Kai Higgins
Bio
Career: 2017 – 2020
Position: Defensive End
Height:6’4”
Weight: 260
Hometown: Pomona, California
High School: Bishop Amat
Career Stats
Games Played: 36
Games Started: 22
Tackles: 50
Tackles For Loss: 6.5
Sacks: 2
Interceptions: 2
Notes
Chaffey College (JuCo)
- Higgins was a qualifier out of high school, but spent a year at Chaffey College to improve his offers
- Recorded 25 Tackles and 3 sacks in 9 games.
Purdue
2017
- Appeared in 11 games as a reserve
2018
- Started all 13 games
- Intercepted a pass vs #23 Boston College
- 6 Tackles vs Wisconsin
- 6 Tackles vs Auburn in the Music City Bowl
2019
- Started 9 of 12 games
- Recorded 2 tackles for loss in Purdue’s 31-27 victory over Nebraska
Highlights
Hammer and Rails Staff Memories
Drew:
Jeff Brohm brought Higgins in as a junior college transfer in his initial 2017 recruiting class. He needed a solid defensive end, and that’s exactly what Kai provided. Brohm brought Purdue back to a bowl game in 2017, no small feat after the Hazel debacle,
and needed to continue the momentum in 2018.
Kai wasn’t a star, but he was serviceable in his role. Not to bring up old wounds, but he did everything in his power to prevent the Eastern Michigan loss, recording 2 tackles, a sack, a tackle for loss, and an interception. He would go on to pick off another pass against Boston College, which was a must-win game after the Boilermakers started the season 0-3.
Picking up undervalued players like Higgins helped Brohm get things back on the tracks in West Lafayette.
