Karan Higdon
_(cropped).jpg) Higdon in 2017 | |
| Michigan Wolverines – No. 22 | |
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| Position | Running back |
| Class | Senior |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | September 8, 1996 |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Riverview (Sarasota, FL) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Karan Higdon (born September 8, 1996) is an American football running back for the Michigan Wolverines football team.
Early years
Higdon grew up in Sarasota, Florida, and attended that city's Riverview High School where he rushed for 1,471 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns on 218 carries.[1] Higdon initially gave a verbal commitment to Iowa, but flipped his commitment to Michigan after a campus visit to Ann Arbor.[2]
College career
As a freshman for Michigan in 2015, Higdon appeared briefly in three games and totaled 19 rushing yard on 11 carries.[3] As a sophomore in 2016, Higdon appeared in 12 games and had back-to-back 100-yard rushing games against Rutgers (108 yards on 13 carries) and Illinois (106 on eight carries).[4] He totaled 425 rushing yards and six touchdowns on 72 carries for an average of 5.9 yards per carry.[3]
During the 2017 season, Higdon was Michigan's leading rusher with 994 yards on 165 carries.[5] On October 14, 2017, Higdon rushed for a career best 200 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries.[6][7] He became the first Michigan player to rush for 200 or more yards in a game since 2007.[8] On November 4, 2017, Higdon recorded his second 200-yard game of the season, becoming the first Michigan running back to record multiple 200-yard games in the same season since Mike Hart in 2004. Following his outstanding performance, Higdon was named the Co-Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week.[9] Following the 2017 season, Higdon was named to the All-Big Ten offensive third-team, by both the coaches and the media.[10]
During the 2018 season, Higdon rushed for 156 yards on 13 carries against Western Michigan, 136 yards on 12 carries against Nebraska, and 115 yards on 30 carries against Northwestern.[5] He scored the game-winning touchdown on a five-yard run in the fourth quarter of the Northwestern game. He missed the SMU game with a lower body injury suffered in practice.[11] He rushed for 103 yards on 25 carries against Maryland, becoming the 23rd player in Michigan program history to surpass 2,000 career rushing yards (2,020).[12]
References
- ^ "Karan Higdon's Sarasota Success Story". The Michigan Daily. November 2, 2017.
- ^ "Michigan's Karan Higdon saw commitment as key to future, beyond sport". Detroit Freer Press. November 2, 2017.
- ^ a b "Karan Higdon". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
- ^ "Karan Higdon". Mgoblue.com. University of Michigan. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
- ^ a b "Karan Higdon Stats". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
- ^ Angelique S. Chengelis (October 14, 2017). "Michigan's Karan Higdon 'phenomenal' in breakout game". The Detroit News.
- ^ Jeff Washburn (October 14, 2017). "Karan Higdon's 3 TDs lead Michigan over Indiana in OT". Associated Press.
- ^ "Karan Higdon carrying new load for No. 19 Michigan". Fox Sports. October 16, 2017.
- ^ "Big Ten Football Players of the Week". www.bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. November 6, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ^ "Seven Wolverines Pick Up All-Conference Accolades on Offense". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. November 29, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ Nick Baumgardner (September 17, 2018). "Michigan football RBs Karan Higdon, Chris Evans both day-to-day". Detroit Free Press.
- ^ "Postgame Notes: #15 Michigan 42, Maryland 21". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2018.