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Per Randy:
For most of P.J. Fleck’s first seven years as Gophers football coach, Minnesota was known as a running team, one that would feed the football to a halfback, grind out yards, move the chains and drain the clock.
This year, Fleck’s eighth in Dinkytown, the Gophers have a quarterback in Max Brosmer who can work through multiple progressions, spread the ball around and deliver a highly accurate football. They’ve become a pass-first operation and one that’s riding a three-game win streak entering Saturday’s game at No. 24 Illinois.
One of the beneficiaries of the passing emphasis is tight end Jameson Geers, a fourth-year junior who’s emerging as one of Brosmer’s top targets. Geers has 13 receptions for 128 yards and a touchdown this season, ranking fifth in catches and yards on the team.
Geers, 6-5 and 255 pounds, gives Brosmer a big target at tight end, and his value was on display late in the first half of last week’s 48-23 Gophers win over Maryland. With Minnesota facing second-and-3 from its 42-yard line with 23 seconds left in the second quarter, Brosmer found Geers over the middle, and the 6-5, 255-pounder leapt to make a tough catch for a 23-yard gain to the Maryland 35. Four plays later, Dragan Kesich’s 34-yard field goal stretched the Gophers lead to 34-10.
“I have a lot to work on, but I feel like I’m improving, and our coaches are doing a really good job of utilizing me in the game plan — just being able to be myself out there and using my strengths,” Geers said. “Throughout the back end of the year, I think I’m going to be improving even more. I’m excited for that.”
Go Gophers!!
For most of P.J. Fleck’s first seven years as Gophers football coach, Minnesota was known as a running team, one that would feed the football to a halfback, grind out yards, move the chains and drain the clock.
This year, Fleck’s eighth in Dinkytown, the Gophers have a quarterback in Max Brosmer who can work through multiple progressions, spread the ball around and deliver a highly accurate football. They’ve become a pass-first operation and one that’s riding a three-game win streak entering Saturday’s game at No. 24 Illinois.
One of the beneficiaries of the passing emphasis is tight end Jameson Geers, a fourth-year junior who’s emerging as one of Brosmer’s top targets. Geers has 13 receptions for 128 yards and a touchdown this season, ranking fifth in catches and yards on the team.
Geers, 6-5 and 255 pounds, gives Brosmer a big target at tight end, and his value was on display late in the first half of last week’s 48-23 Gophers win over Maryland. With Minnesota facing second-and-3 from its 42-yard line with 23 seconds left in the second quarter, Brosmer found Geers over the middle, and the 6-5, 255-pounder leapt to make a tough catch for a 23-yard gain to the Maryland 35. Four plays later, Dragan Kesich’s 34-yard field goal stretched the Gophers lead to 34-10.
“I have a lot to work on, but I feel like I’m improving, and our coaches are doing a really good job of utilizing me in the game plan — just being able to be myself out there and using my strengths,” Geers said. “Throughout the back end of the year, I think I’m going to be improving even more. I’m excited for that.”
Gophers tight end Jameson Geers, already a strong blocker, emerges as key target for quarterback Max Brosmer
Jameson Geers’ leaping, 23-yard catch against Maryland last week was another example of what he can bring to this new, pass-oriented offense.
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!