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Minnesota Football Recruiting: Four-star LB Tate Wallace commits to the Gophers
Head coach P.J. Fleck and co. have gone south of the border for their last commitment, with Iowa City linebacker Tate Wallace the latest high school prospect to grab an oar and commit to the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Get to know Tate Wallace Height: 6’2”Weight: 226 Power 4 Scholarship Offers: Arizona, Arizona State, Kansas State, […]
Minnesota Football Recruiting: Three-star OL Joseph Hamer commits to the Gophers
Head coach P.J. Fleck and co. welcome a sixth in-state commitment into the boat, with Lakeville South offensive tackle Joseph Hamer committing to play for the home state Minnesota Golden Gophers. Get to know Joseph Hamer Height: 6’7”Weight: 315 Power 4 Scholarship Offers: Arkansas and Kansas State 247 Sports Composite Rating: .8650 Scouting Report Hamer […]
Minnesota Football Recruiting: Three-star DB Wyatt Liebentritt commits to the Gophers
Earlier this month, head coach P.J. Fleck and defensive coordinator Danny Collins added to their defensive backfield with a verbal commitment from Omaha safety recruit Wyatt Liebentritt. Get to know Wyatt Liebentritt Height: 6’0”Weight: 180 Power 4 Scholarship Offers: Iowa State 247 Sports Composite Rating: .8750 Scouting Report A two-year starter who has seen the […]
Gophers Host Michigan Wolverines in Critical Baseball Series
The Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team closes out the 2025 regular season with six consecutive home games at Siebert Field beginning Friday night when the host the Michigan Wolverines for the first game of a three game series. Minnesota is clinging to a Big Ten Tournament spot currently in a three-way tie for 9th place […]
Piper Ritter Fired As Minnesota Softball Coach
On Friday morning Minnesota Athletic Director Mark Coyle announced that the Gophers would be making a leadership change with the Gopher softball program. Piper Ritter is being let go as the head coach of the Gopher Softball team after five years as the head coach. She had one year remaining on her contract, but Coyle […]
Gopher Football’s projected defensive depth chart for 2026
Moving on to the Gopher defense. This unit is also returning a lot of production, but probably has more question marks than the offense. A year ago the Gopher defense finished in the middle of the pack of the Big Ten, allowing 23 points per game and they were 11th in yards allowed. Their SP+ […]
Villanova’s Malachi Palmer commits to Minnesota
Niko Medved received the final commitment in the transfer season from a junior wing, Malachi Palmer. MALACHI PALMERPos: F/GHt: 6’6”Wt: 215 In his final year in prep school, Palmer had multiple offers from schools but ultimately chose Maryland over Florida State, West Virginia, Oklahoma State and Seton Hall. He played limited minutes over 22 games […]
Minnesota Golden Gophers Weekend Preview
We have officially hit May, which means the end of the 2025-2026 Minnesota Golden Gopher athletic year is nearly here. Spring sports are winding down with conference tournaments either here or just on the horizon—if the teams can qualify for them that is. We have one Big Ten Tournament this weekend and what basically is […]
Gopher Football’s projected offensive depth chart for 2026
Basketball is over. Hockey is over. And the football team’s spring session of practices and the spring game are also over. We can start to look way off into the future toward the 2026 football season. We have to wade through the wasteland of non-revenue college sports between now and August, but today we look […]
Gopher Baseball is on the verge of the Big Ten Tournament
The Gopher baseball team has been in a rut since 2018 when they won the Big Ten, advanced to the Super Regional and nearly knocked off Oregon State to get back to the College World Series. Since then they have seen their conference standing drop year after year. 2019 – 5th2020 – n/a2021 – 13th […]
Deven Eastern Selected by Seattle Seahawks in 7th Round of the NFL Draft
Minnesota Golden Gophers defensive tackle Deven Eastern was selected by the Seattle Seahawks with pick 242 in the 7th round of the 2026 NFL Draft on Saturday. With the selection of Eastern, the Gophers and PJ Fleck have now had at least one player drafted in each of the last eight NFL Drafts. Eastern will […]
Gopher Football wins the spring game, 5 takeaways
Minnesota has not held an official spring game in several years and today they played under the sun at Huntington Bank Stadium for the first time since 2021. Here are five takeaways from the scrimmage as we turn the corner of the sports calendar year and start heading toward football season. 1 – Watching Gopher […]
Minnesota Gymnastics Coaching Staff Named 2026 National Coaches of the Year
