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Tim Hightower had trouble sleeping on Sunday night.

Hours after the best performance of his remarkable comeback story, Hightower found himself drifting off, then popping back awake as visions of bigger and better things flooded his mind.

Hightower, who picked up 122 yards on 27 carries in Sunday’s 38-27 win over Jacksonville for his first 100-yard performance since 2010, wanted to head right back to the field.

“When you have an opportunity that I’ve been given, you just want to take advantage of it,” Hightower said. “I just kept thinking about what I could have done better and what I can do next week to get better.