TEMPE — The Arizona Cardinals signed tight end Elijah Higgins to a three-year contract extension Friday, keeping him under contract through 2029, the team announced.
The deal is worth up to $26.8 million, ESPN’s Adam Schefter and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported, according to Arizona Sports.
“I love it here. I love Arizona,” Higgins told reporters. “They treat me so well.”
Higgins was in the final year of his rookie deal. In three-plus seasons with Arizona, he has played 54 games with 82 catches for 798 yards and four touchdowns while playing just under half of the special teams snaps. His best receiving season came in 2025, with 30 catches for 301 yards.
The Miami Dolphins drafted Higgins in the sixth round in 2023 out of Stanford but waived him before the season, and the Cardinals claimed him.
“There were definitely a lot of moments throughout my career, both college and in the NFL, where I wanted to hang it up and quit and being able to persevere has been what got me to this point,” he said.
Sources: Arizona Sports. Thee Arizona Times uses AI-assisted reporting reviewed against the sources listed.
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