Greg Johnson became the first true freshman O-lineman to play for Minnesota since Daniel Faalele in 2018

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This year's OL is playing OK. We have a RB who is playing very well. AK needs to deliver a better and more accurate ball, and our receivers need to catch the throws that hit their hands (or at least stop tipping them up for interceptions).
 

Cooper played much better, in the limited times I saw GJ out there. Saw multiple times in pass pro that he had zero hand placement and was just using his lower body strength and ballast to wall off the guy from getting further penetration.

He’ll be a multiple year starter here.

I see no value in burning his redshirt. You get four games, unlimited reps per game, AND the bowl game on top of that, now.

Barring injury, seems silly.
 

Johnson came in at his position of LG, and it's interesting to note they slid Tyler Cooper over to RG, moving Lewis to the bench.

On another series, Johnson played his LG position, Lewis played his RG position, and Cooper took a breather.

Looks like they want to work Johnson in & see what the best option at RG is.
 

Sure, and within the four games that’s fine. Seemed like the reps split was around

Copper, Lewis >90%
GJ <10%

Enough to get some real tape to evaluate, without risking too much.
 











dpodoll68 said:
This is not correct. Hell, Ersery started as a true freshman at RT against Nebraska in 2020, and played pretty much the whole game as I recall. Two true freshman OL played in 2019 as well - Guedet against Rutgers and Cooper against Maryland.
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It doesn't count if those guys aren't taller than Mike Morris.
 





dpodoll68 said:
This is not correct. Hell, Ersery started as a true freshman at RT against Nebraska in 2020, and played pretty much the whole game as I recall. Two true freshman OL played in 2019 as well - Guedet against Rutgers and Cooper against Maryland.
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Greder is pretty lousy at his job. Never let’s facts get in the way of his tweets.
 

Ersery was the covid season, he started the one game out of sheer necessity with guys being ruled out. Redshirted the following season.

https://gophersports.com/sports/football/roster/aireontae-ersery/21233

Other two cited did not start, but did play during their redshirt years.

https://gophersports.com/sports/football/roster/tyler-cooper/21229
https://gophersports.com/sports/football/roster/jj-guedet/21245


Think the underlying intention, though perhaps poorly worded/explained, is people are getting exited by Fleck letting on that this may not be a redshirt year for GJ. That is the first for a true freshman since Big Dan.

But I hope that actually doesn't end up being true.
 


MplsGopher said:
Ersery was the covid season, he started the one game out of sheer necessity with guys being ruled out. Redshirted the following season.

https://gophersports.com/sports/football/roster/aireontae-ersery/21233

Other two cited did not start, but did play during their redshirt years.

https://gophersports.com/sports/football/roster/tyler-cooper/21229
https://gophersports.com/sports/football/roster/jj-guedet/21245


Think the underlying intention, though perhaps poorly worded/explained, is people are getting exited by Fleck letting on that this may not be a redshirt year for GJ. That is the first for a true freshman since Big Dan.

But I hope that actually doesn't end up being true.
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Since Dunlop full year and Dan second half of the season.
 





MplsGopher said:
Cooper played much better, in the limited times I saw GJ out there. Saw multiple times in pass pro that he had zero hand placement and was just using his lower body strength and ballast to wall off the guy from getting further penetration.

He’ll be a multiple year starter here.

I see no value in burning his redshirt. You get four games, unlimited reps per game, AND the bowl game on top of that, now.

Barring injury, seems silly.
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I like the idea of throwing him out early to see if he’s an upgrade or at least get him some reps in case someone gets injured.
 

dpodoll68 said:
This is not correct. Hell, Ersery started as a true freshman at RT against Nebraska in 2020, and played pretty much the whole game as I recall. Two true freshman OL played in 2019 as well - Guedet against Rutgers and Cooper against Maryland.
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Thanks for clarifying. I thought Ersery played as a true freshman as well.
 



It’s unfortunate that he doesn’t have better coaching. If things stay as they are, we will have a New OL Coach next year. Thank goodness.
 



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