Roster

MinnesotaGolden Gophers

Season

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2008 roster

Players

Rated recruits

29% of the roster

Average stars

2.78

Among rated players only

Transfers in

Matched by name to the portal

31 players23 of 31 have recorded statistics in 2008 · Their lines are this season only. The rest show career totals through 2008, marked career, at every school they have played for.

Offense

Quarterbacksby position, then this season's passing yards1

—No recruiting profile foundQB8Adam Weber6'3"2yr
2,761 Pass yds15 TD8 Int62.2 Cmp%233 Rush yds

Running backsby position, then this season's rushing yards4

—No recruiting profile foundFB35Jon Hoese6'2"1yr
4 Car5 Rush yds2 TD1.3 Rush avg
33-star recruitRB2De'Leon Eskridge5'11"1yr
184 Car678 Rush yds7 TD3.7 Rush avg
29 Rec181 Rec yds6.2 Rec avg
33-star recruitRB22Duane Bennett5'9"2yr
32 Car140 Rush yds2 TD4.4 Rush avg
12 Rec125 Rec yds10.4 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundRB20Jay Thomas6'0"3yr
7 Car24 Rush yds0 TD3.4 Rush avg
2 Rec4 Rec yds2.0 Rec avg

Receiversby position, then this season's receiving yards7

—No recruiting profile foundWR7Eric Decker6'3"3yr
84 Rec1,074 Rec yds7 TD12.8 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundWR16Ben Kuznia6'0"1yr
31 Rec310 Rec yds0 TD10.0 Rec avg
44-star recruitWR1Brandon Green6'0"1yr
20 Rec298 Rec yds1 TD14.9 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundWR39Ralph Spry5'10"2yr
7 Rec63 Rec yds0 TD9.0 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundWR5Brodrick Smith6'1"1yr
5 Rec50 Rec yds1 TD10.0 Rec avg
22-star recruitWR6Da'Jon McKnight6'3"1yr
3 Rec38 Rec yds1 TD12.7 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundWR9David Pittman5'11"1yr
4 Rec32 Rec yds0 TD8.0 Rec avg

Tight endsby position, then this season's receiving yards1

—No recruiting profile foundTE48Nick Tow-Arnett6'3"2yr
10 Rec211 Rec yds1 TD21.1 Rec avg

Defense

Linebackersby position, then this season's interceptions3

—No recruiting profile foundLB30Lee Campbell6'3"1yr
2 Int
33-star recruitLB21Simoni Lawrence6'1"1yr
1 Int
33-star recruitLB51Gary Tinsley6'1"1yr

Defensive backsby position, then this season's interceptions7

—No recruiting profile foundCB24Marcus Sherels5'11"2yr
2 Int
—No recruiting profile foundCB2Ryan Collado5'9"1yr
1 Int
—No recruiting profile foundDB15Traye Simmons5'11"1yr
4 Int
22-star recruitDB27Kyle Theret5'10"2yr
3 Int
33-star recruitDB29Shady Salamon5'11" · 2021yr
22-star recruitDB5Johnny Johnson5'9"1yr
—No recruiting profile foundDB2Troy Stoudermire5'10"1yr

Position not listedby recruiting8

—No recruiting profile found——Tony Mortensen—5yr
—No recruiting profile found——Justin Kucek—4yr
—No recruiting profile found——Mike Maciejowski—4yr
—No recruiting profile found——Joel Monroe—4yr
—No recruiting profile found——Kevin Mannion—3yr
—No recruiting profile found——Jack Simmons—3yr
—No recruiting profile found——Tramaine Brock—1yr
—No recruiting profile found——Steve Davis—1yr

Most of this roster has no recruiting profile. CFBD's athlete links thin out going backwards — roughly two-thirds of a 2026 roster can be matched against about one in twenty of a 2004 one — so an em dash here usually means no profile was found rather than a player nobody rated. Hover a star to see which.