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SB Nation: The Daily Gopher · 4h ago Gopher Football Preview: Upgrade or Downgrade at Linebacker 2

Minnesota Football · 5h ago INSIDE FALL CAMP | @Drakelindsey5 dives into how Minnesota’s 2026 squad is coming together 🎙️〽️ #RTB #SkiUMah #Gophers https://t.co/jUanMIvPTQ 3

Yahoo Sports CFB · 6h ago Gophers football: Lobos transfer Luke Drzewiecki enters kicker competition 4

Minnesota Athletics · 8h ago Watch: Coach Fleck Previews the Season Opener

Schedule

SEP 3 vs Eastern Illinois 8:00 PM ET

SEP 12

vs Mississippi State 3:30 PM ET

SEP 19

vs Akron 12:00 PM ET

SEP 26

@ Washington TBD

OCT 3

vs Michigan TBD

OCT 10

@ Purdue TBD

OCT 24

vs Iowa TBD

OCT 31

@ Indiana TBD

NOV 7

vs UCLA TBD

NOV 14

@ Penn State TBD

NOV 21

vs Northwestern TBD

NOV 27

@ Wisconsin 7:30 PM ET

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EDGE · #0 · SR Anthony Smith #115 · ▼ 34 this week 15K followers · 3 mentions / wk

QB · #5 · SO Drake Lindsey #204 · ▲ 10 this week 16K followers · 2 mentions / wk

RB · #21 · FR Grant Washington #204 · steady 3,687 followers · 2 mentions / wk

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EDGE · #0 · SR Anthony Smith #115 · ▼ 34 this week 15K followers · 3 mentions / wk

