Fun stories always seem to come out of the scouting combine and one surrounding the Cincinnati Bengals and players Logan Wilson and Tee Higgins certainly classifies that way.
Speaking with reporters at the combine, Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said the team actually considered Wilson at the top of Round 2 in the 2020 draft before making Tee Higgins the pick, per The Athletic’s Jay Morrison.
Bengals fans know how that one worked out.
Higgins has morphed into a borderline No. 1 wideout for the Bengals and was clearly worth a first-round pick. And Wilson fell to them in the third round anyway.
Wilson proceeded to take over the communications headset for the defense this past season, played through an injury that required surgery all the way to the Super Bowl, then was in the conversation for Super Bowl MVP had the Bengals won.
Looking back at it now, the whole scenario couldn’t have played out any more perfect for the Bengals, as Higgins and Wilson are near-elite foundational blocks for the future.
