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Today's Linkster #33 · NFL

Harrison Smith to Tyler Higbee

On Saturday, October 3, 2026, everyone playing the NFL Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Harrison Smith to Tyler Higbee in as few links as possible. Par was 3, counted through colleges, but any shared college, jersey number or team counted as a move.

The two players

  • Harrison Smith (FS, 2017–2026) College: Notre Dame. Team: Minnesota Vikings. Number: #22.
  • Tyler Higbee (TE, 2017–2026) College: Western Kentucky. Team: Los Angeles Rams. Number: #89.

Seasons 2017–2026. Jersey numbers and teams only count from seasons in that range.

How it went

1 player solved it on the day. 1 beat par with a shortcut, and 1 matched or beat it in all. The winning run was Huk's: 2 links in 1:42.7.

The answer

Show a shortest route

Through colleges alone it takes 3, which is par:

  1. Harrison Smith
  2. Notre Dame Aaron Lynch
  3. South Florida Mike White
  4. Western Kentucky Tyler Higbee

With every kind of link counting, it could be done in 2:

  1. Harrison Smith
  2. Minnesota Vikings Carson Wentz
  3. Los Angeles Rams Tyler Higbee

This day was rebuilt from later player data, so the route above may differ slightly from the original.