PJ Fleck talks about 2020 Recruits

[hungan1]

I apologize as this is rather lengthy. It is worth reading about each kid in the 2020 recruiting class from the December NSD. Something to fill up your thirst for Gopher football during the dead time. It does not include three PWOs who signed in the February NSD.

Each one of these recruits have interesting stories. You get a sense of what goes into the mindset of Gopher Recruiting after listening to PJ Fleck's narrative about each player.

Coach Fleck Reviews 2020 Recruiting Class

Coach Fleck Reviews 2020 Recruiting Class

Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck meets the media to review the 2020 Golden Gopher recruiting class.Sign up for daily email updates from Gopher Athletics! Go t...

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P.J. Fleck talks about buying into the program on National Signing Day

Itayvion "Tank" Brown

Jalen Logan-Redding

Miles Fleming

Victor Pless

Dragan Kesich (PWO)

P.J. Fleck talks about Dragan Kesich from Oak Creek, WI!

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Daniel Jackson

P.J. Fleck talks about Daniel Jackson from Mission, KS!

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Ky Thomas

P.J. Fleck talks about Ky Thomas from Topeka, KS!

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Melle Kreuder

P.J. Fleck talks about Melle Kreuder from Germany!

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Wyatt Schroeder (PWO)

P.J. Fleck talks about Wyatt Schroeder from St. Francis, MN!

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Lucas Finnessy

P.J. Fleck talks about Lucas Finnessy from Sussex, WI!

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Danny Striggow

P.J. Fleck talks about Danny Striggow from Orono, MN!

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Austin Henderson

P.J. Fleck talks about Austin Henderson from Nashville, TN!

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Michael Dixon

P.J. Fleck talks about Michael Dixon from Statesboro, GA!

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Cody Lindenberg

P.J. Fleck talks about Cody Lindenberg from Anoka, MN!

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Aireontae Ersery

P.J. Fleck talks about Aireontae Ersery from Kansas City, MO!

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Martes Lewis

P.J. Fleck talks about Martes Lewis from Merrillville, IN!

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Jalen Glaze

P.J. Fleck talks about Jalen Glaze from Tallahassee, FL!

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Jaqwondis Burns

P.J. Fleck talks about Jaqwondis Burns from IMG Academy!

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Jah Joyner

P.J. Fleck talks about Jah Joyner from Danbury, CT!

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Tyrell Lawrence

P.J. Fleck talks about Tyrell Lawrence from Ontario, Canada!

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Mark Crawford

P.J. Fleck talks about punter Mark Crawford from Australia!

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Jonathan Mann

P.J. Fleck talks about Jonathan Mann from Rosemount, MN!

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Douglas Emilien

P.J. Fleck talks about Douglas Emilien from Fort Lauderdale, FL!

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Abner Dubar

P.J. Fleck talks about Abner Dubar from Anna, Texas!

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Gage Keys

P.J. Fleck talks about Gage Keys from Hilliard, OH!

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Ali Saad

P.J. Fleck talks about Ali Saad from Dearborn, MI!

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[#2Gopher]

Excellent Hungan!

 

[BTChamp]

Hungan, that's a lot of work you did. Thank you.
Also, I can practice my drinking while sitting down and watching these. Sorry, had to do it.

 

[hungan1]

Hungan, that's a lot of work you did. Thank you.
Also, I can practice my drinking while sitting down and watching these. Sorry, had to do it.

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Just kidding! I am all good. ?

This. I have a very good feeling about this 2020 Second Empire Recruiting Class! Mark my words in three years. The class is replete with hidden talent masked by multi-sport athlecism.

"You are buying into a culture, not one person."... "Always do the right thing."This Gopher Coaching Staff really outdid themselves and got some elite high character kids who couldn't wait to be Gophers.

 

[Flecknation]

Couldn't they have made it one long video like then did in the past instead of breaking it up

 

[hungan1]

I don't know how I'd shorten his presentation. It's too long either way. I like it like this way, my personal preference.

There is no brevity in PJ Fleck. For PJ to put together a montage of each kid's life and background is a nice personal touch.

 

[Plato]

More face time for PJ, something he can never pass up.

 

[KillmeNow]

Anyone got any info on the PWOs?

 

[PitinoFan]

More face time for PJ, something he can never pass up.

True, and he shouldn’t pass it up, since public speaking is a strength of his. Part of his job is to sell the program. In case you haven’t noticed, that isn’t easy in this state.

 

[Veritas]

Hungan, that's a lot of work you did. Thank you.
Also, I can practice my drinking while sitting down and watching these. Sorry, had to do it.

That's OK, you're an addict, you had no choice.

