Week 1 · 2025
Buffalo at Minnesota
Thu 08/28/2025 08:00 PMHuntington Bank StadiumMinnesota pregame90% — Pregame win probability: 90% for Minnesota. Minnesota favored, and won.
66°Cloudy9 mph NE · 55% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data
Buffalo
10
5–7
Minnesota
23
8–5
Attendance
47,774
reported
Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2025, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.
BUFQuarterbacks1 blue chip5
- 44-star recruitQB2Ta'Quan Roberson ← Kansas State7yr2,520 Pass yds17 TD12 Int57.9 Cmp%125 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB9Gunnar Gray3yr228 Pass yds2 TD2 Int54.7 Cmp%-6 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB7Jason Wright1yr45 Rush yds
- 22-star recruitQB15Mason Cumbie3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB11Anthony Policare3yr
MINNQuarterbacks1 blue chip5
- 33-star recruitQB5Drake Lindsey2yr2,382 Pass yds18 TD6 Int63.2 Cmp%-119 Rush yds
- 22-star recruitQB6Max Shikenjanski3yr80 Pass yds1 TD0 Int80.0 Cmp%-2 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB14Dylan Wittke3yr7 Pass yds0 TD1 Int33.3 Cmp%
- 33-star recruitQB9Emmett Morehead ← Old Dominion5yrcareer 1,465 Pass yds10 TD6 Int57.1 Cmp%-38 Rush yds
- 44-star recruitQB12Jackson Kollock1yr
BUFOffensive lineNo blue chips18
- 33-star recruitOL67Alex Heininger4yr
- 33-star recruitOL59Gabriel Arena3yr
- 33-star recruitOL69Jackson Bellamy2yr
- 33-star recruitOL62Paul Clark2yr
- 33-star recruitOL55Thomas Barr1yr
- 33-star recruitOL77Jackson Davenport1yr
- 33-star recruitOL71Caleb Watts1yr
- 22-star recruitOL78Tyler Doty6yr
- 22-star recruitOL64Jacob Merritt ← Michigan State4yr
- 22-star recruitOL75Ahmaan Thomas2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL54James Carrington III4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL79Trevor Brock3yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedOL73Henry Tabansi3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL65Chayce Chadwick2yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedOL51Tyrone Davis2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL60Val Kondratenko2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL52Jake Timm2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL70Robbie Westmiller1yr
MINNDefensive line3 blue chips21
- 44-star recruitDL91Deven Eastern5yr38 Tackles5.0 TFL2.5 Sacks
- 44-star recruitDL0Anthony Smith4yr38 Tackles17.5 TFL12.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL11Karter Menz3yr32 Tackles9.0 TFL6.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL1Jaxon Howard3yr29 Tackles5.5 TFL4.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL16Rushawn Lawrence ← Stony Brook4yr20 Tackles3.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL97Jalen Logan-Redding6yr15 Tackles2.0 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL46Lucas Finnessy6yr11 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL89Nate Becker5yr11 Tackles3.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL55Jaylin Hicks2yr3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL98Adam Kissayi2yr3 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitDL93Riley Sunram2yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL50Mo Omonode ← Purdue4yrcareer 31 Tackles5.5 TFL4.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL11Steven Curtis ← Illinois State3yrcareer 3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
- 33-star recruitDL99Theorin Randle3yr
- 33-star recruitDL45Sam Macy2yr
- 33-star recruitDL94Mo Saine2yr
- 33-star recruitDL47Enoch Atewogbola1yr
- 33-star recruitDL95Colin Hansen1yr
- 33-star recruitDL33Rhett Hlavacka1yr
- 33-star recruitDL56Jay'Quan Stubbs1yr
- 33-star recruitDL96Abu Tarawallie1yr
BUFDefensive lineNo blue chips17
- —No recruiting profile foundDE12Malin White4yr55 Tackles8.5 TFL4.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDE0Kobe Stewart4yr43 Tackles7.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDE13Demetrius Ballard2yr13 Tackles2.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
- 22-star recruitDL97Junior Poyser3yr30 Tackles5.0 TFL4.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL15Devin Morgan4yr22 Tackles5.5 TFL3.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL97Christopher Climes1yr
