Daniels in portal

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short ornery norwegian said:
according to the roster - these are the OL (as of today) who have eligibility remaining.

Nathan Roy (3 yrs left)
Spencer Alvarez (2 yrs)
Jerome Williams (3 yrs)
Brett Carroll (3 yrs)
Jackson Hunter (1 yr)
Tony Nelson (2 yrs)
Greg Johnson (2 yrs)
Aluma Nkele (1 yr)
Martes Lewis (1 yr)
Reese Tripp (3 yrs)
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incoming true FR
Mark Handy
Nick Spence
Kaveon Lee
Daniel Shipp


so the starting Oline, if a game was being played today -
Johnson - Nelson - Lewis - ?? - ??
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If it were today, probably Roy, Nelson at the tackle spots, Carroll, Johnson and Lewis inside.
 

Among all the posts about how this sucks for us, want to not forget to say best of luck to the kid. Hope it works out wherever he goes. Now let's get back to figuring out who we can get in the portal that's better.
 

This sucks but it's not the end of the world. Daniels has potential but certainly a lot to work on. Wonder if a couple of the redshirts were passing him up but I would assume we will be looking for more online help in the portal.
 



This one stinks, I think he'll be a pretty good OT. He played really well in the WI game (obviously struggled in the Rutgers game). I think it's really important we grab at least one sure starter from the portal on the OL.
 

Five for fighting said:
I would bet that this is a situation where the player felt he was worth more than the NIL deal he was offered.
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I dunno, everyone jumps to money or playing time, and in this case I think we can rule out playing time. But there’s plenty of other unknown factors that could have caused him to transfer other than money. I don’t think it’s right to just assume he’s chasing dollars without some kind of clue. This is a guy that originally committed elsewhere even after visiting here, so maybe he wasn’t completely sold on Minnesota to begin with.
 






btowngopher said:
I dunno, everyone jumps to money or playing time, and in this case I think we can rule out playing time. But there’s plenty of other unknown factors that could have caused him to transfer other than money. I don’t think it’s right to just assume he’s chasing dollars without some kind of clue. This is a guy that originally committed elsewhere even after visiting here, so maybe he wasn’t completely sold on Minnesota to begin with.
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I think it fairly obvious here. And in no way am I knocking the kid. He needs to do what is best for his own situation. Football careers are very short and the wise grab those $$ opportunities when they present themselves. I bet he ends up at program of higher pedigree and funds than Minny.
 


Five for fighting said:
I think it fairly obvious here. And in no way am I knocking the kid. He needs to do what is best for his own situation. Football careers are very short and the wise grab those $$ opportunities when they present themselves. I bet he ends up at program of higher pedigree and funds than Minny.
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Fairly obvious based on what? I guess maybe we can jump to that if he ends up at OSU, but also he is from Ohio.
 



btowngopher said:
Ohio State? Wow, didn’t realize he was of that caliber.
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He had moments of being very good playing as a FR in the Big 10. Ohio State's OL has been bad this year, I think they'll lose 2-3 people to the draft/graduation and the backups that have played haven't been very good this season when dealing with injuries.

I was surprised to see Ohio State too but I won't be surprised to see him end up at helmet or SEC school.
 





GophersInIowa said:
I believe he's from Ohio so I can understand taking the chance.
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I’m saying he’s not supposed to know an OSU offer would be available. So it’s pretty risky to gamble a starting gig for a maybe offer from someone closer to home.
 


btowngopher said:
I’m saying he’s not supposed to know an OSU offer would be available. So it’s pretty risky to gamble a starting gig for a maybe offer from someone closer to home.
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Maybe Dinkytown Athletes can up the ante for him.
 

Jack jones said:
I seriously doubt the Ohio State or any SEC program is interested.
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Most P4 teams would take him in a heartbeat, including most SEC teams. Not saying he’d start, but he’d be a great add for most teams. Tough to find experienced p4 olinemen in the portal.
 

He played a lot a year after getting on campus. And played pretty well.

He's a higher rated transfer than anyone the Gophers are bringing in.

Tough one to lose.
 

USAF said:
He played a lot a year after getting on campus. And played pretty well.

He's a higher rated transfer than anyone the Gophers are bringing in.

Tough one to lose.
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Yep he's the 35th ranked overall player in the portal at this time and 5th OL. He's not moving laterally.
 


GophersInIowa said:
I saw the same. Some suggesting tampering going on.
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Hold on......you are not trying to imply that players not in the portal are being directly contacted by schools right? I just can't believe a team would do something like that....... :)

I can't even begin to imagine the amount of tampering going on across the country during the portal window.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Hold on......you are not trying to imply that players not in the portal are being directly contacted by schools right? I just can't believe a team would do something like that....... :)

I can't even begin to imagine the amount of tampering going on across the country during the portal window.
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I'm sure no tampering will get caught, but if we were to try and get a NDSU player or someone to move up locally we'd get the death penalty.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
I'm sure no tampering will get caught, but if we were to try and get a NDSU player or someone to move up locally we'd get the death penalty.
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Sounds about right.
 

That sucks. You usually need to be pretty damn good to start at offensive tackle as a redshirt freshman.
 

short ornery norwegian said:
according to the roster - these are the OL (as of today) who have eligibility remaining.

Nathan Roy (3 yrs left)
Spencer Alvarez (2 yrs)
Jerome Williams (3 yrs)
Brett Carroll (3 yrs)
Jackson Hunter (1 yr)
Tony Nelson (2 yrs)
Greg Johnson (2 yrs)
Aluma Nkele (1 yr)
Martes Lewis (1 yr)
Reese Tripp (3 yrs)
Ashton Beers (2 yrs) --- whoops, missed him.
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incoming true FR
Mark Handy
Nick Spence
Kaveon Lee
Daniel Shipp


so the starting Oline, if a game was being played today -
Johnson - Nelson - Lewis - ?? - ??
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Has any body heard anything on Tripp? From my neck of the woods so wondering if there is anything gods bad or indifferent.
 

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