Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz told reporters after the game that Jack Campbell’s grandfather died Friday night as the result of a traffic accident.  William Smith, 76, was walking with family members when he may not have heard a warning not to cross a street.  He was hit by a van and declared dead at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Iowa officials said Campbell’s parents told him about his grandfather’s death after the game, “so that Jack would have one last time to play with his Iowa Hawkeye teammates.”

Campbell, the unanimous First Team All-American and Butkus Award winner, led Iowa with 10 tackles and had a sack and two tackles for loss.