RODNEY SMITH looks faster, more agile, stronger!!! 1,500 YARDS???!!! (Plus 300 passing yards? Plus 400 return yards?)
MOHAMMED IBRAHIM and BRYCE WILLIAMS have some legit skillz!
TANNER MORGAN is better passer than either from last year...good scrambler/runner!
SETH GREEN can create mismatches and go up and get it!
RASHAD BATEMAN will be All-Freshman Big Ten; break Gopher frosh records!
LITTLE OMAR will go after his dad's Gopher records!
AUTMAN-BELL can go up and get...does not drop balls!
PHIL HOWARD makes people miss!
KO KIEFT and BRYCE WITHAM and COLTON BEEBE are big and athletic and will inflict pain in run game and surprise some defenses in pass game!
EXCITED to see what big time recruit JAKE PAULSON brings to the table!
EMMITT CARPENTER will break some Gopher records, compete for All-Big Ten!
JACOB HERBERS has a big leg!
The PRIDE of PERHAM is rock solid!
JARED WEYLER is a grownazz man, healthy and motivated!
The PRIDE of MONTICELLO is bigger, quicker and ready to create havoc in space. RPO!
The PRIDE of VICTORIA is stronger, experienced and ready to have a breakout year!
The PRIDE of MARSHALL is Schwantastic up against front fours!
The PRIDE of CHASKA, big QUINN OSELAND, massive DANIEL FAALELE, humongous CURTIS DUNLAP, JMS, and KYLE SASSACK are the the best second unit o-line since 2014.
EXCITED to see Saban's guy, BIG OJ SMITH plug the middle.
EXCITED to see big GARY MOORE lined up next to him. Murphy, Alabama kids have great senior seasons for the Gophers!
ROYAL SILVER, the PRIDE of MAPLE GROVE, ELIJAH TEAGUE, returning starter NATE UMLOR a two- and three-deep to be excited about at DT.
EXCITED to see CARTER COUGHLIN under a pass rush specialist, as an upper classmen, as a returning starter.
EXCITED to see a bigger, stronger WINSTON DeLATTIBOUDERE!
PUMPED up for what DEVERS and OTOMEWO bring from the DE spot!
JITTERY about what the PRIDE of EDEN PRAIRIE, the PRIDE of PLYMOUTH, and the PRIDE of BURNSVILLE bring as linebackers.
LOVE having JU-JU bringing the thunder, excited to see LITTLE GREENWAY get some time, eager to see THOMAS RUSH and BRAELEN OLIVER adding some athleticism to the field.
T-TIME!!! Enuf said.
PSYCHED to see KIONDRE as returning starter under new coach!
LOVE having ANTONIO SHENAULT, CHRIS WILLIAMSON, CONEY DURR, JUSTUS HARRIS in reserve...filling the nickel, providing options!
CAN'T WAIT to see ANTOINE WINFIELD disrupting plays from all corners of the field, returning punts for TDs!!!
JACOB HUFF is the heart and soul of the secondary. PLAYMAKER!
EXCITED about what a healthy BENNY SAPP can bring to the safety position!
LOVE having walk-ons HOWDEN and SWENSON and the PRIDE of HIGHLAND PARK to cheer for! Love the look of C-TIME!
EXCITED to have SHANNON BROOKS as an ace in the hole!
EXCITED to see what CIARROCCA does with some actual weapons, what the O-LINE looks like with CALLAHAN in charge, what SIMON has done with this WR corps, if the RPO guru from NE OKLAHOMA/TRINITY has added some wrinkles.
VERY EAGER to see what SMITH does with players that know his scheme (ten returning starters!), some corners who can match up in man, some d-line personnel that better fit his scheme, run-run speed all-over! EXCITED to see D-line with one of Smith's disciples, ROSSI, in charge! Think we will love what ADDAE has done with the DBs! SMITH has coached ALL AMERICAN and NFL linebackers; excited to see what he does with this talented, veteran group! Excited to have a couple more FLECK guys on coaching support staff in CELISCAR, SICILIANO!
EXCITED to see impact of another year of STRENGTH, NUTRITION, CONDITIONING staff.
PJ being able to coach football more and teach/install RTB culture less!