Official Visits: Fall 2012

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Donovahn Jones (Missouri commit) has rescheduled his visit for January. No idea why.
 


Nate Godwin, DB, will also be here for the Purdue game. Has listed offers from West Virginia, Iowa State, and South Florida.

 

By the looks of the guys who have or will have visited, it looks like we have ~14 serious prospects for about 8-10 spots.

RB- Berkeley Edwards
RB- Jacky Marcellus
WR- Eric Carter
WR- Hunter Jarmon
WR- Drew Wolitarsky
TE- Aaron Batten
DE/DT-Demaris Peppers
DE/DT-Hendrick Ekpe
OLB-Rayfield Dixon
OLB/S- Tedric Thompson
S- Neiko Robinson
S- Malik Rucker
DB- Nate Godwin
ATH- Donovahn Jones

I'm sure Kill and co. have a few visits they are still trying to work, and probably a few local guys as fallback options (I wouldn't be surprised to see them add a JUCO defender or two either). It's nice to at least see them being proactive with the visits, in spite of the lack of commitments.
 

Gopherprof said:
By the looks of the guys who have or will have visited, it looks like we have ~14 serious prospects for about 8-10 spots.

RB- Berkeley Edwards
RB- Jacky Marcellus
WR- Eric Carter
WR- Hunter Jarmon
WR- Drew Wolitarsky
TE- Aaron Batten
DE/DT-Demaris Peppers
DE/DT-Hendrick Ekpe
OLB-Rayfield Dixon
OLB/S- Tedric Thompson
S- Neiko Robinson
S- Malik Rucker
DB- Nate Godwin
ATH- Donovahn Jones

I'm sure Kill and co. have a few visits they are still trying to work, and probably a few local guys as fallback options (I wouldn't be surprised to see them add a JUCO defender or two either). It's nice to at least see them being proactive with the visits, in spite of the lack of commitments.
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Thanks for the excellent analysis.

The one thing I might add is that it is likely that the number of total scholarships available (Per coach Kill) will be close to 14. Two of these 14 scholarships will be due to Jimmy Gjere and Quinn Bauducco scholarships being freed up by them going on medical scholarships next year. Coach Kill also commented that is likely that 2 of the 14 scholarships could go to walk-ons leaving 12 for recruits.

With 6 oral commits now, we would then have room for only 6 more recruits from the list of 14 above. This is obviously a moving target and as somebody pointed to me it all works out in the end. Personally, I think it is done with magic.:)
 


Killjoy said:
Thanks for the excellent analysis.

The one thing I might add is that it is likely that the number of total scholarships available (Per coach Kill) will be close to 14. Two of these 14 scholarships will be due to Jimmy Gjere and Quinn Bauducco scholarships being freed up by them going on medical scholarships next year. Coach Kill also commented that is likely that 2 of the 14 scholarships could go to walk-ons leaving 12 for recruits.

With 6 oral commits now, we would then have room for only 6 more recruits from the list of 14 above. This is obviously a moving target and as somebody pointed to me it all works out in the end. Personally, I think it is done with magic.:)
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I'd bet dollars to donuts that the total number is higher than that (more like 16-18 total) after off-season attrition.
 

I believe Kill recently said in an interview that they expected 14-16 recruits this year, which was surprisingly specific.

You're also forgetting Bobek, who is currently not under scholarship but will be starting this spring.
 

dpodoll68 said:
I'd bet dollars to donuts that the total number is higher than that (more like 16-18 total) after off-season attrition.
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You could be right but I am not sure who would be leaving. My assumption is that the scholarship payers that are most likely to leave are those that are either dissatisfied and or not likely to get playing time in the future. Those who may fall in that category are 2 junior scholarship TEs. It would be unusual for them to leave though with only one year left. There are also 2 sophomore scholarship WR that are really probably not division 1 players but I am guessing that they are satisfied with their situation here. In addition there are 2 freshmen linemen who have not gotten much press the last 2 year and may be dissatisfied and along with a freshman QB whose status is not clear to me. Lastly, there are a couple of defensive backs that I am not sure of their status. Otherwise a lot of the recent players are very much in the picture and hopefully will be staying but only time will tell.
 

I don't think there will a large amount of defections, but I'd probably look at Dexter Foreman, Kyle and Luke McAvoy, and Cameron Wilson as good possibilities due to depth chart issues. I'd agree that's probably about it, and I wouldn't expect anyone like Moses Alipate to transfer with only one year left to graduate.
 



Gopherprof said:
I don't think there will a large amount of defections, but I'd probably look at Dexter Foreman, Kyle and Luke McAvoy, and Cameron Wilson as good possibilities due to depth chart issues. I'd agree that's probably about it, and I wouldn't expect anyone like Moses Alipate to transfer with only one year left to graduate.
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Moses is in his 4th year, could graduate and hang up the cleats. Many have done that in the past.
 


3 recruits on campus this weekend. Let's hope for a commit or two...
 

