Roster
MinnesotaGolden Gophers
Players
118
Rated recruits
41
35% of the roster
Average stars
2.90
Among rated players only
Transfers in
0
Matched by name to the portal
118 players24 of 118 have recorded statistics in 2011 · Their lines are this season only. The rest show career totals through 2011, marked career, at every school they have played for.
Offense
Quarterbacksby position, then who's played6
- —No recruiting profile foundQB5MarQueis Gray6'4"3yr1,495 Pass yds8 TD8 Int50.7 Cmp%966 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB11Max Shortell6'6"1yr309 Pass yds2 TD2 Int48.1 Cmp%14 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB16Tom Parish6'3" · 2062yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB19Adam Lueck6'0" · 1943yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB3Dexter Foreman6'1" · 2201yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB5Marqueis Gray6'4" · 2401yr
Running backsby position, then who's played7
- —No recruiting profile foundFB44Ed Cotton6'1" · 2103yr
- —No recruiting profile foundFB30Mike Henry6'1"2yr
- 33-star recruitRB22Duane Bennett5'9"5yr166 Car639 Rush yds3 TD3.8 Rush avg3 Rec23 Rec yds7.7 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB20Donnell Kirkwood5'10"2yr63 Car229 Rush yds3 TD3.6 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB27David Cobb5'11"1yr10 Car57 Rush yds0 TD5.7 Rush avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB31Cole Banham5'9"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB33Cameron Gatling5'10" · 2021yr
Receiversby position, then who's played16
- 22-star recruitWR6Da'Jon McKnight6'3"4yr51 Rec760 Rec yds4 TD14.9 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR1Brandon Green6'0"4yr15 Rec190 Rec yds1 TD12.7 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR86Malcolm Moulton5'11"1yr14 Rec174 Rec yds0 TD12.4 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR80Devin Crawford-Tufts6'2"1yr8 Rec156 Rec yds0 TD19.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR2Ge'Shun Harris6'3"1yr1 Rec28 Rec yds0 TD28.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR25Devon Wright6'0"2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR82A.J. Barker6'1"3yrcareer 1 Rec17 Rec yds0 TD17.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR84Victor Keise6'1"3yrcareer 1 Rec1 Rec yds0 TD1.0 Rec avg
- 22-star recruitWR17Logan Hutton6'1"2yr
- 22-star recruitWR13J.D. Pride6'1" · 2022yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR80Xzavian Brandon6'3" · 1813yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR17C.J. Cesario5'10" · 1862yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR14Connor Cosgrove6'0" · 1752yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR8Cameron Wilson6'3" · 2152yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR24Matt Kloss6'0" · 1991yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR22Luke Trucilla6'0" · 1751yr
Tight endsby position, then who's played9
- —No recruiting profile foundTE85Eric Lair6'3"3yr11 Rec168 Rec yds1 TD15.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE88Collin McGarry6'4"3yr16 Rec120 Rec yds2 TD7.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE81John Rabe6'4"1yr4 Rec36 Rec yds2 TD9.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE83Drew Goodger6'5"1yr2 Rec7 Rec yds0 TD3.5 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitTE86Moses Alipate6'5" · 2813yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE19Kendall Gregory-McGhee6'5"3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE87Sahr Ngekia6'4" · 2363yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE47Alex Bisch6'6" · 2502yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE44Gabe Mezzenga6'4"2yr
Offensive lineby position, then recruiting20
- 44-star recruitOL76Jimmy Gjere6'7" · 3232yr
- 33-star recruitOL75Brooks Michel6'7" · 2983yr
- 33-star recruitOL58Ed Olson6'7" · 3093yr
- 33-star recruitOL52Zac Epping6'2"2yr
- 33-star recruitOL70Sean Ferguson6'6" · 3052yr
- 33-star recruitOL74Marek Lenkiewicz6'5" · 2922yr
- 33-star recruitOL73Joe Bjorklund6'5" · 3001yr
- 33-star recruitOL77Foster Bush6'5" · 3061yr
- 33-star recruitOL66Luke McAvoy6'5" · 2851yr
- 33-star recruitOL58Tommy Olson6'4"1yr
