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Player quotes compiled from media availablity after practice. Cameron Botticelli quotes: (On being a senior, the top leader of defensive line) That’s just gonna happen, you got a guy who’s here for five years, he’s going to have a leadership role. So I didn’t really do anything to earn that other than stick around for […] READ MORE
Here are updates and quotes from Gophers practice – the season opener is only 10 days away!!! Coach Kill said that Jonah Prisig returned to practice today, and Ben Lauer did individual activities today and the staff will see how he progresses. He’s anticipating maybe practicing Sunday. Jerry Kill quotes: (Progress with pass blocking, passing […] READ MORE
The Gophers will likely be creative with how they get the ball in Edwards’ hands. Last season, a number of Gophers freshman contributed especially as the season progressed including Mitch Leidner, Maxx Williams, Drew Wolitarsky and Donovahn Jones. This year looks to be more of the same. Here are some freshmen that could make an […] READ MORE
The defense was more dominant during Saturday’s Gopher scrimmage. Scrimmage Notes: The story of the scrimmage was the aggressive play of the defense. The offense was kept simple today and was fairly predictable for the defense. Here are a few notes: Out of the 20 or so total drives within the scrimmage, only one resulted […] READ MORE
Stud RB recruit Jeff Jones at his signing day press conference. The Minnesota Gophers could be headed to their best recruiting class under head coach Jerry Kill after a strong eight-win season last year. They have nine commitments through the end of July, which includes seven three-star and two two-star athletes, according to Scout.com and […] READ MORE
Practice Notes: University President Eric Kaler attended practice today, and seemed excited on how the team will perform this upcoming season. Freshman Nick Hart has been getting a lot of reps, mostly with the second team, and is seeing a lot of balls thrown his way. While Mitch Leidner and Chris Streveler have […] READ MORE
Gophers Jerry Kill addresses the team at practice. Practice Notes: Cody Allen Poock is now out of his knee brace, and simply has a wrap around his leg. During two minute drills, both Leidner and Streveler looked very poised in the pocket during each of their combined four drives. All four drives ended in […] READ MORE
Photo courtesy of the Star Tribune. Practice Notes: Coach Kill also mentioned that the injury to Duke Anwanyu was a knee injury, and that he will be out for the entire season. This was the first practice that fans were allowed to watch, and there were about 100-150 fans on hand to watch practice. […] READ MORE
Practice notes: The team worked on their up-tempo, two minute offense sets throughout the practices. They did a game type simulation today with crowd noise mixed in, and rotating quarterbacks. It looked as though the offense struggled a lot more than it did the last two practices. There were dropped passes, a couple of […] READ MORE
Sean Engel, a 6-foot-4 ½, 165-pound rising junior receiver from Chaska (MN) High, is the younger brother of recent Gopher graduate and starting wideout Derrick. Engel helped lead the Hawks to an 11-1 mark last season. Engel, who shined this past weekend at the Team USA camp, where he had 65-yard touchdown for the […] READ MORE