High School: Competed in football, basketball, and track and field at Amherst High School...three-year starter in football as a linebacker and tight end for head coach Ken Jacque...led team to a three-year record of 27-10...earned Western Massachusetts All-Scholastic honors and all-league laurels at linebacker and tight end...played in All-Gazzette/Shriners All-Star game...recorded 100 tackles and had 500 reception yards as a senior...two-year letterwinner in track as a sprinter...lettered one year in basketball as a forward and led team to 18-7 record.

At Delaware: Second-year member of the squad as a redshirt freshman...walk-on who will add depth to the Blue Hen defensive line unit...can also play linebacker...recorded one tackle in Blue-White spring game...2005: Did not see game action and retained freshman eligibility...team went 6-5 under head coach K.C. Keeler.

Personal: John F. Higginson...born July 27, 1987 in Chicago, IL...son of John Higginson and Joye Bowman...honor student as a business major at Delaware...has two sisters...both parents are history professors at the University of Massachusetts...enjoys listening music in his spare time...cousin, Bobby Starks, played college football as a wide receiver at Tennessee...grandfather, Henry Bowman, was a Big 10 Conference football referee in the 1960’s and 1970’s.