The 2020 season was a strange one for Cleveland Browns wide receiver Rashard Higgins.
A year after falling out of favor with former head coach Freddie Kitchens, Higgins returned to the Browns on a one-year contract for the veteran minimum. The season got off to a slow start, however, as Higgins was inactive for two of Cleveland’s first six games and was only targeted six times in that timespan.
His patience was rewarded, however, starting in Week 7 after the Browns lost wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to a season-ending knee injury. Higgins caught six passes that day for 110 yards and went on to become part of a receiving group that embraced the next man up mantra for the rest of the season.