Official 2016 Recruiting Updates Thread: Links, Tweets, Videos, Stories, Rumors, etc.

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BleedGopher said:
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Go Gophers!!
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Odd. Also has an offer from Ole Miss and Southern Miss......but it doesn't appear that he has an offer from the Gophers yet.
 

stocker08 said:
Odd. Also has an offer from Ole Miss and Southern Miss......but it doesn't appear that he has an offer from the Gophers yet.
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His SEC and Louisville offers are not committable. Basically Minnesota is his best shot at playing power 5 football as of now, but the staff hasn't decided if they want to take another QB yet so he hasn't been offered. It could happen though.
 






Keon would be very likely to commit if he were offered by the gophers. He has said we are the offer he is waiting for.
 

Saluki07 said:
What about Tyler Johnson (ATH) from North Minneapolis HS? What is his status for the BBQ? For commiting?
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According to 247 Sports, he took an unofficial visit to Notre Dame last month hoping to get an offer. We can take this to mean however we want, but he is not a shoe-in to be a Gopher.
 




Good article: The evolution of Lansing Catholic QB Tony Poljan to football, Minnesota commit

“He’s a great athlete, I think that was the biggest part of it,” Ahern said. "I think the biggest upside, and it’s something I’ve talked with other coaches about, is that he’s got a lot of growth to come as a quarterback. He’s only played it for two years. I think they could see that the potential is there to be really, really good.

"There are a lot of kids that are 6-7 in basketball that can do what he can do on the basketball floor. But there are not that many kids that are 6-7 that do what he does on the football field. I think he made the right decision, and that might be selfish on my part, but I think in the long run he’s got more of a future in football than he did in basketball.”

At the time, Poljan wasn’t ready to commit on a school or sport — and then Minnesota came calling in late April. By mid-May, he had his decision already made.

“I’m a guy who goes off feeling,” Poljan said. "I visited there, I met with all the coaches — Coach Kill, etc. — it just felt right. I knew where I was going and I knew where I wanted to go. Why wait?”

Rick Poljan and his wife, Amy, a former All-American pitcher and member of the Indiana University Athletics Hall of Fame, provided a check list of sorts to their son. They wanted him to find the right school for an education (Tony’s going into business) and surround himself around the right people.

"There are some places that maybe we don’t feel emphasize education enough, or appears to have enough stability,” Rick Poljan said. “(They) maybe over-emphasized the athletic portion of it and not the education portion of it. There are some basic hurdles there where we said, ‘These have to be met,’ and once those are met the decision was up to him.”

http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/n...ampaign=Feed:+mlive_sports+(MLive.com+Sports)

Go Gophers!!
 

That Poljan article was a great read, thanks for posting.

It sure sounds like we could have a great one. He didn't even start playing football until 7th grade, and didn't play QB until his sophomore year... suggests his big year last year was just scratching the surface.

And his upbringing and attitude sound like a great fit with this staff.

The one thing is, with any Catholic school recruit you always wonder about Notre Dame coming in late. Hope it's nothing we have to think about here.
 






is that good that Huff is announcing tonight? isn't he supposed to be on campus for the BBQ this weekend?
 

I don't get the 247 recruiting website, Matt Humbert and Kyle Goblirsh (sp?) just switched their prediction crystal ball to nothing, what does that mean? They originally predicted Minnesota and then Huff said he's committing today so thety take it back? why? will it hurt their overall score or something?
 

SDGopherFan said:
is that good that Huff is announcing tonight? isn't he supposed to be on campus for the BBQ this weekend?
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No and yes. I doubt he's golden if he's announcing tonight. Wouldn't make sense if he's going to be on campus Saturday.
 

SDGopherFan said:
I don't get the 247 recruiting website, Matt Humbert and Kyle Goblirsh (sp?) just switched their prediction crystal ball to nothing, what does that mean? They originally predicted Minnesota and then Huff said he's committing today so thety take it back? why? will it hurt their overall score or something?
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I believe if they get it wrong it would hurt their score in crystal ball predictions so I'm guessing they aren't real confident that Huff will pick the Gophers tonight.
 

