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per Randy:
Even before P.J. Fleck and his staff arrived to take over the program earlier this year, Antoine Winfield Jr. was making the type of did-you-see-that plays that earned him the label of the Gophers’ next standout defensive back.
Remember his 82-yard interception return for a touchdown to put a stamp on Minnesota’s first Big Ten win last year against Maryland?
Winfield, the son of a former Vikings standout with the same name, wasted no time in showing that his sophomore season could be more of that, and then some.
In the season opener last week, the 5-10, 204-pounder had seven tackles, two pass breakups, a sack and a blocked field goal in a 17-7 win against Buffalo.
“He’s a special player,” said Fleck, who coaches his first Gophers road game Saturday at Oregon State. “You knew that just because of his blood line, right, but when you watch how he [played] … that is how I want everyone on this football team to play.”
http://m.startribune.com/once-a-fab...-a-super-sophomore-for-the-gophers/442956103/
Go Gophers!!
Even before P.J. Fleck and his staff arrived to take over the program earlier this year, Antoine Winfield Jr. was making the type of did-you-see-that plays that earned him the label of the Gophers’ next standout defensive back.
Remember his 82-yard interception return for a touchdown to put a stamp on Minnesota’s first Big Ten win last year against Maryland?
Winfield, the son of a former Vikings standout with the same name, wasted no time in showing that his sophomore season could be more of that, and then some.
In the season opener last week, the 5-10, 204-pounder had seven tackles, two pass breakups, a sack and a blocked field goal in a 17-7 win against Buffalo.
“He’s a special player,” said Fleck, who coaches his first Gophers road game Saturday at Oregon State. “You knew that just because of his blood line, right, but when you watch how he [played] … that is how I want everyone on this football team to play.”
http://m.startribune.com/once-a-fab...-a-super-sophomore-for-the-gophers/442956103/
Go Gophers!!