Higgins is wired to take things personally. That is how he got to this point in the first place. His only power conference offer out of high school was Iowa. In 2023 and 2024, he made a convincing case to win the Butkus Award for college football’s top linebacker yet wasn't even included in the list of finalists.

There were noteworthy numbers all over the final box score. Here are five figures that stood out from Iowa's Hawkeyes football's win over Nebraska.

Nebraska jumped out to a 3-0 lead on its first offensive possesion. The teams combined for 10 punts in the first half, but NU tacked on a touchdown in the final minute to take a 1