So..... why couldn't he announce his commitment to the Gophers today and show up at the BBQ to celebrate???
 

peachpages said:
So..... why couldn't he announce his commitment to the Gophers today and show up at the BBQ to celebrate???
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That is exactly what it sounds like will happen, I am 99% certain he will commit to Miami of Ohio tonight, but he and his high school coach plan on still visiting for the BBQ. Some rumors floating around that his Minnesota offer might not be commit-able yet until the staff see's a little more from him in camp, likely just assuring himself a spot on a team for now. The staff plans on only taking 2 WR's this class and Howard has one of the spots, They also really like Desmond Fitzpatrick and few others, so it would make sense that Huff doesn't have a commit-able offer yet.
 

WanderingGopher said:
That Poljan article was a great read, thanks for posting. It sure sounds like we could have a great one. He didn't even start playing football until 7th grade, and didn't play QB until his sophomore year... suggests his big year last year was just scratching the surface. And his upbringing and attitude sound like a great fit with this staff. The one thing is, with any Catholic school recruit you always wonder about Notre Dame coming in late. Hope it's nothing we have to think about here.
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Maybe so, but there are also a ton of people who attend Catholic school for the sports, or better academics or improved school structure, etc. Also, I would venture to guess that many Catholic school attendees want out of that environment, ASAP. I may or may not be speaking from experience... :)
 


Wasn't Hmeilewski's mom Ms Basketball in Minnesota in the 1980's?

Goldy Gopher said:
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Dad was a pretty good athlete too BITD. Hmielewski is likely a sleeper not a lot of the Big 10 teams are in on yet.
If so, gotta love those bloodlines, I think I remember his mom lighting it up in the State tournament, for some small school Tracy-Milroy I think, Miller was her last name and she could really knock down shots.
 

Wasn't Jerry Kill worried about too many commitments so early in this recruiting cycle?

There are below the radar kid, and late bloomers. Then, there are last minute highly rated players that may become available due to over signing or other happen stance.

Coach Kill mentioned last year that there was a four star player that became available who approached the Gophers, but they already were filled up. Does anybody remember who that recruit was?
 

gopherdudepart2 said:
Dad was a pretty good athlete too BITD. Hmielewski is likely a sleeper not a lot of the Big 10 teams are in on yet.
If so, gotta love those bloodlines, I think I remember his mom lighting it up in the State tournament, for some small school Tracy-Milroy I think, Miller was her last name and she could really knock down shots.
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I live about half hour from Marshall. Kid is a very good athlete. Like you said the kid is a sleeper a little bit. Don't know if we will ever offer him, but I wouldn't mind if we do. Would still like to see us go for Fitzpatrick first though.
 

Gopherfan12 said:
I live about half hour from Marshall. Kid is a very good athlete. Like you said the kid is a sleeper a little bit. Don't know if we will ever offer him, but I wouldn't mind if we do. Would still like to see us go for Fitzpatrick first though.
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wabasso????

I'll take another Eric Decker type...
 


hungan1 said:
Wasn't Jerry Kill worried about too many commitments so early in this recruiting cycle?

There are below the radar kid, and late bloomers. Then, there are last minute highly rated players that may become available due to over signing or other happen stance.

Coach Kill mentioned last year that there was a four star player that became available who approached the Gophers, but they already were filled up. Does anybody remember who that recruit was?
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If I remember right, a lot of people thought it was Bradrick Shaw (RB), who had been committed to Wisconsin for some time and ended up going there anyway.
 

Okie said:
If I remember right, a lot of people thought it was Bradrick Shaw (RB), who had been committed to Wisconsin for some time and ended up going there anyway.
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Actually, If I'm not mistaken I believe it was determined that the player was Sheldrick Redwine, a corner that ended up signing with Miami. It could have been Shaw, though. To be honest I can't exactly remember but for whatever reason I want to say it was Redwine.
 

It's a Pig Man! said:
Actually, If I'm not mistaken I believe it was determined that the player was Sheldrick Redwine, a corner that ended up signing with Miami. It could have been Shaw, though. To be honest I can't exactly remember but for whatever reason I want to say it was Redwine.
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naw it was the WI RB. Wanted to flip but staff told him no. Apparently they didn't think he was better than the RBs they had committed, at least not far enough ahead of them to bring him in at that point. We'll see. None of the incoming RBs blew me away from what I've seen. Of course I realize that what I see is just a few highlights and I'm not the one comparing their film to 100 other RBs or accurately factoring competition, potential, etc so I'm not claiming I know anything for sure.
 

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