Randy Johnson
Multi-Platform Editor at The Minnesota Star Tribune
Gophers football/hockey writer for the Minnesota Star Tribune. Also cover the Minnesota Wild. Bilingual in speaking both South and North Dakotan.
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5 days ago |
startribune.com | Randy Johnson
By Randy Johnson Trason Richardson, a safety from Crawford High School in Rosharon, Texas, announced Sunday on social media that he has committed to the Gophers football program as part of their 2026 recruiting class. Richardson, 6-foot and 180 pounds, is a three-star recruit ranked 189th among Texas prep players and 133rd among high school safeties nationally by 247Sports.com. He has scholarship offers from eight FBS programs, though the Gophers were the only Power Four school to extend an offer.
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6 days ago |
startribune.com | Randy Johnson
By Randy Johnson As Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck awaits decisions from a couple of key targets in his 2026 recruiting class, he's also looking ahead to his 2027 group, and on Saturday he received a significant commitment to that class. Furian Inferrera, a quarterback for national power Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif., announced on his social media accounts that he has switched his 2027 commitment from Boston College to the Gophers.
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Randy Johnson
By Randy Johnson The Gophers football program's two "Summer Splash'' recruiting weekends became even more productive on Tuesday when running back Ryan Estrada from El Dorado High School in El Paso, Texas, announced on the X social media platform that he's joining Minnesota's 2026 recruiting class.
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Randy Johnson
By Randy Johnson The Gophers football program held is second of two "Summer Splash" recruiting events this weekend, and on Sunday an offensive tackle from Akron, Ohio, became the first player to commit to Minnesota during his official visit. Lucas Tielsch, a three-star tackle from Copley High School in Akron announced on the X platform that he's committed to the Gophers' 2026 recruiting class.
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2 weeks ago |
startribune.com | Randy Johnson
Judge Claudia Wilken of the Northern District Court of California signaled during an April 7 hearing that she was close to giving final approval to the House settlement but had a key hang-up. She wanted a group of student-athletes who would lose their roster spots under the settlement to be grandfathered into the agreement. She tasked the defendants - the NCAA and its major conferences - to produce a plan and report back.
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RT @StribSports: On Friday night, word finally came that federal judge Claudia Wilken had approved one of the biggest settlements in colleg…
It's a whole, new ballgame in collegiate sports.
In a 7 page order, Judge Wilken has granted final APPROVAL to the House settlement. On a Friday night, as is often the case. Welcome to the new world of college athletics, where schools directly pay athletes. https://t.co/AZ0qSXZ6wo
