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UIndy Athletics

2018 Football Roster

Kyle McGinnis
Todd Moore
Ryan Thorpe
Laken Detweiler
Ryan Thorpe
Ryan Thorpe

12 Malik Higgins

12 Malik Higgins

  • Position:
    Wide Receiver
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    180
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Evansville, IN
  • High School:
    F.J. Reitz

Summary

Biography

AWARDS
2018 All-Super Region Three Third Team (Don Hansen)
2018 All-GLVC First Team
2018 UIndy Wide Receiver of the Year
2017 All-GLVC Second Team
2016 All-GLVC First Team
2016 UIndy Co-Wide Receiver of the Year
2015 UIndy Offensive Freshman of the Year

2018
Team captain led UIndy to a return trip to the NCAA Division II playoffs as well as a first-round victory ... finished in the UIndy career top three in receiving yards (2nd, 3303), receptions (3rd, 206) and receiving touchdowns (3rd, 29) … also UIndy’s career leader in NCAA playoff receiving yards (277) and all-purpose yards (370) … racked up 53 catches for 798 yards and nine touchdowns on the season ... hauled in three TDs in back-to-back games, racking up seven receptions for 119 yards versus William Jewell (9/22) and six catches for a season-high 134 yards against Lincoln (9/29) … caught a season-best eight balls to next week at Missouri S&T (10/6).

2017
Named All-GLVC Second Team despite missing four whole games due to injury … led the conference in receiving yards per game (104.7) and receiving touchdowns (11), ranking fourth in the program’s single-season annals in the former and 20th in DII in the latter … ranked up four 100-yard-receiving games, including two 190-yard-plus performances … blasted Hillsdale with nine catches for a career-high-tying 198 yards and three touchdowns in week four (9-23) … also caught nine balls for 197 yards and two scores against playoff-hopeful Notre Dame (Ohio) in the regular-season finale (11/11) … caught at least one touchdown pass in each of his final seven games played ... set a school playoff-game record with 127 receiving yards in a first-round match-up with Harding (11/18).

2016
Enjoyed a breakout sophomore season, culminating in an All-GLVC First Team nod ... shared UIndy Wide Receiver of the Year honors with Garrett Willis … compiled 1,077 receiving yards and eight touchdown receptions, with the former good for second in the league and sixth on the program’s single-season list … had five 100-yard receiving games, including a career-high 198 yards and a TD week two versus NAIA-power Marian (9/10); also added 123 kickoff return yards that game on the way to a gaudy 321 all-purpose yards; that all-purpose sum was good for the sixth-highest single-game total in GLVC history … amassed 187 receiving yards and two scores at eventual GLVC co-champ Truman (10/1); turned a screen pass into an 80-yard TD run in that contest – the longest touchdown reception by a Hound in 13 years  … found the end zone in each of the final four games

2015
Named team’s Offensive Freshman of the Year … amassed 42 catches for 594 yards, both good for second on the team … led the squad in average yards per catch (14.1) … set a season high in both receptions (7) and receiving yards (86) at Marian (9/12) … recorded first collegiate TD with a five-yard grab at McKendree (10/10) … hauled in the longest reception by a Greyhound on the season with a 68-yarder at Saint Joseph’s (11/14), setting up 1st & Goal and an eventual touchdown … also spent time returning kickoffs, averaging a team-high 24.3 yards per return.

HIGH SCHOOL
Named Evansville's 2014 All-Metro Player of the Year by the Courier & Press ... AP All-State ... averaged 11 yards per carry and 16 yards per catch with 33 total TDs ... led Reitz to an 11-2 record and a sectional title as a senior ... also a state qualifier in the 100m dash (10.7)
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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2015Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 175 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2016Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 179 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2017Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 179 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2018Senior

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 180 lbs
    12
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