Jaguar Highlights: Ended spring drills listed as one of two starters at inside linebacker in the Jaguars’ 3-4 alignment ... Recorded a solo stop for the White team in its 10-7 victory over the Red in the annual spring contest ... One of two players presented the team’s High Academic Award at the end of spring practice.
As A Junior (2009): One of four players voted team captain following the season ... Started each of USA’s seven contests ... Finished third on the team with a total of 26 tackles ... Three of those were for loss, including an assisted sack ... Broke up one pass and recovered a fumble ... One of two players on the team to block a kick during the year ... Finished with a season-best seven stops in program’s debut victory over Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy ... Collected five tackles in win over Georgia Military J.C. ... Had four tackles in season-ending victory over Huntingdon (Ala.) College ... Two of his three stops in victory over Milford (N.Y.) Academy were for a loss of eight yards ... Also posted three tackles against Army Prep and Louisburg (N.C.) J.C.
Alabama Highlights (2006-08): Participated in 24 games his last two seasons after sitting out the 2006 campaign as a redshirt ... Credited with 16 total tackles, including 10 solo stops and a quarterback sack ... Posted four tackles in 14 games as a sophomore ... Efforts helped the Crimson Tide go undefeated in the regular season, win the Southeastern Conference West Division championship and finish 12-2 overall ... UA was sixth in both final national polls after playing in the Allstate Sugar Bowl ... Made season-best two tackles in 41-7 win over Western Kentucky ... In season opener against Clemson, credited with an eight-yard sack in the second half of a 34-10 victory over the Tigers ... Received the Commitment to Academic Excellence Award ... Played in 10 games in 2007, including each of the last nine, as the Crimson Tide finished 7-6 after defeating Colorado in the PetroSun Independence Bowl ... Made 12 tackles, including eight solo, on the season ... Recorded a season-high three tackles in win over Tennessee ... Added two tackles against both Mississippi State and Florida State ... Earned team Special Teams MVP honors against Houston and Ole Miss ... Off the field was a three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection.
High School Highlights: Played for Jag head coach Joey Jones at Mountain Brook High ... In three years, posted 319 total tackles while adding four interceptions, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries ... Had 15 stops — including a sack — two interceptions and forced a fumble against Pelham HS in his best game his final season ... Rated 38th among inside linebackers nationally by Rivals.com as a senior ... Earned honorable mention all-state accolades from the Alabama Sports Writers Association and was named first-team all-metro by The Birmingham News each of his last two seasons ... After his senior year, started in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic and led the team with seven tackles ... Posted a game-high nine stops and recovered a fumble in the North-South All-Star Game as a junior ... Helped lead the Spartans to the semifinals of the state 6A playoffs as a junior as well as the second round of the postseason his final year ... Also lettered in basketball at MBHS ... National Latin Medal award winner.
Personal: Full name is Charles Richard Higgenbotham ... Born Sept. 11, 1987, in Birmingham, Ala. ... Son of Jay and Dawn Higgenbotham ... Father lettered four years in basketball at Birmingham-Southern from 1978-81, earning induction into the school’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1992 ... Favorite movie is “Gladiator” ... Favorite book is “Ender’s Game” ... Favorite team is the Indianapolis Colts ... Favorite player is Zach Thomas ... Favorite musical artist is John Legend ... Enjoys travelling, fishing, and playing tennis and video games in his spare time ... Also recruited by Mississippi, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Clemson, Duke and Northwestern ... Major is interdisciplinary studies.
