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Schlueter stayed home
The Gophers offensive line has been the big key to putting together one of the best offensive teams in the Big Ten through a 6-0 start and a No. 20 ranking in the Associated Press poll.
The Gophers have averaged 475.0 yards, 248.7 rushing yards and 37.3 points per game through three Big Ten contests. Those numbers rank second to only Ohio State, which has averaged 543.0 yards, 332.3 rushing yards and 44.3 points in three conference games.
The Gophers have given up only five sacks in three Big Ten games (1.7 per game), which ranks fourth in the Big Ten.
One of the big reasons for that success is left tackle Sam Schlueter, the redshirt junior from Mayer Lutheran High School. He is part of an offensive line which features no senior starters.
Schlueter is a huge and dominant tackle, coming in at 6-6 and 325 pounds.
He joined the program in 2016 when Tracy Claeys was the Gophers coach. He came from Victoria, Minn., with a population around 9,000, and attended Mayer Lutheran, with an enrollment of fewer than 200 students.
“It’s a fairly small town, grew up there and went to high school in an even smaller town a little farther west of there,” Schlueter said. “But I take a lot of pride in this state and what I can do for it.”
Schlueter had offers from Iowa State, Louisville, Michigan State, Northwestern and Wisconsin.
“I had a few other Big Ten schools that were taking a look at me, but I always knew I wanted to come here,” he said. “No doubt at all.”
One thing that set Schlueter’s freshman class of 2016 apart was that he came in with other local players such as Carter Coughlin (Eden Prairie), Tyler Johnson (Minneapolis North), Kamal Martin (Burnsville), Conner Olson (Monticello) and Thomas Barber (Armstrong).
“We all have a lot of pride in this state and we really want to do something for this state,” Schlueter said. “I think us sticking through it for the long haul — this is our fourth year here, we are in the middle of our fourth year now, and we take a lot of pride in that.”
http://www.startribune.com/dakota-dozier-finds-vikings-to-his-liking/563340712/
Go Gophers!!
Schlueter stayed home
The Gophers offensive line has been the big key to putting together one of the best offensive teams in the Big Ten through a 6-0 start and a No. 20 ranking in the Associated Press poll.
The Gophers have averaged 475.0 yards, 248.7 rushing yards and 37.3 points per game through three Big Ten contests. Those numbers rank second to only Ohio State, which has averaged 543.0 yards, 332.3 rushing yards and 44.3 points in three conference games.
The Gophers have given up only five sacks in three Big Ten games (1.7 per game), which ranks fourth in the Big Ten.
One of the big reasons for that success is left tackle Sam Schlueter, the redshirt junior from Mayer Lutheran High School. He is part of an offensive line which features no senior starters.
Schlueter is a huge and dominant tackle, coming in at 6-6 and 325 pounds.
He joined the program in 2016 when Tracy Claeys was the Gophers coach. He came from Victoria, Minn., with a population around 9,000, and attended Mayer Lutheran, with an enrollment of fewer than 200 students.
“It’s a fairly small town, grew up there and went to high school in an even smaller town a little farther west of there,” Schlueter said. “But I take a lot of pride in this state and what I can do for it.”
Schlueter had offers from Iowa State, Louisville, Michigan State, Northwestern and Wisconsin.
“I had a few other Big Ten schools that were taking a look at me, but I always knew I wanted to come here,” he said. “No doubt at all.”
One thing that set Schlueter’s freshman class of 2016 apart was that he came in with other local players such as Carter Coughlin (Eden Prairie), Tyler Johnson (Minneapolis North), Kamal Martin (Burnsville), Conner Olson (Monticello) and Thomas Barber (Armstrong).
“We all have a lot of pride in this state and we really want to do something for this state,” Schlueter said. “I think us sticking through it for the long haul — this is our fourth year here, we are in the middle of our fourth year now, and we take a lot of pride in that.”
http://www.startribune.com/dakota-dozier-finds-vikings-to-his-liking/563340712/
Go Gophers!!