- 33-star recruitDL88Rex Stinchcomb1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL34Chris Martin2yr
- 33-star recruitDT90George Wolo6yr25 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDT99Cornell Evans4yr14 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 22-star recruitDT55Tristan Souza6yr3 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDT92Luke Yau Gayle2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDT96Charlton Goodell3yr
- 33-star recruitEDGE17Shamar Riser-Pressley2yr3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitEDGE11Will Clark2yr2 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedEDGE30Jacari Bennett2yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundEDGE94Noah Wittmer2yr
MINNOffensive line2 blue chips17
- 44-star recruitOL55Jerome Williams3yr
- 44-star recruitOL50Nathan Roy2yr
- 33-star recruitOL74Marcellus Marshall ← UCF6yr
- 33-star recruitOL52Spencer Alvarez4yr
- 33-star recruitOL78Ashton Beers4yr
- 33-star recruitOL59Tony Nelson4yr
- 33-star recruitOL65Greg Johnson3yr
- 33-star recruitOL51Kahlee Tafai ← Washington3yr
- 33-star recruitOL75Reese Tripp3yr
- 33-star recruitOL58Jaden Ball ← Purdue2yr
- 33-star recruitOL56Brett Carroll2yr
- 33-star recruitOL75Mark Handy1yr
- 33-star recruitOL60Kaveon Lee1yr
- 33-star recruitOL51Daniel Shipp1yr
- 33-star recruitOL77Nick Spence1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL70Aluma Nkele4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL73Dylan Ray ← Kentucky4yr
BUFBacks & tight endsNo blue chips16
- 33-star recruitRB5Al-Jay Henderson5yr182 Car755 Rush yds6 TD4.1 Rush avg25 Rec181 Rec yds7.2 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB25Terrance Shelton Jr.2yr57 Car244 Rush yds1 TD4.3 Rush avg8 Rec42 Rec yds5.3 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB32Lamar Sperling3yr39 Car234 Rush yds1 TD6.0 Rush avg3 Rec12 Rec yds4.0 Rec avg
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedRB24James McNeil Jr.2yr12 Car67 Rush yds2 TD5.6 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB4Messiah Burch3yr11 Car41 Rush yds0 TD3.7 Rush avg4 Rec-1 Rec yds-0.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB21Devare Mathis1yr1 Rec6 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB0Nino Hill1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB27Gabe Goins2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE14Evan King4yr9 Rec68 Rec yds0 TD7.6 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE19Marcus Velez4yr6 Rec40 Rec yds0 TD6.7 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE88Ryan Daly3yrcareer 1 Rec13 Rec yds0 TD13.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE87Mitchell Viviano3yr
- 33-star recruitTE86Michael Gelatko1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE44Liam Hamilton4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE89Nick Leonard2yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedTE81Aiden Pedreros1yr
MINNLinebackers1 blue chip11
- 33-star recruitLB6Maverick Baranowski4yr102 Tackles9.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB9Devon Williams5yr89 Tackles8.5 TFL2.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB49Matt Kingsbury3yr34 Tackles4.5 TFL2.5 Sacks
- 44-star recruitLB2Emmanuel Karmo1yr14 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB19Joey Gerlach4yr11 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB46Mason Carrier2yr10 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 22-star recruitLB35Derik LeCaptain7yr6 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB20Jeff Roberson ← Oklahoma State6yr4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB44Ethan Stendel1yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB35Nate Cleveland1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB4Drew Wilson3yr
BUFLinebackersNo blue chips13
- —No recruiting profile foundLB2Red Murdock4yr142 Tackles13.5 TFL5.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB18Dion Crawford3yr79 Tackles5.0 TFL3.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB39Mitchell Gonser ← Harvard3yr70 Tackles6.0 TFL1.0 Sacks2 Int