QB · #5 · SO Drake Lindsey #204 · ▲ 10 this week 16K followers · 2 mentions / wk

RB · #21 · FR Grant Washington #204 · steady 3,687 followers · 2 mentions / wk

#PlayerPosClass · Size Attention rankFollowersMentions / wk

Anthony Smith EDGE SR · 6'5" 280 #115 ▼ 34 15K 3 5

Drake Lindsey QB SO · 6'4.5" 220 #204 ▲ 10 16K 2 21

Grant Washington RB FR · 6'0" 195 #204 — 3,687 2 65

Greg Johnson IOL JR · 6'4" 290 #204 ▲ 244 2,427 2 14

Kerry Brown S JR · 6'0" 175 #388 — 6,995 1 2

AJ Turner RB SR · 6'1" 190 #388 — 6,082 1 6

Maverick Baranowski LB SR · 6'3" 210 #388 ▲ 60 4,722 1 42

Tom Weston P SR · 6'3" 200 #388 — 2,744 1 3

Perry Thompson WR SO · 6'3" 205 — 35K 0 87

Kaden Helms TE SR · 6'4.5" 220 — 24K 0 1

Darius Taylor RB JR · 5'11" 195 — 17K 0 1

Jaxon Howard DL JR · 6'4" 245 — 15K 0 11

Javon Tracy WR SR · 6'1" 180 — 14K 0 17

John Nestor CB JR · 6'1" 185 — 13K 0 8

Mike Gerald CB SO · 6'0" 170 — 13K 0 90

Xion Chapman DL JR · 6'5" 280 — 12K 0 13

Noah Jennings WR JR · 6'1" 175 — 12K 0 4

Zack Harden CB FR · 6'2" 185 — 11K 0 98

Adam Kissayi EDGE SO · 6'7" 230 — 11K 0 15

Owen Lansu QB FR · 6'1" 160 — 11K 0 18

Nuke Hayes WR JR · 6'0" 170 — 10K 0 68

Bennett Warren OT SO · 6'7.5" 325 — 8,607 0 3

TJ Bush EDGE JR · 6'3" 250 — 8,262 0 2

Emmanuel Karmo LB FR · 6'3" 205 — 8,010 0 85

Rico Blassingame WR FR · 6'3" 185 — 7,864 0 7

Aidan Gousby CB SR · 6'2" 185 — 7,418 0 99

Theorin Randle DL JR · 6'3" 265 — 7,126 0 21

Naiim Parrish CB FR · 5'10" 160 — 6,794 0 15

Samuel Madu CB SO · 6'2" 170 — 6,614 0 25

Zion Steptoe WR SR · 5'11" 171 — 6,448 0 49

Matt Kingsbury LB JR · 6'4" 230 — 6,117 0 26

Elisha West CB SO · 5'11" 180 — 5,989 0 13

Zahir Rainer S SO · 5'9" 187 — 5,983 0 25

Justin Hopkins S FR · 6'0" 160 — 5,886 0 51

Daniel Shipp OT FR · 6'6" 275 — 5,372 0 16

Brady Palmer QB FR · 6'3" 190 — 5,272 0 12

Michael Merdinger QB SO · 6'1.5" 195 — 5,071 0 29

Andrew Marshall LB JR · 6'3" 220 — 4,240 0 18

Rhyland Kelly CB SR · 6'2" 185 — 4,182 0 57

Aaron Thomas OT FR · 6'5" 290 — 4,097 0 6

Max Shikenjanski QB JR · 6'2" 165 — 4,032 0 14

Dylan Wittke QB JR · 6'1" 192 — 3,969 0 82

Julian Johnson TE SO · 6'6" 200 — 3,717 0 58

Jaden Ball IOL SO · 6'3.5" 265 — 3,631 0 92

Beckham Sunderland K SR · 6'1" 201 — 3,551 0 56

Jayquan Stubbs DL FR · 6'6" 250 — 3,422 0 27

Simon Seidl CB SO · 6'0" 170 — 3,366 0 83

Sam Peters TE JR · 6'3" 215 — 3,305 0 36

Daniel Jackson K FR · 5'10" 175 — 3,130 0 53

Nathan Cleveland LB FR · 6'3" 215 — 3,101 0 19

Pierce Walsh TE JR · 6'4" 185 — 3,071 0 22

Mekhai Smith S SO · 6'2" 210 — 3,017 0 24

Chance Payne CB FR · 5'10" 180 — 2,980 0 84

Hayden Moore WR FR · 6'2" 186 — 2,912 0 80

Alan Soukup LS SO · 6'1" 190 — 2,776 0 9

Garrison Monroe S JR · 6'0" 180 — 2,724 0 7

Bradley Martino WR FR · 6'3" 175 — 2,703 0 11

Karter Menz EDGE JR · 6'5" 205 — 2,690 0 23

TJ Thomas RB SO · 5'8" 190 — 2,669 0 59

Tony Nelson OT SR · 6'6" 265 — 2,663 0 16

Hudson Dunn LB FR · 6'1" 210 — 2,578 0 93

Riley Sunram DL SO · 6'5" 255 — 2,576 0 9

Xavier Ford RB FR · 5'11" 190 — 2,533 0 50

Nathan Roy OT SO · 6'5" 270 — 2,513 0 22

Jaron Thomas RB FR · 6'0" 200 — 2,428 0 50

Mo Omonode DL SR · 6'0" 290 — 2,423 0 97

Jeremiah Benson DL FR · 6'2" 250 — 2,364 0 26

Zeke Bates RB FR · 5'11" 210 — 2,295 0 78

Ashton Beers IOL SR · 6'5" 295 — 2,265 0 94

Mo Saine DL SO · 6'5" 270 — 2,262 0 55

Jerome Williams IOL JR · 6'4" 285 — 2,210 0 5

Aydan West CB FR · 6'0" 180 — 2,198 0 92

Sid Kaba DL JR · 6'3" 260 — 2,198 0 47

Enoch Atewogbola EDGE FR · 6'4" 215 — 2,085 0 71

Lucas Tielsch OT FR · 6'6" 270 — 2,076 0 19

Joey Gerlach LB SR · 6'3" 195 — 2,016 0 75

Mark Handy IOL FR · 6'6" 285 — 1,945 0 45

Sam Macy EDGE SO · 6'5" 205 — 1,941 0 79

Andrew Trout OT FR · 6'6" 270 — 1,921 0 28

Trason Richardson S FR · 6'0" 180 — 1,906 0 69

Gavin Meier IOL FR · 6'6" 295 — 1,871 0 56 Brett Carroll OL R-SO — 1,833 0 95

Colin Hansen EDGE FR · 6'6" 220 — 1,757 0 31

Jordan Lampkins S FR · 6'0" 175 — 1,755 0 70

Naquan Crowder DL JR · 6'3" 320 — 1,615 0 77

Nick Spence OT FR · 6'6" 280 — 1,410 0 33

Rhett Hlavacka EDGE FR · 6'5" 215 — 1,398 0 44

Ethan Stendel LB FR · 6'2" 200 — 1,389 0 37

Zachary Robbins P FR · 6'3" 220 — 1,343 0 20

Parker Knutson S JR · 6'1" 193 — 871 0 41

Anthony Charles EDGE FR · 6'4" 195 — 863 0 88 Jacob Simpson TE R-SO — 838 0 96

Abu Tarawallie DL FR · 6'2.5" 265 — 722 0 43 Jakob Lutz LS R-FR — 711 0 55

Jaylin Hicks DL SO · 6'2" 256 — 710 0 8

Jalen Smith WR SO · 6'1" 185 — 688 0 60

Kaveon Lee OT FR · 6'6" 280 — 581 0 88

Josiah Anyansi DL FR · 6'3" 235 — 438 0 46

Mason Carrier LB SO · 6'2" 205 — — 0

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