He played mostly as a small forward then but suffered a season-ending elbow injury in round 13 against the West Coast Eagles, ruling him out of that year's finals campaign.

His Season was cut short in round 2 with a Broken Ankle against Melbourne when he landed on it coming down from a Marking contest.

When he was injured he was always in the Bulldogs rooms encouraging his team mates and this was the first sign of Leadership that he shown and he later was voted by his peers as a leader.

[5] Higgins had a brilliant pre-season that was up there with Daniel Cross and Matthew Boyd in the time trials.

On 3 October 2014, Higgins signed with the North Melbourne Football Club as a restricted free agent after the Western Bulldogs decided not to match the Kangaroos' offer.

[6][7] Higgins had a stellar first season with North Melbourne, playing 24 games and kicking 39 goals.

[8] At the end of the 2019 season, Higgins signed a one-year contract extension, turning his back on interest from Geelong.

[9] In 2020 he was named in the St Joseph’s College team of champions, recognising the best VFL/AFL players to have attended the school.

[10] At the conclusion of the 2020 season, Higgins was asked to look elsewhere by North Melbourne to secure his future and accepted a two-year deal at Geelong; he was traded for pick 30 in that year's draft.