Jerad Higman Season 1994

• Two-Time Phillips 66 Academic All-Big Eight Honor Roll (1993, 1994)

1994: Higman played in every game in 1994 as a backup to OLB Donta Jones. He recorded four tackles and had four QB hurries. In his career, Higman played in 26 games, with nine tackles and one sack. 

1993: A backup at right outside linebacker to All-American Trev Alberts, Higman played in nine games and finished with four tackles, including one 13-yard sack against Texas Tech. He was named to the Phillips 66 Academic All-Big Eight Honor Roll with a 3.68 grade point average in mechanical engineering. 

1992: Higman played in five games and had one unassisted tackle to earn his first letter.

1991: A walk-on, Higman redshirted his second year at Nebraska. 

1990: Higman played outside linebacker on the last Husker jayvee team which went 4-1-0 in 1990. He had 12 tackles (two solo) and two sacks for a 13-yard lost. 

At Akron-Westfield HS: A linebacker and offensive guard for Coach Craig Parkinson, Higman helped lead Akron-Westfield to the state quarterfinals his junior year, for the firs time in school history. He aided his school to a 16-2 two year record with nine shutouts, as he tallied a school record 130 tackles as a junior and added 94 as a senior. Higman earned first-team all-state honors and was also the class valedictoran.

Personal: The son of Harold and Sue Higman, Jerad was born Oct. 1, 1971 in Akron, Iowa and has two brothers, Joel and Justin. A mechanical engineering major, Higman posted a cumulative 3.68 grade point average. He spent the summer working for Goodyear Tire and Rubber company on an engineering internship.