STrib: Gophers getting some attention for NFL draft

per Joe:

Three years is a long time for a Big Ten program to trudge along without producing an NFL draft pick. The Gophers endured such a drought from 2011 to ’13, when many of Tim Brewster’s recruits fizzled.

Minnesota had two of Glen Mason’s recruits drafted in 2010: Eric Decker and Nate Triplett. After that, the Gophers didn’t have a single player drafted until two Brewster recruits — Ra’Shede Hageman and Brock Vereen — were picked in 2014.

Jerry Kill’s recruits started coming of age last year, and the Gophers had four players drafted — Maxx Williams, Damien Wilson, David Cobb and Cedric Thompson — for the first time since 2006.

This trend should extend through this week’s NFL draft, because the Gophers have at least three players with a strong chance to get picked somewhere in the middle to late rounds.

Eric Murray, Briean Boddy-Calhoun and De’Vondre Campbell weren’t nationally renowned names coming out of high school, but each found a niche playing at Minnesota.

http://www.startribune.com/gophers-getting-some-nfl-attention-for-draft/376906631/

Go Gophers!!

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Go Gophers!!

In the "almost Gopher" file, Dadi Nicolas (Wedley Estime when he almost committed to us before opting for Virginia Tech) is probably going to get drafted.