- 33-star recruitLB1SaVeon Brown4yr52 Tackles6.5 TFL2.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB45Gio De Leon3yr6 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB33Connor Henderson ← North Texas4yr3 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB19Mathew Hilty2yrcareer 3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB18George Hill1yr
- 33-star recruitLB21Bradley Ilunga-Bisselele1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB33Jordan Owens3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB56Matthew Conlin2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB20DJ Mangan2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB31Drake Saltarelli2yr
MINNBacks & tight ends2 blue chips16
- 44-star recruitRB1Darius Taylor3yr143 Car670 Rush yds4 TD4.7 Rush avg34 Rec245 Rec yds7.2 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB2Fame Ijeboi2yr97 Car441 Rush yds2 TD4.5 Rush avg12 Rec54 Rec yds4.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB21Grant Washington1yr21 Car132 Rush yds0 TD6.3 Rush avg
- 44-star recruitRB23Cam Davis11yr35 Car111 Rush yds2 TD3.2 Rush avg18 Rec119 Rec yds6.6 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB2A.J. Turner ← Marshall4yr16 Car64 Rush yds1 TD4.0 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB9Xavier Ford1yr10 Car35 Rush yds0 TD3.5 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB34Johann Cardenas ← Vanderbilt2yr
- 33-star recruitRB22Tre Berry1yr
- 33-star recruitTE86Jameson Geers5yr26 Rec206 Rec yds4 TD7.9 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE87Drew Biber ← Purdue4yr18 Rec136 Rec yds0 TD7.6 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE44Frank Bierman4yr4 Rec18 Rec yds0 TD4.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE19Pierce Walsh3yr2 Rec17 Rec yds0 TD8.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE82Julian Johnson2yr1 Rec5 Rec yds0 TD5.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE88Jacob Simpson2yrcareer 1 Rec4 Rec yds0 TD4.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE83Sam Peters3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE84Jack DiSano4yr
BUFReceiversNo blue chips16
- 33-star recruitWR5Nik McMillan4yr61 Rec975 Rec yds3 TD16.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR0Victor Snow4yr62 Rec815 Rec yds8 TD13.1 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR8Jasaiah Gathings ← UConn5yr36 Rec410 Rec yds3 TD11.4 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR6Chance Morrow4yr8 Rec129 Rec yds2 TD16.1 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR3Patrick Clacks III2yr12 Rec71 Rec yds2 TD5.9 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR1Qua Sanders3yrcareer 3 Rec43 Rec yds0 TD14.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR10Mark-Anthony Scott Jr.2yrcareer 1 Rec-1 Rec yds0 TD-1.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR14Tyrell Simmons Jr.2yr
- 33-star recruitWR17Jeremiah Watkins2yr
- 33-star recruitWR11Dwayne Early Jr.1yr
- 33-star recruitWR1Phillip Folmar1yr
- 33-star recruitWR9Alvin Jones III1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR8Jeremy Yancey4yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR13Bobby Mays2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR82Terrell Richards2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR28Shey Williams2yr
MINNDefensive backs1 blue chip19
- 33-star recruitCB3Za'Quan Bryan3yr37 Tackles3 PD
- 44-star recruitDB3Koi Perich2yr82 Tackles2 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB14Kerry Brown3yr56 Tackles3 PD2 Int
- 33-star recruitDB17John Nestor ← Iowa3yr50 Tackles6 PD6 Int
- 33-star recruitDB7Aidan Gousby4yr27 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB12Darius Green5yr26 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB24Jai'Onte' McMillan6yr22 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB8Mike Gerald2yr11 Tackles2 PD
- 33-star recruitDB9Garrison Monroe3yr3 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB4Zack Harden1yr3 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB2Jaylen Bowden ← North Carolina Central3yr3 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB18Rhyland Kelly4yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB27Simon Seidl2yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB21Naiim Parrish1yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 22-star recruitDB24Harrison Brun2yr1 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB22Evan Redding4yrcareer 1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB15Samuel Madu2yr
