Tyler Higbee may not be a household name, but he’s had a successful eight-year career with the Los Angeles Rams. He has 322 catches, 3,303 yards, 20 touchdowns, nine playoff starts and a Super Bowl ring, which is more than most players can say.
This year, he added to his resume by being voted a captain for the first time, something that means a lot to him. He puts that up there as one of his three biggest accomplishments, alongside his Super Bowl ring and, well, a bobblehead.
Buy Rams TicketsHe talked to J.B. Long on the “Rams Revealed” podcast about how much his captaincy means to him, and why his own bobble head is so important, too – even if it seems insignificant.
What did it mean to @RamsNFL TE Tyler Higbee to be named team captain for the first time in 2023?
Even more than I expected, tbh. pic.twitter.com/l7hhYmLiTy
— J.B. Long (@JB_Long) October 4, 2023
“I was telling my mom, that’s up there with some of my biggest football accomplishments. Up there with the Super Bowl, and Tyler Higbee bobblehead that I got one time,” he said.
The bobblehead means so much to Higbee because of how cool he thought it was as a kid when athletes got them.
“Ever since you’re a little kid, I remember going to a hockey game when I was younger and it was a bobblehead night and they were passing out a bobblehead of someone – couldn’t even tell you who it was – and I was just like, ‘This dude’s got a bobblehead, that’s so cool,’” he said. “It reminds me that this is still like a kid’s game sometimes.”
It’s hard to argue with his logic, and he’s right in a sense. Not everyone gets a bobblehead made after them.
If you’re so inclined to add a Tyler Higbee bobblehead to your mantle, you can buy one online for $50.
