True freshmen from the 2023 class who can make immediate impact

[hungan1]

My guesses are:

1. Greg Johnson, OL
2. Za'Quan Bryan, CB
3. Darius Taylor, RB
4. Kenrick Lanier, WR (when injuries become a factor)
5. TE - Pierce Walsh or Sam Peters

 

[denguegopher]

I bet that it will not be a frosh TE that makes a difference simply due to our roster. I've seen this on other team's rosters too - why do we have 9 TE's listed, when only one can play at a time, and only 20 OL guys, five of whom play every play? Why are we so loaded with TE's? Are a lot of them Walk-ons? They are big guys, so IMHO some of them should be switched to O or DL. Hell, among those switched to DL we might even find a pass-rusher. Just a thought. https://gophersports.com/sports/football/roster

 

[GopherLaundry2013]

I bet that it will not be a frosh TE that makes a difference simply due to our roster. I've seen this on other team's rosters too - why do we have 9 TE's listed, when only one can play at a time, and only 20 OL guys, five of whom play every play? Why are we so loaded with TE's? Are a lot of them Walk-ons? They are big guys, so IMHO some of them should be switched to O or DL. Hell, among those switched to DL we might even find a pass-rusher. Just a thought. https://gophersports.com/sports/football/roster

Have you not watched much Gopher football in the Fleck era? They use a ton of jumbo sets with extra OL and TE's. Literally 9 of the 11 players in the formation pictured from the Wisconsin game last year are TE's or OL.

 

[btowngopher]

I bet that it will not be a frosh TE that makes a difference simply due to our roster. I've seen this on other team's rosters too - why do we have 9 TE's listed, when only one can play at a time, and only 20 OL guys, five of whom play every play? Why are we so loaded with TE's? Are a lot of them Walk-ons? They are big guys, so IMHO some of them should be switched to O or DL. Hell, among those switched to DL we might even find a pass-rusher. Just a thought. https://gophersports.com/sports/football/roster

I think 2 are walk ons and 3 are freshmen.

 

[denguegopher]

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Have you not watched much Gopher football in the Fleck era? They use a ton of jumbo sets with extra OL and TE's. Literally 9 of the 11 players in the formation pictured from the Wisconsin game last year are TE's or OL.

Thanks for the info.