- 33-star recruitDB13Zahir Rainer2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB22Ethan Carrier3yr
BUFDefensive backsNo blue chips23
- —No recruiting profile foundCB7Solomon Brown4yr56 Tackles5 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitCB9Keontez Bradley ← Arizona State3yr28 Tackles4 PD
- 33-star recruitCB0Kobi Blackwell2yr20 Tackles7 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitCB3Oliver Bridges4yr12 Tackles0 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundCB5Mikey Crawford2yr2 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitCB8Eddie Pleasant III3yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitCB12Jackson Small1yr
- 22-star recruitCB8Ramari Taylor2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB26Amir Proctor4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB27Davion Coffee1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedCB22Donovan Rodriguez1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB1Marquis Cooper4yr30 Tackles4 PD
- 33-star recruitDB2Charles McCartherens3yr9 Tackles2 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS6Miles Greer ← Shepherd1yr74 Tackles3 PD
- 33-star recruitS18Jalen McNair6yr50 Tackles4 PD2 Int
- 33-star recruitS7John Keough2yr14 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitS4Ronnell Davis2yr5 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS4Jonathan Capo4yr5 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS29Jerrod Gentry5yr2 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitS23Xavier Leonard2yr0 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS10Jamiere Munson3yrcareer 1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitS14Jonathan Rousseau1yr
- 33-star recruitS43Xair Stevenson1yr
MINNReceivers4 blue chips11
- 33-star recruitWR0Le'Meke Brockington5yr46 Rec484 Rec yds4 TD10.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR11Javon Tracy ← Miami (OH)4yr37 Rec454 Rec yds6 TD12.3 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR8Jalen Smith2yr28 Rec419 Rec yds4 TD15.0 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR16Malachi Coleman ← Nebraska3yr5 Rec83 Rec yds0 TD16.6 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR17Kenric Lanier II3yr3 Rec79 Rec yds0 TD26.3 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR17Logan Loya ← UCLA6yr10 Rec61 Rec yds0 TD6.1 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR18Quentin Redding5yr
- 44-star recruitWR4Cristian Driver4yrcareer 8 Rec57 Rec yds1 TD7.1 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR18Donielle Hayes3yrcareer 2 Rec22 Rec yds0 TD11.0 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR7Bradley Martino1yr
- 33-star recruitWR6Legend Lyons1yr
BUFKickersNo blue chips2
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedPK91Jack Howes ← Maryland5yr14 FG17 FGA50 Long72 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK31Oliver Hautanen1yr
MINNKickersNo blue chips4
- 33-star recruitPK36Daniel Jackson1yr0 FG0 FGA0 Long2 Pts
- 22-star recruitPK92Brady Denaburg ← Syracuse4yr14 FG21 FGA46 Long75 Pts
- 33-star recruitPK98David Kemp5yrcareer 5 FG7 FGA40 Long22 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK30Sam Henson2yr
BUFPuntersNo blue chips2
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedP42Dylan Drennan2yr64 Punts44.8 Avg25 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP90Ethan Stumpf2yr
MINNPuntersNo blue chips4
- —No recruiting profile foundP42Tom Weston ← Ouachita Baptist1yr65 Punts42.6 Avg23 In 20
- 33-star recruitP51Caleb McGrath3yr
- 33-star recruitP91Luke Ryerse1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundP91Brody Richter ← UCLA3yrcareer 62 Punts42.8 Avg25 In 20
Previous 2 meetings vs. Team
Minnesota 2–0 vs Buffalo
- 2017 · wk 1Buffalo 7 @ Minnesota 17
- 2002 · wk 5Buffalo 17 @ Minnesota 41
Previous 3 meetings vs. P.J. Fleck
Buffalo 1–2 vs P.J. Fleck
- 2017 · wk 1Buffalo 7 @ Minnesota 17
- 2016 · wk 12Buffalo 0 @ Western Michigan 38
- 2013 · wk 7Buffalo 33 @ Western Michigan 0
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