 

[hungan1]

Anyone got any info on the PWOs?

https://www.forums.gopherhole.com/boards/threads/2020-pwo-commitments.94291/

 

[watertown 1987 guy n]

More face time for PJ, something he can never pass up.

yes, he clearly made it all about himself as he talks about each recruit

 

[WriterGoph]

More face time for PJ, something he can never pass up.

Shouldnt you be worrying about how your team is going to replace Jonathan Taylor?

 

[KillmeNow]

https://www.forums.gopherhole.com/boards/threads/2020-pwo-commitments.94291/

Thanks hungan1

 

[WriterGoph]

Thanks so much for this post! Just watched them all! Very excited to watch them develop and contribute

 

[GringaGopher]

I really enjoyed hearing about all these recruits, thx !

 

[KillmeNow]

So when is Fleck getting his Statue? And will it be made out of solid gold, or just be gold plated?

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

So when is Fleck getting his Statue? And will it be made out of solid gold, or just be gold plated?

Bronze.... 1/3rd higher than TCF's highest point, stradling Oak Street and pointing down into the stadium.

 

[KillmeNow]

Bronze.... 1/3rd higher than TCF's highest point, stradling Oak Street and pointing down into the stadium.

Well, there has to be some Gold to it, maybe his hat or his whistle, as we are the Golden Gophers, right?! But otherwise I like your idea!!!

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Well, there has to be some Gold to it, maybe his hat or his whistle, as we are the Golden Gophers, right?! But otherwise I like your idea!!!

If you shine up bronze really nice it looks gold.

Like make it a tradition to polish up his head every year.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

At the end of the Abner Dubar video, Fleck says "I want to warn everyone, there are a lot of Juniors who will be leaving", for the folks who are trying to count scholarships.

I'm not sure if he means people who are currently JRs or people who will be JRs next season.

 

[WriterGoph]

At the end of the Abner Dubar video, Fleck says "I want to warn everyone, there are a lot of Juniors who will be leaving", for the folks who are trying to count scholarships.

I'm not sure if he means people who are currently JRs or people who will be JRs next season.

He is saying we are going to start having more players leaving after their junior year going forward - meaning after 3 years and they are eligible for the NFL Draft. A sign of a strong program, which is why everyone started clapping.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

He is saying we are going to start having more players leaving after their junior year going forward - meaning after 3 years and they are eligible for the NFL Draft. A sign of a strong program, which is why everyone started clapping.

Yeah, I sort of heard it like that but said "losing Antoine to the draft, or whatever it is. . . ". To me, he sounded careful to not only talk about players leaving for the draft. I could be reading into it too much.

 

[PhillyGopher]

At the end of the Abner Dubar video, Fleck says "I want to warn everyone, there are a lot of Juniors who will be leaving", for the folks who are trying to count scholarships.

I'm not sure if he means people who are currently JRs or people who will be JRs next season.

Antoine Winfield Jr? That's one Junior

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

Antoine Winfield Jr? That's one Junior

I really have no idea and Writer Goph could be right, he was talking hypothetically about losing future people to the NFL. I think that would be sort of strange wording (why would you have anxiety about having a ton of NFL players?).

It also is hard to gauge what he meant by a junior (this year/next year?, academic/RS?). Generically, I think he just meant people leaving early.

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

He is saying we are going to start having more players leaving after their junior year going forward - meaning after 3 years and they are eligible for the NFL Draft. A sign of a strong program, which is why everyone started clapping.

Definitely.

 

[KillmeNow]

Could also have meant guys graduating with at least a year of eligibility left. When you get 85 plus people all averaging 3.2 GPAs or whatever it is for the fb team now, and guys starting to make Academic All-American and Academic All-Conf, etc., there is an increased chance of a couple of those players graduating either early, or if they redshirted, on time, and if they are not open to the idea of continuing on in Grad school here at Minnesota, for whatever reason, whether it be the NFL calling them or another Grad school or maybe they are just done with school and hence, also done with football as well, then especially if they never cracked the starting lineup, why not move on with life and make room for the younger super stars coming into the program?

Just another possibility.

I'm hoping he was talking 100% about guys leaving for the NFL!!!

 

[In The Biffy]

Thanks for posting

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

He is saying we are going to start having more players leaving after their junior year going forward - meaning after 3 years and they are eligible for the NFL Draft. A sign of a strong program, which is why everyone started clapping.

You can make a case for several players that will be JRs this season that could leave for the draft after strong seasons.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

You can make a case for several players that will be JRs this season that could leave for the draft after strong seasons.

The reason why it doesn't make sense, IMO, is that having a team full of NFL players should not keep PJ Fleck up at night. I know it's kind of semantics.