Roster
MinnesotaGolden Gophers
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 Weber6'3"3yr2,582 Pass yds13 TD15 Int52.0 Cmp%-133 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB5MarQueis Gray6'4"1yr62 Pass yds1 TD1 Int40.0 Cmp%265 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB19Adam Lueck6'0" · 1941yr
Running backsby position, then who's played11
- —No recruiting profile foundFB35Jon Hoese6'2"2yr29 Car103 Rush yds1 TD3.6 Rush avg11 Rec87 Rec yds7.9 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitFB36Nick Rengel6'3" · 2251yr
- —No recruiting profile foundFB44Ed Cotton6'1" · 2101yr
- —No recruiting profile foundFB37Willie Schneider5'11" · 2161yr
- —No recruiting profile foundFB42Logan U'u5'10" · 2301yr
- 33-star recruitRB22Duane Bennett5'9"3yr98 Car376 Rush yds6 TD3.8 Rush avg16 Rec194 Rec yds12.1 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB6Kevin Whaley5'9"1yr88 Car367 Rush yds2 TD4.2 Rush avg1 Rec6 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB2De'Leon Eskridge5'11"2yr74 Car294 Rush yds3 TD4.0 Rush avg3 Rec18 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB20Jay Thomas6'0"4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB18R.J. Buckner5'11"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB23DeLeon Eskridge5'11" · 2051yr
Receiversby position, then who's played10
- —No recruiting profile foundWR7Eric Decker6'3"4yr50 Rec758 Rec yds5 TD15.2 Rec avg
- 22-star recruitWR6Da'Jon McKnight6'3"2yr17 Rec311 Rec yds0 TD18.3 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR1Brandon Green6'0"2yr21 Rec293 Rec yds1 TD14.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR81Bryant Allen6'0"1yr5 Rec45 Rec yds0 TD9.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR4Hayo Carpenter5'11"1yr2 Rec43 Rec yds0 TD21.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR16Ben Kuznia6'0"2yr2 Rec15 Rec yds0 TD7.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR9David Pittman5'11"2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR82A.J. Barker6'1"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR80Xzavian Brandon6'3" · 1811yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR84Victor Keise6'1"1yr
Tight endsby position, then who's played7
- —No recruiting profile foundTE48Nick Tow-Arnett6'3"3yr37 Rec505 Rec yds3 TD13.6 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE85Eric Lair6'3"1yr1 Rec12 Rec yds0 TD12.0 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitTE86Moses Alipate6'5" · 2811yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE19Kendall Gregory-McGhee6'5"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE96Curtis Hughes6'4"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE88Collin McGarry6'4"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE87Sahr Ngekia6'4" · 2361yr
Offensive lineby position, then recruiting16
- 33-star recruitOL75Brooks Michel6'7" · 2981yr
- 33-star recruitOL58Ed Olson6'7" · 3091yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL76Dominic Alford6'3" · 3251yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL63Andy Brinkhaus6'3" · 2761yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL68Chris Bunders6'3" · 2921yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL53D.J. Burris6'2" · 3051yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL73Matt Carufel6'5" · 3021yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL61Trey Davis6'2" · 2811yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL69Jacob Glickstein6'3" · 2701yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL62Zach Mottla6'2" · 2771yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL78Ryan Orton6'4" · 2901yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL74Ryan Ruckdashel6'5" · 2901yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL79Matt Stommes6'7" · 3121yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL66Nedward Tavale6'2" · 3341yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL71Jeff Wills6'7" · 3501yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL60Ryan Wynn6'5" · 3051yr
Defense
Defensive lineby position, then who's played17
- 33-star recruitDE49Matt Garin6'4" · 2491yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDE90Raymond Henderson6'5" · 2631yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDE55Cedric McKinley6'6" · 2821yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDE93Derrick Onwuachi6'5" · 2621yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDE95D.L. Wilhite6'3" · 2441yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL89Barrett Moen6'4"1yr
- 44-star recruitDL99Ra'Shede Hageman6'6"1yr
- 33-star recruitDL62Eric Jacques6'2" · 2961yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL92Kyle Dykstra6'4" · 2411yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL90Austin Hahn6'4" · 2901yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL97Anthony Jacobs6'2" · 2911yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL56Chris Severson6'5" · 2251yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL67David Stommes6'4" · 2401yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDT99Garrett Brown6'2" · 3101yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDT68Jewhan Edwards6'2" · 3301yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDT96Brandon Kirksey6'2" · 2941yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDT98Eric Small6'2" · 3061yr
Linebackersby position, then who's played14
- 33-star recruitLB21Simoni Lawrence6'1"2yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundLB30Lee Campbell6'3"2yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundLB4Keanon Cooper6'0"1yr
- 33-star recruitLB51Gary Tinsley6'1"2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB59Joey Balthazor6'3"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB43Ryan Grant6'2" · 2261yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB57Aaron Hill6'2"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB17Sam Maresh6'3" · 2471yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB26Mike Rallis6'2"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB8Spencer Reeves6'2" · 2341yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB33Rex Sharpe6'1" · 2311yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB44Brent Singleton6'1" · 2141yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB50Patrick Sveum6'1" · 2311yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB32Nate Triplett6'3" · 2471yr
Defensive backsby position, then who's played18
- —No recruiting profile foundCB24Marcus Sherels5'11"3yr2 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundCB2Ryan Collado5'9"2yrcareer 1 Int
- 22-star recruitDB27Kyle Theret5'10"3yr3 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB15Traye Simmons5'11"2yr2 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB3Kim Royston5'11"2yr1 Int
- 44-star recruitDB23Michael Carter5'11"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB2Troy Stoudermire5'10"2yr
- 22-star recruitDB5Johnny Johnson5'9"2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB25Tim Dandridge6'1" · 1851yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB36Chase Haviland5'9" · 1851yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB14Kyle Henderson5'11" · 1851yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB45Bryan Klitzke6'1" · 2101yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB6Kerry Lewis5'9" · 1791yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB13Michael McKelton5'10" · 1831yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB38Marcus Singletary6'0" · 1881yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB39Nicholas Stommes6'0" · 2051yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB40Nathan Tow-Arnett6'1" · 2051yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB28Kenny Watkins6'0" · 1981yr
Specialistsby position, then who's played5
- —No recruiting profile foundLS47Ryan Coleman6'1" · 2251yr
- 33-star recruitP41Dan Orseske6'3"1yr9 Punts44.6 Avg0 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP38Blake Haudan6'1"1yr62 Punts42.6 Avg0 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundPK37Eric Ellestad6'3"1yr13 FG17 FGA39 Long70 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK38David Schwerman6'0"1yr
Position not listedby recruiting1
- —No recruiting profile found——Nathan Triplett—1yr
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.