Derrick Engel given scholarship from Coach Kill!

[BleedGopher]

Jon Christenson's scholarship award was well documented a few weeks back, but this is the first I've seen of Engel being awarded one. Congrats to him! Per Shama:

Although it may not be well known, the Gophers placed former walk-ons Jon Christenson (redshirt sophomore center) and Derrick Engel (redshirt senior wide receiver) on scholarships this summer. Both have been starters, but Engel wasn’t part of the first team offense last Saturday in the game at New Mexico State. Engel said he didn’t play well in the first game of the season when he started against UNLV at TCF Bank Stadium.

“I don’t know what it was,” Engel said. “It might have just been nerves, or senior year first game and everything. It was real hot out there and it was hard to catch my breath. You can’t really have any excuses. I just didn’t have a great game.”

Engel said he lost confidence after the UNLV game but gained some back against New Mexico State when he caught two passes including a 48 yarder.

http://shamasportsheadliners.com/

Go Gophers!!

 

[corcoran1]

Jon Christenson's scholarship award was well documented a few weeks back, but this is the first I've seen of Engel being awarded one. Congrats to him! Per Shama:

Although it may not be well known, the Gophers placed former walk-ons Jon Christenson (redshirt sophomore center) and Derrick Engel (redshirt senior wide receiver) on scholarships this summer. Both have been starters, but Engel wasn’t part of the first team offense last Saturday in the game at New Mexico State. Engel said he didn’t play well in the first game of the season when he started against UNLV at TCF Bank Stadium.

“I don’t know what it was,” Engel said. “It might have just been nerves, or senior year first game and everything. It was real hot out there and it was hard to catch my breath. You can’t really have any excuses. I just didn’t have a great game.”

Engel said he lost confidence after the UNLV game but gained some back against New Mexico State when he caught two passes including a 48 yarder.

http://shamasportsheadliners.com/

Go Gophers!!

Congratulations to him, and I hope he gets his head back in the game, he played well last season. He is not built to be a primary receiver, but he can help the team if he makes up his mind to fight for the ball.