Gophers in the NFL week 1 Stats:
Jack Gibbens: 6 Tackles
Jordan Howden: Played but no stats
Antoine Winfield: 8 Tackles with sack/FF/FR and 1 PD
Ko Kieft: 3 targets no catches
Daniel Faalele: Played
Rashod Bateman: 3 catches for 35 yards
John Michael Schmitz: Started at C
Devondre...
With the NFL starting this week, there are currently 8 former Gophers that are projected to start this year!
Bateman-Ravens
Winfield Jr.-Bucs
JMS-Giants
Campbell-Packers
Cashman-Texans
Gibbens-Titans
Mafe-Seahawks
St-Juste-Commanders
I think this is always a great reminder that people leaving in the transfer portal isn't always the end of the world. Outside of Bucky and Trill we are not really missing much out of this group. You could argue Oliver/Wright/Bishop but after this last game we don't really have any fall off in...
Looking at the participation statistics to start tracking which true freshman played. Feel free to correct me or add anyone I may of missed. Through game 1 looks like we had 2 true freshman take snaps:
Darius Taylor (1 rush for 3 yards)
Zander Rockow (No stats, but Love seeing a walk-on getting...
You see this a lot with tackles nowadays. If you ever watch the 49ers Trent Williams looks like he's false starting every play but is just timing the snap.
Joe Rossi put the team on his back this game. Hopefully we get more of the creativity on offense that we ran in Q4 for the rest of the season, and figure out how to run the ball!
We keep recruiting these guys who run 10 second 100m dashes in HS track. There's gotta be at least ONE of them we can plug in as a returner. Redding isn't fast and doesn't break tackles.
Very intrigued to see if more Minnesota guys consider Washington with Kalen Deboers ties to the area with Milbank being his hometown, and his time in the NSIC at University of Sioux Falls. He already poached Elinnieus Davis from Moorhead and would have to think this gives him more ammo to get...