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per SI:
• David Cobb is the poster child for Minnesota’s recruiting efforts. The senior running back had hoped to sign with Stanford four years ago, but was no longer in the Cardinal’s plans when David Shaw was hired. When signing day arrived, the Killeen, Texas, product wasn’t as interested in his remaining scholarship offers, all from non-Power 5 schools. But then-Minnesota assistant and now Baltimore Ravens running backs coach Thomas Hammock heard about Cobb’s plight. The Gophers invited Cobb and his mother for an official visit and nine days after signing day he chose Minnesota.
Now, Cobb is among the Big Ten’s best running backs along with Nebraska’s Ameer Abdullah and Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon. He ranks among the nation’s top 10 rushers with 819 yards and four touchdowns on 154 carries. He’s been instrumental in his team’s 5-1 start that has the Gophers tied for first in the Big Ten West.
“We don’t worry about what everyone else is doing in recruiting,” Gophers wide receivers coach Brian Anderson told The Inside Read. “We worry about ourselves and the kind of kids we can get.”
“We’re proud of where it’s going, but we want to continue to build it the right way,” Anderson said. “We’re going to push the envelope and see how far we can take this thing.”
http://www.si.com/college-football/2014/10/14/mississippi-state-dan-mullen-inside-read
Go Gophers!!
• David Cobb is the poster child for Minnesota’s recruiting efforts. The senior running back had hoped to sign with Stanford four years ago, but was no longer in the Cardinal’s plans when David Shaw was hired. When signing day arrived, the Killeen, Texas, product wasn’t as interested in his remaining scholarship offers, all from non-Power 5 schools. But then-Minnesota assistant and now Baltimore Ravens running backs coach Thomas Hammock heard about Cobb’s plight. The Gophers invited Cobb and his mother for an official visit and nine days after signing day he chose Minnesota.
Now, Cobb is among the Big Ten’s best running backs along with Nebraska’s Ameer Abdullah and Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon. He ranks among the nation’s top 10 rushers with 819 yards and four touchdowns on 154 carries. He’s been instrumental in his team’s 5-1 start that has the Gophers tied for first in the Big Ten West.
“We don’t worry about what everyone else is doing in recruiting,” Gophers wide receivers coach Brian Anderson told The Inside Read. “We worry about ourselves and the kind of kids we can get.”
“We’re proud of where it’s going, but we want to continue to build it the right way,” Anderson said. “We’re going to push the envelope and see how far we can take this thing.”
http://www.si.com/college-football/2014/10/14/mississippi-state-dan-mullen-inside-read
Go Gophers!!