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2 weeks ago | 
thedailygopher.com | Blake Ruane
With four-year starting punter Mark Crawford out of eligibility, head coach P.J. Fleck and co. have added a pair of transfer punters to bolster the search for his replacement. UCLA punter Brody Richter and Australia native Tom Weston have each grabbed an oar. Richter has bounced around a couple programs, from Arizona State to Northern Arizona to UCLA, before landing in the Twin Cities.
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3 weeks ago | 
thedailygopher.com | Blake Ruane
Purdue defensive tackle Mariere “Mo” Omonode announced earlier this week that he will transfer to Minnesota to play for the Gophers in his final year of eligibility. RTB pic.twitter.com/MCWPWqYKvW— Mariere Omonode (@moomonode50) April 22, 2025A West Lafayette native, Omonode was a consistent contributor for the Boilermakers from his freshman season onward. He played in 33 games over three seasons with Purdue and tallied a combined 32 total tackles, five tackles for loss, and 3.5 sacks.
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3 weeks ago | 
thedailygopher.com | Blake Ruane
Vanderbilt running back Johann Cardenas will transfer to Minnesota after redshirting as a true freshman last season with the Commodores. He will reunite with his former running backs coach Jayden Everett, who accepted the same position with the Gophers after the departure of Nic McKissic-Luke to the NFL. Cardenas was a three-star recruit out of high school, signing with Vanderbilt over other Power 4 offers from Missouri, BYU, Colorado, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Oregon, SMU, and Texas Tech.
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3 weeks ago | 
thedailygopher.com | Blake Ruane
I’m back — and it appears I’ve got some catching up to do. Head coach P.J. Fleck and co. have been active in the transfer portal this spring, seeking to supplement their roster for the fall. Iowa cornerback John Nestor was the first to grab an oar and announce his intent to transfer to Minnesota with two years of eligibility remaining. committed.
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2 months ago | 
thedailygopher.com | Blake Ruane
Four-star cornerback Justin Hopkins announced Monday that he is committing to the Golden Gophers after narrowing his choices down to Tennessee, USC, Georgia Tech, and Minnesota. The moment Justin Hopkins made it official.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
thedailygopher.com | Blake Ruane
University of Minnesota Athletics Minnesota defensive line coach Winston DeLattiboudere is headed to the NFL, where he’ll serve in the same position with the Arizona Cardinals. 247 Sports was the first to report the news. The 27-year-old DeLattiboudere has made a meteoric climb through the coaching ranks since graduating from Minnesota.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
thedailygopher.com | Blake Ruane
Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported on Wednesday that Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck plans to hire former Purdue defensive coordinator Kevin Kane for an on-field coaching role. Neither his hiring or his official role have been announced by the University. Kane spent the past two seasons as the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach at Purdue under former head coach Ryan Walters.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
thedailygopher.com | Blake Ruane
It seems head coach P.J. Fleck and co. weren’t quite finished with their 2025 recruiting class, as they’ve added a late commitment from three-star running back Xavier Ford. Ford was named “Mr. Football” by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association after a record-setting season in which he rushed for 3,467 yards and 52 touchdowns. He will officially sign his letter of intent on Feb. 5 and enroll in the fall.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
thedailygopher.com | Blake Ruane
Gopher Sports Minnesota is promoting safeties coach Danny Collins to defensive coordinator. CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz was the first to report it. He will replace previous defensive coordinator Corey Hetherman, who left to take the same position with Miami (Fl.) in spite of signing a contract extension in December. Collins has spent his entire coaching career working under P.J. Fleck, starting with a two-year stint as a defensive graduate assistant at Western Michigan.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
thedailygopher.com | Blake Ruane
Dinkytown Athletes Derek Burns, co-founder of Dinkytown Athletes and a former football student-athlete at Minnesota, has agreed to another end-of-season Q&A with The Daily Gopher, only this year I am opening it up to our readers to submit their own questions for Derek. This is great opportunity to learn more about Dinkytown Athletes — a Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) collective in support of student-athletes at the University of Minnesota.
