Gophers Football Recruiting Nuggets and Tid-Bits

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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




News, Notes, Tid-Bits & Quotes: Gophers Football Monday Practice Report

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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

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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: Nick Connelly on Committing to Gophers: “Now the dream is finally coming true.”

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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

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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