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Iowa linebacker Jay Higgins earns first-team AP preseason All-America honors
Sebastian Castro is second-team preseason All-American
IOWA CITY — Iowa linebacker Jay Higgins has received first-team preseason All-America honors from the Associated Press.
Defensive back Sebastian Castro is a second-team preseason AP All-American.
Higgins also has received preseason All-America recognition from the Walter Camp Foundation and Sporting News. He is coming off a 2023 season in which he had 171 total tackles, tying the Hawkeye football program record.
Castro, a third-team AP All-American in 2023, led the Hawkeyes in interceptions last year with three.
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