Tee makes PFF All-Rookie Team

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#Bengals WR Tee Higgins earns spot on @PFF All-Rookie Team for his impressive performance this season ️https://t.co/4lF8Uqd0FP

— PFF CIN Bengals (@PFF_Bengals) January 4, 2021

WR TEE HIGGINS, CINCINNATI BENGALS

Cincinnati’s offense was not the most high-flying environment for Higgins to show what he could do — particularly following Burrow’s injury — but he was still able to turn in nearly 1,000 receiving yards on an offense that had other mouths to feed such as Tyler Boyd and A.J. Green coming into the season.

It became apparent early on that Higgins was going to quickly move ahead of Green in the passing game, and he proved to be the team’s top option in two areas where Green has historically excelled — downfield passes and red-zone work. Higgins earned a team-high nine receptions and six receiving touchdowns in the red zone this season, and he was the only player on Cincinnati to catch more than three passes thrown 20 or more yards downfield (nine).

Higgins showed that he will be a key part of the Bengals’ offense moving forward as they continue building around Burrow.