THIRD AND DATA

Roster

MinnesotaGolden Gophers

Season
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›Current

2009 roster

Players

102

Rated recruits

17

17% of the roster

Average stars

3.06

Among rated players only

Transfers in

0

Matched by name to the portal

102 players29 of 102 have recorded statistics in 2009 · Their lines are this season only. The rest show career totals through 2009, marked career, at every school they have played for.

Offense

Quarterbacksby position, then who's played3
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB8Adam Weber3yr
    2,582 Pass yds13 TD15 Int52.0 Cmp%-133 Rush yds
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB5MarQueis Gray1yr
    62 Pass yds1 TD1 Int40.0 Cmp%265 Rush yds
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB19Adam Lueck1yr
Running backsby position, then who's played11
  • —No recruiting profile foundFB35Jon Hoese2yr
    29 Car103 Rush yds1 TD3.6 Rush avg
    11 Rec87 Rec yds7.9 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitFB36Nick Rengel1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundFB44Ed Cotton1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundFB37Willie Schneider1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundFB42Logan U'u1yr
  • 33-star recruitRB22Duane Bennett3yr
    98 Car376 Rush yds6 TD3.8 Rush avg
    16 Rec194 Rec yds12.1 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB6Kevin Whaley1yr
    88 Car367 Rush yds2 TD4.2 Rush avg
    1 Rec6 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB2De'Leon Eskridge2yr
    74 Car294 Rush yds3 TD4.0 Rush avg
    3 Rec18 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB20Jay Thomas4yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB18R.J. Buckner1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB23DeLeon Eskridge1yr
Receiversby position, then who's played10
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR7Eric Decker4yr
    50 Rec758 Rec yds5 TD15.2 Rec avg
  • 22-star recruitWR6Da'Jon McKnight2yr
    17 Rec311 Rec yds0 TD18.3 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR1Brandon Green2yr
    21 Rec293 Rec yds1 TD14.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR81Bryant Allen1yr
    5 Rec45 Rec yds0 TD9.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR4Hayo Carpenter1yr
    2 Rec43 Rec yds0 TD21.5 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR16Ben Kuznia2yr
    2 Rec15 Rec yds0 TD7.5 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR9David Pittman2yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR82A.J. Barker1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR80Xzavian Brandon1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR84Victor Keise1yr
Tight endsby position, then who's played7
Offensive lineby position, then recruiting16

Defense

Defensive lineby position, then who's played17
Linebackersby position, then who's played14
Defensive backsby position, then who's played18
Specialistsby position, then who's played5
  • —No recruiting profile foundLS47Ryan Coleman1yr
  • 33-star recruitP41Dan Orseske1yr
    9 Punts44.6 Avg0 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP38Blake Haudan1yr
    62 Punts42.6 Avg0 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK37Eric Ellestad1yr
    13 FG17 FGA39 Long70 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK38David Schwerman1yr
Position not listedby recruiting1

Offensive linemen carry no statistics because none are published: CFBD reports no snaps, starts, sacks allowed, pressures or blocking grades. That group is ordered by position, then by recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster. That does not change once the season starts. Box scores list players who record a statistic and linemen almost never do — about one per team in a full season, usually a fumble recovery — so the line keeps this order while the rest of the roster reorders around who has played.

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.