By Mr. Thursday Night-
In the next two weeks we will be counting down the greatest 10 Iowa Hawkeyes football players since 1990. This list was generated using many factors including on the field performance, importance to the program, state of orgin, etc.
#10 on the list is Aplington, Iowa's own, Aaron Kampman. Kampman was heavily recruited out of high school and came to Iowa City as a linebacker before converting to defensive end after his sophmore year.
In 2001, Kampman was named First Team All Big 10 and had perhaps his best performance during his last regular season game, a 42-24 win over Minnesota. Kampman's 15 tackles and 3 sacks secured Iowa's first winning season and bowl bid since 1997. Kampman finished his career 7th on Iowa's all-time tackles list with 342.
Despite being a 5th round draft pick by Green Bay, Kampman has had a highly successful pro career which has included multiple pro bowl births.
Kampman was a Hawkeye during some lean years (1998-2001) but is one of a few select Hawks responsible for turning the program around after the departure of Hayden Fry.
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