Aren't we expecting more linebackers - didn't Kill or Claeys say that?
 



Quick rundown of the three players visiting this weekend:

Rayfield Dixon - OLB/S - Loxahatchee, FL
- top four of Minnesota, Purdue, Wake Forest, and West Virginia
- holds 5 BCS and 10 mid-major offers
- we're the last team Dixon will visit
- 3 stars on Rivals, 2 stars on Scout (#132 saftey), 3 stars/76 Rating on ESPN (#84 OLB)

Nate Godwin - DB - Tampa, FL
- top three of Minnesota, USF, and West Virginia
- we'll be the first team to host him for an official visit
- holds 4 BCS offers and 12 mid-major offers
- 3 stars on Rivals, 3 stars on Scout (#77 CB), NR on ESPN

Aaron Batten - TE - Hileah, FL
- top three of Minnesota, UCONN, and Duke
- 5 BCS and 2 mid-major offers
- we're the first to host Batten for an official visit
- 2 stars on Rivals, NR on ESPN and Scout
- Batten considering committing?
 

RoyalGopher said:
Quick rundown of the three players visiting this weekend:

Rayfield Dixon - OLB/S - Loxahatchee, FL
- top four of Minnesota, Purdue, Wake Forest, and West Virginia
- holds 5 BCS and 10 mid-major offers
- we're the last team Dixon will visit
- 3 stars on Rivals, 2 stars on Scout (#132 saftey), 3 stars/76 Rating on ESPN (#84 OLB)

Nate Godwin - DB - Tampa, FL
- top three of Minnesota, USF, and West Virginia
- we'll be the first team to host him for an official visit
- holds 4 BCS offers and 12 mid-major offers
- 3 stars on Rivals, 3 stars on Scout (#77 CB), NR on ESPN

Aaron Batten - TE - Hileah, FL
- top three of Minnesota, UCONN, and Duke
- 5 BCS and 2 mid-major offers
- we're the first to host Batten for an official visit
- 2 stars on Rivals, NR on ESPN and Scout
- Batten considering committing?
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Solid rundown - Thanks!
 

RoyalGopher said:
Quick rundown of the three players visiting this weekend:

Rayfield Dixon - OLB/S - Loxahatchee, FL
- top four of Minnesota, Purdue, Wake Forest, and West Virginia
- holds 5 BCS and 10 mid-major offers
- we're the last team Dixon will visit
- 3 stars on Rivals, 2 stars on Scout (#132 saftey), 3 stars/76 Rating on ESPN (#84 OLB)

Nate Godwin - DB - Tampa, FL
- top three of Minnesota, USF, and West Virginia
- we'll be the first team to host him for an official visit
- holds 4 BCS offers and 12 mid-major offers
- 3 stars on Rivals, 3 stars on Scout (#77 CB), NR on ESPN

Aaron Batten - TE - Hileah, FL
- top three of Minnesota, UCONN, and Duke
- 5 BCS and 2 mid-major offers
- we're the first to host Batten for an official visit
- 2 stars on Rivals, NR on ESPN and Scout
- Batten considering committing?
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Thanks RoaylGopher - much appreciated. Hopefully the Florida boys love some good ol' football weather!

Go Gophers!!
 


@CNee247: Bartow (Fla.) 3-star CB Vontarius West working on scheduling an official visit to #Gophers for Nov. 3

Go Gophers!!
 

I will be surprised if at least one RB does not decide to go somewhere he can play more. Williams is likely to be the main ball carrier next year, he is as fast as anyone else, much faster than Kirkwood and much bigger. For guys older than he is, they have a decision to make. I expect Kirkwood to stay, but the other guys have to think about it if they want to play.
 

Hope the recruits had a good time this weekend, anyone got any insight?
 

‏@RyanBurnsGI
Tampa (Fla.) Freedom safety Nate Godwin (@Nate_Godwin2) gives his official visit to #Minnesota a "10". I'll have the story up soon.
 


Gophers commit Owen Salzwedel will make his official visit to the U this weekend.
 

Combining the three tweets:

Demaris Peppers ‏@DP_The_Great_
My folks want me to take more visits. I'm going to take them just to make them feel more comfortable before I choose. But I already got my mind set on what school I want to go to At the end of the day I'm going to be Golden

Barring anything extreme, looks like we got ourselves a commit.
 

RyanBurnsGI ‏@RyanBurnsGI
BREAKING NEWS: Memphis (Tenn.) DT Demaris Peppers (@DP_The_Great_ ) has committed to the Minnesota #GoldenGophers. I'll have more later on.


Welcome to the family! His Rivals page.
 


Just updated the front page with 3 recruits that will be here next weekend.
 

De'Niro Laster is being recruited as a linebacker, not a wide receiver. He recently visited Penn State, where they are looking at him at linebacker, and Illinois is doing the same. Both schools have yet to offer due to some questions with his academics, so you have to wonder if that will be an issue with us as well.
 


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