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per Weisbrod:
Here are a few things that each coach had to say:
PJ Fleck on the quarterback situation...
“We have the ability with the quarterback situation to let the process play itself out and get through training camp and make a decision. We are in a situation similar to last year. Not one of our quarterbacks have thrown a college pass. I can continue to say that because that’s a fact. That’s not hiding behind anything; that’s not making an excuse. That’s a fact and that’s where we are in year one. That’s exciting, but one thing I will say is you might see multiple quarterbacks at some positions, especially early in the season. Because if someone get hurt, I don’t want them to walk into the game and that to be their first college experience. We are investing more at the quarterback situation.”
Breakdown: As of Tuesday, the Gophers have five quarterbacks on the roster in highly-regarded junior college transfer Vic Viramontes; redshirt freshman Tanner Morgan of Union, Kentucky; former Mankato West and IMG Academy true freshman Zach Annexstad; former Minnehaha Academy redshirt freshman Samuel Pickerign and former defensive back Jon Santaga. Annexstad and Morgan performed well in the annual spring game but Viramontes has the most experience of the entire group after spending one season at Riverside Community College in Riverside, Calif. Pickerign and Santaga appear to be the furthest down the depth chart. Former quarterback, and four-star recruit, Seth Green, has been moved to tight end.
PJ Fleck on overall team depth and experience...
“We are way younger and way more inexperienced. We have more numbers [but] I wouldn’t consider us a deep team. We have some depth and we didn’t have any depth last year. It’s exciting. It’s a new year; sometimes when players haven’t played enough or haven’t played at all, they don’t know how good they are and they don’t know how bad they are; we get to transform that throughout the whole year. I am really looking forward to seeing a lot of these freshmen to come in and play. We are going to be one of the most youthful teams in the country, which I like. That doesn’t mean that you are picked to win the league, but it’s starting that process of what people are going to see in the future.”
Breakdown: According to 247sports.com, Minnesota’s 2018 recruiting class is ranked No. 37 in the nation and No. 7 in the Big Ten Conference. The class features three consensus four-star recruits, including a pair of mammoth offensive lineman from IMG Academy in Curtis Dunlap (6-foot-4, 368 pounds) and Daniel Faalele (6-8, 400). Rashod Bateman is the most highly-regarded “skill” position player of the group as a four-star wide receiver from Tifton, Geogria. Fleck said that he expects several freshmen to contribute right away, but Dunlap will likely redshirt.
http://www.southernminn.com/owatonn...cle_dabcd007-46a0-5d31-aa5d-226fc5476d01.html
Go Gophers!!
Here are a few things that each coach had to say:
PJ Fleck on the quarterback situation...
“We have the ability with the quarterback situation to let the process play itself out and get through training camp and make a decision. We are in a situation similar to last year. Not one of our quarterbacks have thrown a college pass. I can continue to say that because that’s a fact. That’s not hiding behind anything; that’s not making an excuse. That’s a fact and that’s where we are in year one. That’s exciting, but one thing I will say is you might see multiple quarterbacks at some positions, especially early in the season. Because if someone get hurt, I don’t want them to walk into the game and that to be their first college experience. We are investing more at the quarterback situation.”
Breakdown: As of Tuesday, the Gophers have five quarterbacks on the roster in highly-regarded junior college transfer Vic Viramontes; redshirt freshman Tanner Morgan of Union, Kentucky; former Mankato West and IMG Academy true freshman Zach Annexstad; former Minnehaha Academy redshirt freshman Samuel Pickerign and former defensive back Jon Santaga. Annexstad and Morgan performed well in the annual spring game but Viramontes has the most experience of the entire group after spending one season at Riverside Community College in Riverside, Calif. Pickerign and Santaga appear to be the furthest down the depth chart. Former quarterback, and four-star recruit, Seth Green, has been moved to tight end.
PJ Fleck on overall team depth and experience...
“We are way younger and way more inexperienced. We have more numbers [but] I wouldn’t consider us a deep team. We have some depth and we didn’t have any depth last year. It’s exciting. It’s a new year; sometimes when players haven’t played enough or haven’t played at all, they don’t know how good they are and they don’t know how bad they are; we get to transform that throughout the whole year. I am really looking forward to seeing a lot of these freshmen to come in and play. We are going to be one of the most youthful teams in the country, which I like. That doesn’t mean that you are picked to win the league, but it’s starting that process of what people are going to see in the future.”
Breakdown: According to 247sports.com, Minnesota’s 2018 recruiting class is ranked No. 37 in the nation and No. 7 in the Big Ten Conference. The class features three consensus four-star recruits, including a pair of mammoth offensive lineman from IMG Academy in Curtis Dunlap (6-foot-4, 368 pounds) and Daniel Faalele (6-8, 400). Rashod Bateman is the most highly-regarded “skill” position player of the group as a four-star wide receiver from Tifton, Geogria. Fleck said that he expects several freshmen to contribute right away, but Dunlap will likely redshirt.
http://www.southernminn.com/owatonn...cle_dabcd007-46a0-5d31-aa5d-226fc5476d01.html
Go Gophers!!