

Browns News. Rumors. Highlights. Now

  • Home
  • News
  • Free Agents
  • Draft
  • Podcast
  • History
  • All-Time Lists
  • Team
    • Shop
    • Schedule
  • About
You are here: Home / Daily News / Report: Rashard Higgins Re-Signing With Browns

Report: Rashard Higgins Re-Signing With Browns

By Mark Bergin March 17, 2021 @mdbergin

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Rashard Higgins (81) celebrates as the final seconds tick off the clock during the fourth quarter of the National Football League game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns on December 23, 2018, at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, OH.
(Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)

 

It appears the Cleveland Browns will keep wide receiver Rashard “Hollywood” Higgins for another season, an unnamed source told the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

Higgins, 26, is expected to sign a one-year deal with the Browns.

An unnamed source told ESPN’s Jake Trotter that Higgins’ deal is for $2.38 million and is fully guaranteed.

ESPN’s Josina Anderson reported that Higgins texted her “I’m back” after reports began to surface about his return to the Browns.

#Browns WR Rashard Higgins is expected to sign back with Cleveland on a 1-year deal, source said. The player they call Hollywood returns after 37 catches and 599 yards in 2020.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 18, 2021

Higgins signing a 1-year deal for $2.38 million, fully guaranteed, with Cleveland, per source. https://t.co/ExgEtnYOAj

— Jake Trotter (@Jake_Trotter) March 18, 2021

Rashard Higgins just text me "I'm back" he is returning to the #Browns

— IG: JosinaAnderson (@JosinaAnderson) March 18, 2021

Last season, Spotrac.com shows Higgins made $910,000.

Higgins is considered a favorite of quarterback Baker Mayfield.

In 2020, Higgins started six of the 13 games he played, had 37 receptions on 52 targets, a career-high 599 receiving yards (16.2 yards per catch) and four receiving touchdowns.

Higgins emerged last season after wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. tore his ACL on Oct. 25, 2020, during a 37-34 win in Week 7 over the Cincinnati Bengals.

From Week 7 and on, Higgins had 32 of his 37 receptions.

In 2020, Higgins finished second on the Browns in regular-season receiving yards.

In two postseason games, Higgins led the Browns with 116 receiving yards.

Higgins started every game from Nov. 29 on, except for when he missed the Week 16 game against the New York Jets after the Browns placed him on the COVID-19 list.

Pro Football Focus gave Higgins a 73.4 grade in 2020, which ranked 46th among NFL receivers.

Rashard Higgins is re-signing with the Browns on a one-year deal, per @RapSheet

Higgins: 73.4 PFF Grade in 2020 (46th) pic.twitter.com/0vAq5jnSr0

— PFF (@PFF) March 18, 2021

Along with Higgins, the Browns are expected to bring back Beckham, Jarvis Landry and Donovan Peoples-Jones in 2021.

Higgins will likey compete with Peoples-Jones for the No. 3 receiver position.

It also depends on which receiver head coach Kevin Stefanski wants to play in the slot.

The Browns selected Higgins out of Colorado State with the 172nd overall pick in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL Draft.

Higgins has spent his entire NFL career with the Browns.

In five seasons, Higgins has started 12 of the 67 games he’s played, and caught 113 passes on 178 targets for 1,615 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Recent News

Cleveland Browns C.J. Ward during the Browns NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Cleveland Ohio September 09, 2012.
Former Browns Safety T.J. Ward Retires From NFL
downtown cleveland
Black Pumas And Machine Gun Kelly Will Perform At NFL Draft
browns locker room with helmets
2 Browns Players Most Likely To Be Cut Before Start Of 2021 Season

Filed Under: Daily NewsTagged With: browns, Cleveland Browns, rashard higgins

About Mark Bergin

Mark Bergin is a freelance journalist and writer. He also hosts the Bleav in Steelers podcast with Ike Taylor. Mark worked for two-plus years as a digital producer at WTSP in St. Petersburg/Tampa, Florida, and for two years at WBIR in Knoxville, Tennessee. He’s covered the Tampa Bay Rays’ stadium search, Jameis Winston’s struggles leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Butch Jones era of Tennessee football. Mark is a native of the Chicago suburbs, and he graduated from the University of Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism production.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Concerned Browns Fan says

    March 18, 2021 at 8:11 am

    Happy to see Hollywood staying with the Browns, but feel the organization did the man dirty. He’s been our most consistent receiver and deserved a higher pay deal. Minimum $3Millie. Either way congrats to the man. Hopefully he produces at a higher rate and continues to get pay raises.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published.

Primary Sidebar

Search Browns Nation

Trending News

Footer

Terms and Conditions

Privacy Policy

 

Join Our Newsletter

Contact Us

 

Follow us

Copyright © 2021 · ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - Brownsnation.com

Copyright © 2020 · ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BrownsNation.com is not affiliated with the Cleveland Browns or the National Football League