The Gophers football team opens training camp on Sunday, and questions abound for head coach P.J. Fleck’s ninth team at Minnesota.
Head coach P.J. Fleck of the Minnesota Golden Gophers is interviewed after the Golden Gophers defeated the Bowling Green Falcons, 30-24, in the Quick Lane Bowl at Ford Field on Dec. 26, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)
There are unit-wide queries on how the offense will look different as it navigates a big quarterback transition from sixth-year senior Max Brosmer to redshirt freshman Drake Lindsey. After passing more with Brosmer in 2024, offensive coordinator Greg Harbaugh said last spring the run game will be counted on to break in a new signal caller.
On the defensive side, new defensive coordinator Danny Collins will try to carry over his success as safeties coach to an entire side of the ball, while maintaining a standard for taut units that Corey Hetherman and Joe Rossi set before him.
But both sides of the ball, along with special teams, have important position battles to try to live up to College Football Playoff contention, which Fleck stated as the team’s goal during Big Ten football media days in Las Vegas last week.
Here are three crucial competitions to settle before the season opener against Buffalo at Huntington Bank Stadium on Aug. 28:
Cream of the receiving corps
Key departures: Daniel Jackson, Elijah Spencer
The Gophers brought in three transfers Javon Tracy (Miami of Ohio), Logan Loya (UCLA) and Malachi Coleman (Nebraska) to help replace the lion’s share of the lost production in the WR room.
“We’ve got a bunch of guys who have played a lot of football, but then it might not have been here,” Fleck said. “That doesn’t mean that it’s not valuable football. I think that we’re probably deeper with playmakers then…
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