With the historic 2006 Minnesota Golden Gophers gymnastics season in the books, the Minnesota coaching staff is now picking some some national recognition for their efforts this season. Gopher Head Coach Jenny Hansen was named the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Head Coach of the Year while the Gopher assistant coaching staff of Mya Hooten, Kiki […]
2026 NFL Draft Preview: Minnesota Gophers DL Deven Eastern
The 2026 NFL Draft kicks off Thursday night from Pittsburgh with the first round. Rounds two and three will take place on Friday night and rounds four through seven will go on Saturday. The Minnesota Golden Gophers have had at least one player drafted in every single NFL Draft since 2019 with 19 total players […]
Gopher Football Spring Game is Saturday
It has been a minute since the last time Gopher football held an official Spring Game. Between weather and Fleck’s decision, the program has not held an outdoor Spring Game since 2021. The past two seasons they have decided to not have a Spring Game and the two years prior to that it was moved […]
Gopher Women Add Trio of Players Via The Transfer Portal
The Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s basketball team had three open roster spots after the graduation of their seniors and with Nia Holloway entering the portal. By Monday morning the Gophers had filled all three open roster spots out of the transfer portal and added enough talent that this Gopher team should be a lock to […]
Minnesota Football Recruiting: Three-star DT Gage Geyer commits to the Gophers
Earlier this month, head coach P.J. Fleck and co. turned their attention away from the tight end position and secured a verbal commitment from Edina defensive line recruit Gage Geyer. Get to know Gage Geyer Height: 6’5”Weight: 270 Power 4 Scholarship Offers: Boston College, Kansas, Kansas State, and West Virginia 247 Sports Composite Rating: .8611 […]
Minnesota Football Recruiting: OL Will Clausen commits to the Gophers
The Minnesota Golden Gophers have earned a verbal commitment from offensive line recruit Will Clausen, who hails from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Get to know Will Clausen Height: 6’5”Weight: 280 Power 4 Scholarship Offers: Baylor, Kansas, and Oklahoma State 247 Sports Composite Rating: N/A Scouting Report Clausen is a physical blocker who wants to move people […]
Gopher Gymnasts Finish in Fourth Place at NCAA Nationals
The Minnesota Golden Gophers gymnastics team’s Cinderella run to the NCAA Final Four ended on Saturday afternoon with a fourth place finish with a final score of 197.3750. #1 seeded Oklahoma placed first with a score of 198.1625 while #2 LSU took second (198.0750) and #3 Florida was third (197.6875). The fourth place finish was […]
North Carolina’s Kyan Evans commits to Minnesota
A year ago, Gopher fans were eagerly anticipating that Kyan Evans would follow Niko Medved from Colorado State to Minnesota. Instead, Evans was offered an NIL deal that he couldn’t refuse from North Carolina and he took it. But he is back in the portal and this year he is coming to play in Minnesota […]
Transfer center, Malick Kordel is coming to Minnesota
Another young bench player from Michigan is transferring to Minnesota. Malick Kordel is a 7’2” center, originally from Germany and he is coming to the Gophers with three years to play. MALICK KORDELPos: CHt: 7’2”Wt: 275 Kordel has only been playing organized basketball for four years, so he is raw. But he has good athleticism […]
Minnesota Gymnastics to Compete in First Final Four in Program History
When the University of Minnesota gymnastics team scored a woeful 195.075 in a loss at Nebraska in January, there wasn’t one person who would think what had happened over the last month would come to fruition. The Gophers continued to claw their way back through the rest of the Big Ten not falling again to […]
Brooklyn Rowray Wins NCAA Balance Beam Championship
Thursday night was a night of destiny for the Minnesota Golden Gophers gymnastics squad. Not only did the team upset #4 UCLA and #9 Arkansas to advance to their first ever Final Four, but Minnesota senior Brooklyn Rowray turned in the beam routine of her life and took home the NCAA Championship in the event. […]
Winters Grady transfers to Minnesota from Michigan
Winters Grady is a freshman small forward who spent this past season as a part of the Michigan Wolverines. The former four-star and top-100 recruit decided to enter the transfer portal and has decided to continue his career with Minnesota. Winters GradyPos: SFHt: 6’6”Wt: 210 We know that Grady has a National Championship ring, as […]
Gopher Gymnastics Ready for NCAA National Semifinals
The Minnesota Golden Gophers gymnastics team will be the large underdog once again as they compete in the NCAA National Gymnastics Semifinals Thursday night in Fort Worth, Texas. Minnesota enters the semifinals as the lowest seeded team of the eight teams in the competition. But the Gophers were the lowest seeded team left in the […]
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