BleedGopher
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per RandBall:
But if Bateman keeps going on his current trajectory and is, indeed, picked as high as his potential suggests, then he will make a certain amount of Gophers history.
Minnesota hasn’t had a first-round pick, period, since 2006 when running back Laurence Maroney went No. 21 overall to New England.
If he manages to crack the top 12 overall, Bateman would be the Gophers’ highest pick since Carl Eller went No. 6 to the Vikings in 1964.
Having someone selected that high in the draft would be another marker of the Gophers’ ascent — a combination of team relevance, individual production and high-end talent.
That would be something hard to forget even in a year as strange as this one.
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Go Gophers!!
But if Bateman keeps going on his current trajectory and is, indeed, picked as high as his potential suggests, then he will make a certain amount of Gophers history.
Minnesota hasn’t had a first-round pick, period, since 2006 when running back Laurence Maroney went No. 21 overall to New England.
If he manages to crack the top 12 overall, Bateman would be the Gophers’ highest pick since Carl Eller went No. 6 to the Vikings in 1964.
Having someone selected that high in the draft would be another marker of the Gophers’ ascent — a combination of team relevance, individual production and high-end talent.
That would be something hard to forget even in a year as strange as this one.
Rashod Bateman could be highest Gophers draft pick since Carl Eller in 1964
In this year of stops and starts, lows and highs, it can be easy to forget fundamental truths. Like this: Gophers wide receiver Rashod Bateman is really, really good at football. Physically, he has all the tools: size at 6-2, plenty of speed (20.3 yards per catch last season), great hands and...
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Go Gophers!!