DE Adrian Clayborn, Iowa (6'3, 285) -- Another uneven performance. He's struggled a lot to hold ground in the run game: He was repeatedly buried by Carimi, as well as Kendricks and the back-up tight end that came in to replace him. He did get a few good pressures, mostly beating Carimi to the outside, but his pass rush wasn't consistent and far from dominant.

He still *looks* the part -- great size, strong punch and scary quickness in a five-yard radius -- but so far this season Clayborn's talent has not resulted in matching production.

WR Derrell Johnson-Koulianos, Iowa (6'1, 200) -- The opposite of McNutt. He's a very capable blocker, has solid hands and does very well catching about half the route tree. What he struggles with is separation -- marginal speed (the long touchdown came when Brinkley fell down) and he gets beat to the ball on the post and deep out. Could be a decent possession receiver.

CB Shaun Prater, Iowa (5'11, 180) -- Has a lot of jerky, wasteful movement out of his backpedal and lacks closing speed (couldn't close ground on Clay of all people). *Shrug*.

OT Gabe Carimi, Wisconsin (6'7, 315) -- He wasn't perfect -- started lunging a bit when reaching for linebackers, and his footwork let him down a couple times against Clayborn's rush -- but he was still damn impressive. Continues to dominate all comers in the run game (he shoved Clayborn to the *other* side of the formation on a successful 4th and 1 conversion) and his overall pass protection was solid. Remains the best tackle prospect I've seen this season.