Clayborn-a-lujah in Hawkeyeland - with unrelated videos from Iowa players

The 2010 Iowa football team just got a lot better.

Adrian Clayborn will be in the Hawkeyes' defensive line. The impact of that really needs no explanation.

All-America teams are weird things. I have the utmost respect for the way Hawkeye linebacker Pat Angerer (second-team Associated Press All-America) and safety Tyler Sash (third-team) played this season, for example. They deserved all the national honors they've gotten.

I think Clayborn deserved an equal amount, but he didn't get any AP honors. A big reason for that is there are a lot of terrific defensive linemen in the nation. No way would anyone, for instance, beat out first-team defensive tackles like Nebraska's Ndamukong Suh and Alabama's Terrence Cody.

Was second-team All-America tackle  Jared Odrick of Penn State more of an impact player than Clayborn? I would say no, but more had heard of Odrick than Clayborn before the season started, and so it goes. And don't get me wrong, Odrick is a wonderful senior player, big and tough, a probable 2010 NFL first-rounder.

But if Clayborn stays healthy, his year will come. That's next year. He'll have a full head of name-recognition by the time September rolls around.

Someone who knows something must have convinced him he has more to gain by staying in Iowa City another year than leaping to the NFL draft. Not having seen Clayborn in any mock-draft first-rounds, the advice was probably sound.

Whatever it is Clayborn needs to improve upon to become a first-rounder is something I'm curious to learn about, but it's to the Hawkeyes' benefit that there is something. He can improve on it in an Iowa uniform. You wouldn't think it would be quickness or instincts for a big man, that's for sure.

Despite a plethora of all-Big Ten players -- more than any other team in the league -- Iowa didn't have a superstar this year, a

 national-award player. With good health intact, that probably changes next season with Clayborn.

And, I dare say, possibly receiver Derrell Johnson-Koulianos. I'm really curious to see what a senior DJK can do next year with a senior quarterback in Ricky Stanzi. DJK already has 123 career catches for 1,607 yards. Even with plenty of ball-sharing with Marvin McNutt, Allen Reisner and perhaps Keenan Davis, the Hawkeyes have fewer incumbent top targets with Trey Stross and Tony Moeaki departing.

Anyway, here are a few of my less-than-professional videos from various Iowa players at their session with reporters Monday morning in the Iowa practice bubble. I'm still a neophyte with the video camera, so take these for what they're worth. Consider them snippets, not stories.