BleedGopher
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Per Hickey:
Why the hype? Success typically follows when one rows the boat from Kalamazoo to the Twin Cities, and Tyler was Mr. Everything at Western Michigan.
He’s got nearly 500 career carries — 495 to be exact — with an average of 5.7 yards per carry and 23 touchdowns. When Tyler catches the ball out of the backfield, he almost always does something with it — 43 receptions for 338 yards and 3 touchdowns. Tyler also averages 23.9 yards per kickoff return with 3 career touchdowns, which means he has a Charlie Jones-type game.
Minnesota’s offense is very running back-friendly. And though Tyler has a very different running style than Mohamed Ibrahim, the numbers he puts up as Ibrahim’s replacement could end up deceptively similar.
Why the hype? Can you believe it, folks? Potentially not 1 but 2 explosive Gophers at once?
It sounds like something out of an informercial. Which kind of makes sense given PJ Fleck’s behavioral resemblance to an informercial pitchman. If it wasn’t for football the man could have been the next Billy Mays.
Fortunately for Minnesota fans, Fleck is strictly a football guy for now.
As a sophomore at Charlotte, Spencer ranked fifth in Conference-USA in receiving yardage, sixth in yards per catch and sixth in touchdowns. Among players with at least 50 receptions, he was 10th in the country with 16.5 yards per catch.
If we want to dream big, Spencer could become Minnesota’s first all-conference receiver since Rashod Bateman and Tyler Johnson did it in 2019.
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4. RB Sean Tyler, Minnesota
Previous school: Western MichiganWhy the hype? Success typically follows when one rows the boat from Kalamazoo to the Twin Cities, and Tyler was Mr. Everything at Western Michigan.
He’s got nearly 500 career carries — 495 to be exact — with an average of 5.7 yards per carry and 23 touchdowns. When Tyler catches the ball out of the backfield, he almost always does something with it — 43 receptions for 338 yards and 3 touchdowns. Tyler also averages 23.9 yards per kickoff return with 3 career touchdowns, which means he has a Charlie Jones-type game.
Minnesota’s offense is very running back-friendly. And though Tyler has a very different running style than Mohamed Ibrahim, the numbers he puts up as Ibrahim’s replacement could end up deceptively similar.
5. WR Elijah Spencer, Minnesota
Previous school: CharlotteWhy the hype? Can you believe it, folks? Potentially not 1 but 2 explosive Gophers at once?
It sounds like something out of an informercial. Which kind of makes sense given PJ Fleck’s behavioral resemblance to an informercial pitchman. If it wasn’t for football the man could have been the next Billy Mays.
Fortunately for Minnesota fans, Fleck is strictly a football guy for now.
As a sophomore at Charlotte, Spencer ranked fifth in Conference-USA in receiving yardage, sixth in yards per catch and sixth in touchdowns. Among players with at least 50 receptions, he was 10th in the country with 16.5 yards per catch.
If we want to dream big, Spencer could become Minnesota’s first all-conference receiver since Rashod Bateman and Tyler Johnson did it in 2019.
Hickey: Who will be the Big Ten's 2023 version of Charlie Jones? Here are the 5 top contenders
Receiver Charlie Jones made a massive impact in his lone season at Purdue. Which B1G newcomers are likely to follow his footsteps in 2023?
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