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Injury updates
For the past month and a half, Antoine Winfield Jr. has been 100 percent healthy after having surgery on an injured foot, Fleck said. But the redshirt sophomore defensive back still might not see much action in spring ball.
“He will play in spring, but I’m probably going to be able to play a lot more young guys in there to … get them up on their reps,” Fleck said. “Especially the guys that came here in January or were redshirted last year.”
Fleck said the Gophers had a record 14 early enrollees in January.
The two injured redshirt senior running backs, though, are not as far along as Winfield, who will have full contact. Rodney Smith is a bit ahead of Shannon Brooks, but both will spend most of spring practice rehabbing from knee surgeries in the training facility. Fleck said it’s possible Smith might take part in some aspects of spring ball.
All three of those players received medical redshirts to preserve a year of eligibility, Fleck said. But the coach also said that for the first time with the Gophers he isn’t feeling pressured to rush his injured players back, since he’s more familiar with them.
http://www.startribune.com/p-j-flec...ience-heading-into-spring-practice/506833742/
Go Gophers!!
Injury updates
For the past month and a half, Antoine Winfield Jr. has been 100 percent healthy after having surgery on an injured foot, Fleck said. But the redshirt sophomore defensive back still might not see much action in spring ball.
“He will play in spring, but I’m probably going to be able to play a lot more young guys in there to … get them up on their reps,” Fleck said. “Especially the guys that came here in January or were redshirted last year.”
Fleck said the Gophers had a record 14 early enrollees in January.
The two injured redshirt senior running backs, though, are not as far along as Winfield, who will have full contact. Rodney Smith is a bit ahead of Shannon Brooks, but both will spend most of spring practice rehabbing from knee surgeries in the training facility. Fleck said it’s possible Smith might take part in some aspects of spring ball.
All three of those players received medical redshirts to preserve a year of eligibility, Fleck said. But the coach also said that for the first time with the Gophers he isn’t feeling pressured to rush his injured players back, since he’s more familiar with them.
http://www.startribune.com/p-j-flec...ience-heading-into-spring-practice/506833742/
Go Gophers!!
