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Thomas Barber was a “quad team member” before such a thing existed in Minnesota.
Under head coach P.J. Fleck and special teams coordinator Rob Wenger, the Gophers football program distinguishes players who contribute on the four major special teams units — punt, punt return, kickoff and kickoff return. Barber, now a senior linebacker, was doing that in 2016, a year before Fleck and Wenger arrived with that label.
“It was kind of funny,” Barber said Thursday. “I was telling Wenger, ‘I would have been a nice little quad (team) member back in the day for you.’ I was on all four. It was good times.”
Special teams players — especially those who are not kickers, punters or returners — can get overlooked, unless a big return happens. But this is the best place to look for young up-and-comers getting a taste of the size and speed of college football — or just the hungriest players finding a way onto the field through a side door.
www.twincities.com
Go Gophers!!
Thomas Barber was a “quad team member” before such a thing existed in Minnesota.
Under head coach P.J. Fleck and special teams coordinator Rob Wenger, the Gophers football program distinguishes players who contribute on the four major special teams units — punt, punt return, kickoff and kickoff return. Barber, now a senior linebacker, was doing that in 2016, a year before Fleck and Wenger arrived with that label.
“It was kind of funny,” Barber said Thursday. “I was telling Wenger, ‘I would have been a nice little quad (team) member back in the day for you.’ I was on all four. It was good times.”
Special teams players — especially those who are not kickers, punters or returners — can get overlooked, unless a big return happens. But this is the best place to look for young up-and-comers getting a taste of the size and speed of college football — or just the hungriest players finding a way onto the field through a side door.
Something special about Gophers football team’s ‘Quad Team Members’
Thomas Barber was a “quad team member” before such a thing existed in Minnesota. Under head coach P.J. Fleck and special teams coordinator Rob Wenger, the Gophers football program distinguishes pla…
www.twincities.com
Go Gophers!!
