Iowa State Cyclones wide receiver Jayden Higgins has been a hot name ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft with his height north of 6’4″. With that added popularity comes some interest in his personal life. Here’s a look of some information on Higgins’ dating life as well as his NFL Draft projection.
Is Jayden Higgins Dating Anyone in 2025?
Examining Higgins’ Instagram, he’s dating a woman named Kiersten Schmitt.
Last month, Schmitt wrote the caption “2 years together” in an Instagram post that appears to have been made somewhere in South Florida. Higgins was born in South Miami.
Schmitt is a college volleyball player. Six weeks ago, the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos made an Instagram post announcing her as a member of the team. It also listed her hometown as Epworth, Iowa.
Schmitt previously played volleyball at Iowa State, where Higgins played football. Like Schmitt recently with her post, Higgins made an Instagram post of the two of them on March 25, 2024, with a caption reading, “Happy 1 year bby,” along with two heart emojis.
Thus, it appears they’ve been dating since March 25, 2023.
Higgins’ NFL Draft Projection for 2025
In a recent three-round mock draft at PFSN, Higgins was slotted as the No. 54 overall pick by the Green Bay Packers.
“Jayden Higgins possesses prototypical length and frame density for an ‘X’ receiver at the NFL level. But his calling card is actually his fluidity and manipulative predisposition on intermediate routes, which has elevated his standing in the class. Despite being nearly 220 pounds, the Cyclones’ WR separated well at the college level through fluidity and deception.
“Although fluid, Higgins lacks the explosiveness to consistently threaten on the vertical plane. This allows confident defensive backs with NFL-level reactive athleticism to crowd the long-limbed receiver. Without an adequate vertical threat, that horizontal fluidity can only take him so far against competent NFL cornerbacks.
“What could legitimately get him on the field early in his NFL career is his blocking ability. Higgins adequately uses his length to win leverage battles against shorter-armed defensive backs. Additionally, his hands remain active, and he understands how to use a defender’s momentum against them while also not keeping a hold of too much jersey to attract zebra attention.
“The Packers take wide receivers in the second round on a seemingly annual basis. With Christian Watson set to miss time in 2025 after a January ACL tear, the Packers need a boundary threat who can threaten the defense vertically in a way that none of Green Bay’s non-Watson targets could. Higgins likely wouldn’t play a full load of snaps right away with the Packers’ deep receiver room, but he could contribute on passing downs and keep defenses honest.”
