Nahree Biggins

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Position:
Running Back
Height:
6-1
Weight:
210
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Hillside, N.J.
High School:
Hillside H.S.
Major:
Sport Management
Twitter:
b_nahree5
Instagram:
nahree16

CAREER

Saw action in 34 career games (16 at defensive back and 18 at running back) with 12 career starts at running back … served as team captain in 2025 … also saw action as a kickoff returner as a senior … rushed for 676 yards on 124 carries (5.5 yards per carry) with a long run of 76 yards and caught 22 passes for 185 yards and a touchdown (88-yard reception, one of the longest in school history) … concluded career with 1,184 all-purpose yards (676 rushing, 192 receiving, 312 kickoff returns, four interceptions) in four-year career … on defense, made 16 career tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, two pass breakups, and an interception … made position change from defensive back to running back during spring 2024.

2025

As a redshirt senior running back, saw action in 12 games with 12 starts at running back … listed as the starting running back on the depth chart and served as CMU’s primary kickoff returner … served as one of four team captains … led the Chippewas in rushing with 540 yards on 105 carries (5.1 average per carry) and scored two touchdowns with a long of 58 and 45.0 yards rushing per game … also ranked No. 4 on the squad in receptions and receiving yards (19-185) with one touchdown (88-yard touchdown reception … also led the Chippewas in both all-purpose yards with 975 and 81.3 all-purpose yards per game (540 rushing, 185 receiving, 250 on kickoff returns) and kickoff returns (12-250) with an average of 20.8 yards per return with a long of 32 yards … registered two 100-yard rushing games and one 100-yard receiving game … registered four 100-yard all-purpose games … caught at least one pass in 10 of 12 games … Missed the bowl game … totaled 83 all-purpose yards, rushed eight times for 43 yards and caught one pass in the season finale vs. Toledo (11/29) … finished with 88 all-purpose yards, rushed 12 times for 61 yards with a long 21, caught one pass for two yards at Kent State (11/19) … totaled a season-high 54 yards on two kickoff returns, rushed four times for 10 yards and caught two passes for 17 yards vs. Buffalo (11/12) … totaled 100 all-purpose yards, rushed 10 times for 94 yards, including a season-long 58-yard run, and caught one pass for six yards vs. Massachusetts (10/25) … rushed for 43 yards on 10 carries at Bowling Green (10/18) … finished with 93 all-purpose yards, including 51 on three kickoff returns (long of 31) and seven rushes for 43 yards, and three receptions at Akron (10/4) … finished with a career-high 113 yards rushing on 14 carries and a 49-yard touchdown run, three catches for 23 yards and a career-high 154 all-purpose yards vs. Eastern Michigan (9/27) … totaled a career-high 106 receiving yards on three receptions, caught an 88-yard touchdown pass from Joe Labas, rushed five times for 15 yards and finished with 121 all-purpose yards vs. Wagner (9/20) … finished with 43 all-purpose yards, rushed nine times for 10 yards and caught two passes for two yards at Pittsburgh (9/6) … rushed for career-highs in yards (102) and attempts (18) with a long carry of 17 yards, caught one pass for 17 yards and finished with 111 all-purpose yards in the season opener at San Jose State (8/29).

2024

As a redshirt junior running back, saw action in six games … rushed for 136 yards on 19 carries (7.2 yards per carry) with a long of 76 yards and caught three passes for seven yards … also served as a kickoff returner with three returns for 62 yards (20.7 yards per return) with a long of 27 yards … ranked No. 5 on the squad in rushing yards … registered Central Michigan’s longest run from scrimmage, a 76-yard run vs. Ball State … missed the season’s last four games with an injury … returned three kickoffs for 62 yards at Eastern Michigan (10/19) … rushed for a career-high 71 yards on three carries, including a career-long 76 yard run, with a six-yard reception vs. Ball State (9/21) … rushed for 14 yards on five carries and caught a pass for four yards at Illinois (9/14) … had a career-high seven carries for 37 yards and caught a pass at Florida International (9/7) … rushed for 14 yards on four carries in season opener vs. Central Connecticut State (8/29).

2023

As a redshirt sophomore defensive back, saw action in 11 games with one starts at safety … concluded the year with 15 tackles (10 solo), 2.0 tackles for loss for five yards, one interception, and two pass breakups … made one tackle at Western Michigan (11/7) … intercepted pass, broke up a pass, made two tackles in first career start vs. Northern Illinois (10/31) … made a career-high five tackles (four solo) with a 1.0 tackle for loss at Ball State (10/21) … finished with three tackles (two solo) and one tackle for loss at Buffalo (10/7) … made one tackle at Notre Dame (9/16) … finished with one tackle vs. New Hampshire (9/9) … made two tackles with a pass breakup in season opener at Michigan State (9/1).

2022

As a redshirt freshman defensive back, saw action in six games and 35 plays, all on special teams … did not make a tackle.

2021

Redshirted his first season at Central Michigan … did not see game action.

HIGH SCHOOL

A 2021 graduate of Hillside High School in Hillside, N.J., where he played four years of varsity football for Head Coach Barris Grant … Named to the All-New Jersey first team by USA Today as a defensive back … led the Hillside Comets to a 12-0 record that included regional and sectional championships in 2019 … program won its third straight Central Jersey Group II title in 2019 … had 1,441 yards and 16 touchdowns from scrimmage as a senior … in three playoff games, recorded 15 tackles, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries … started senior season as a wide receiver and defensive back but took over as the quarterback midseason due to an injury … in 2018, caught 19 passes for 474 yards and six touchdowns and rushed for 246 yards and three TDs … also posted 41 tackles, two interceptions, two punt return TDs, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble … rated a three-star recruit by ESPN, 247sports, and ON3DB, and two-start recruit by Rivals … also competed in track and field … earned a Walter Wimbush Scholarship.

PERSONAL

Born Nahree Emil Biggins on October 5, 2001 … son of Quyana Biggins … grandmother is Carol Biggins … has a well-documented TikTok page … committed to Central Michigan on February 5, 2020 … selected Central Michigan over offers from Georgia Southern, Temple, Boston College, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Buffalo, and Bryant, Maryland, Kentucky, Kent State, Massachusetts, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Rutgers, Syracuse, Toledo, and Western Michigan … majors in Sport Management.