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
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Gopher Football Wednesday Practice Report: Demaris Peppers and Steven Richardson Stand Out
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
Gopher Football Tuesday Practice Report: Cedric Thompson Says Team Will Let Its Work Do The Talking
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
News, Notes, Tid-Bits & Quotes: Gophers Football Monday Practice Report
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
News, Notes, Tid-Bits & Quotes: Gophers Football Practice Report
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
Q&A: WR Sean Engel: “My first choice right now would be the Minnesota Gophers”
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
New Gophers Football Video: Gameday Experience 2014
With just over two months from the Gophers season opener vs Eastern Illinois, it’s never too early to get fired up for the Gopher game day experience!! READ MORE
Q&A: Nick Connelly on Committing to Gophers: “Now the dream is finally coming true.”
Nick Connelly, a 6-foot-6, 270-pound junior defensive tackle/offensive tackle from Red Wing (MN) High, committed to Minnesota Tuesday. He had received a scholarship offer from Minnesota last Wednesday. Nick Connelly, a 6-foot-6, 270-pound junior defensive tackle/offensive tackle from Red Wing (MN) High, committed to Minnesota Tuesday. He had received a scholarship offer from Minnesota last […] READ MORE
Q&A: Nick Connelly Says It Was Amazing To Get Gophers Scholarship Offer; Will Visit Iowa Thursday
Nick Connelly, a 6-foot-6, 270-pound junior defensive tackle/offensive tackle from Red Wing (MN) High, received a scholarship offer from Minnesota Wednesday. Connelly, who is rated as a three-star recruit by Scout, averaged ten tackles and four solo tackles per game this past season. Connelly attended the Minnesota Gopher home games versus Western Illinois, Iowa, […] READ MORE
Video Profile: The Twin Cities and University of Minnesota Offer Student-Athletes a Unique Experience
One of the unique recruiting differentiators for all Gopher sports is the offerings that a major metropolitan area like the Twin Cities has to offer student-athletes during and after their college years. The Gophers put together a video highlighting these great offerings. READ MORE