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Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck initially smiled when asked about what he anticipates when the NCAA transfer portal reopens Wednesday.
“We’ll cross that bridge when we get there,” Fleck said after the U’s 12th spring practice at Athletics Village on Tuesday. “I really like this football team — it just dictates what happens over the next the next however many days.
“We are going to focus on the players that want to be Gophers, focus on guys who are truly invested in the Gopher family, in what we do and how we do it,” Fleck added. “Everybody’s got their own rhyme or reason and, respectfully so, to stay or leave. We support everybody in what they do. It’s just part of our new world.”
Fleck added he doesn’t anticipate a “plethora of things we are going to do — if (the roster) stayed the same” after the portal closes April 25. Some players are bound to leave if the U needs to get under the 105-player roster limit that is expected to come with the House settlement.
One scholarship player, freshman linebacker David Amaliri, said Tuesday he is transferring out. The 6-foot-4 and 210-pounder from Winnipeg, Manitoba, was a member of the 2024 recruiting class; he did not play in a game last fall and redshirted.
After finishing his high school career at Clearwater (Fla.) Academy International, he has four years of eligibility remaining.
“I am forever grateful for my time at Minnesota,” Amaliri wrote on social media, thanking head coach P.J. Fleck, assistant coaches and teammates.
One of the biggest names to enter the portal so far is California running back Jaydn Ott, who rushed for 1,315 yards in 2023 (14th-most in the nation) and then 385 last season. He is headed to Oklahoma.
The U travels to Berkeley, Calif., to play the Golden Bears on Sept. 13.
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