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Worldly recruiting
Before the NCAA shut down spring sports, Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck said he was excited that his coaching staff was finding so many players in international areas.
The Class of 2020 includes defensive end Melle Kreuder of Germany, punter Mark Crawford of Australia and Canadian offensive lineman Tyrell Lawrence, who played his senior season at Clear-water Academy International in Florida.
Fleck said he takes pride in his staff finding players from any location around the globe.
“We do pay attention to Canada and internationally,” Fleck said. “Obviously [junior offensive lineman] Daniel Faalele came over to the States, but he’s Australian and we can go onto other guys that we are recruiting this year that could be international students.
“There is a little bit different process of getting them admitted to the school in terms of the way the education systems work in other countries. But the NCAA and compliance have a great way of being able to do that in a way for everybody to understand it. I think it’s important to be able to recruit everybody. Football is becoming a worldwide sport.”
One of the questions that certainly will come up when the NCAA is operating again is how it handles international recruiting going forward, especially if different countries have different rules for when players can travel in and out of their home country.
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Go Gophers!!
Worldly recruiting
Before the NCAA shut down spring sports, Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck said he was excited that his coaching staff was finding so many players in international areas.
The Class of 2020 includes defensive end Melle Kreuder of Germany, punter Mark Crawford of Australia and Canadian offensive lineman Tyrell Lawrence, who played his senior season at Clear-water Academy International in Florida.
Fleck said he takes pride in his staff finding players from any location around the globe.
“We do pay attention to Canada and internationally,” Fleck said. “Obviously [junior offensive lineman] Daniel Faalele came over to the States, but he’s Australian and we can go onto other guys that we are recruiting this year that could be international students.
“There is a little bit different process of getting them admitted to the school in terms of the way the education systems work in other countries. But the NCAA and compliance have a great way of being able to do that in a way for everybody to understand it. I think it’s important to be able to recruit everybody. Football is becoming a worldwide sport.”
One of the questions that certainly will come up when the NCAA is operating again is how it handles international recruiting going forward, especially if different countries have different rules for when players can travel in and out of their home country.
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