Former Browns WR Announces New Career Move Away From NFL Just 1 Year After Retirement After officially hanging up his cleats in 2024, a prominent Browns receiver is making his way through a challengin

It all feels like a lifetime ago. The Browns still had a competitive edge back then, and former WR Rashard Higgins had briefly become a fan favorite in Cleveland, catching touchdown passes from Baker Mayfield. It made a lot of sense for Higgins to retire the same way he came into the league, even if it meant signing a one-day contract with the Browns. There, he was at the Browns’ CrossCountry Mortgage Campus for his final press conference. Holding up his jersey No. 82 next to Christian Kirksey’s No. 58, he felt the same love for the city that once embraced him as a prospect out of Iowa all those years ago.

It has been a year since he retired. And instead of living on the razor-thin margins of NFL Sundays, Higgins has stepped into a new role built on service and purpose. In an Instag