- 22-star recruitOL65Josh Campion6'5" · 3071yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL68Chris Bunders6'3" · 2923yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL69Jacob Glickstein6'3" · 2703yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL62Zach Mottla6'2" · 2773yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL78Ryan Orton6'4" · 2903yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL60Ryan Wynn6'5" · 3053yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL64Caleb Bak6'3" · 3022yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL63Jon Christenson6'4" · 3031yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL75Ernie Heifort6'5"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL71Kyle McAvoy6'5" · 3081yr
Defense
Defensive lineby position, then recruiting16
- 33-star recruitDE49Matt Garin6'4" · 2493yr
- 22-star recruitDE55Thieren Cockran6'6" · 2371yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDE95D.L. Wilhite6'3" · 2443yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDE92Leston Simpson6'3" · 2442yr
- 44-star recruitDL99Ra'Shede Hageman6'6"3yr
- 33-star recruitDL62Eric Jacques6'2" · 2963yr
- 33-star recruitDL94Harold Legania6'4" · 3132yr
- 33-star recruitDL98Michael Amaefula6'2" · 2491yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL90Austin Hahn6'4" · 2903yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL97Anthony Jacobs6'2" · 2913yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL67David Stommes6'4" · 2403yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL46Cameron Botticelli6'5" · 2902yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL93Ben Perry6'5" · 2632yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL42Gavin Bronson6'4" · 2421yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL56Curran Delaney6'1" · 3001yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDT96Brandon Kirksey6'2" · 2943yr
Linebackersby position, then who's played18
- 33-star recruitLB32Lamonte Edwards6'2"2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB26Mike Rallis6'2"3yrcareer 3 Int
- 33-star recruitLB51Gary Tinsley6'1"4yrcareer 1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundLB9James Manuel6'2"2yrcareer 1 Int
- 33-star recruitLB17Dwayne Mitchell6'2" · 2102yr
- 33-star recruitLB47Quinn Bauducco6'3" · 2251yr
- 33-star recruitLB34Jephte Matilus6'1" · 2381yr
- 33-star recruitLB18Peter Westerhaus6'3" · 2301yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB59Joey Balthazor6'3"3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB4Keanon Cooper6'0"3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB43Ryan Grant6'2" · 2263yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB57Aaron Hill6'2"3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB8Spencer Reeves6'2" · 2343yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB44Brent Singleton6'1" · 2143yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB50Patrick Sveum6'1" · 2313yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB1Brendan Beal6'3" · 2492yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB48Judd Paffrath6'2" · 2252yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB42Dominic Schultz6'1" · 2311yr
Defensive backsby position, then who's played17
- —No recruiting profile foundDB2Troy Stoudermire5'10"4yr2 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB3Kim Royston5'11"4yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB21Brock Vereen6'0"2yr1 Int
- 22-star recruitDB15Marcus Jones5'8"1yr
- 44-star recruitDB23Michael Carter5'11"3yrcareer 2 Int
- 33-star recruitDB7Tyrone Bouie6'0" · 1702yr
- 33-star recruitDB6Grayson Levine5'11" · 2101yr
- 22-star recruitDB5Johnny Johnson5'9"4yr
- 22-star recruitDB2Cedric Thompson6'0"1yr
- 22-star recruitDB3Derrick Wells6'0"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB36Chase Haviland5'9" · 1853yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB45Bryan Klitzke6'1" · 2103yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB40Nathan Tow-Arnett6'1" · 2053yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB28Kenny Watkins6'0" · 1983yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB9Christyn Lewis6'2" · 1702yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB14Kyle Henderson5'11" · 1851yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB16Steven Montgomery5'10" · 2061yr
Specialistsby position, then who's played9
- —No recruiting profile foundLS48Jake Filkins6'2" · 2402yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLS49Dave Ramlet6'2" · 2352yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLS40Jared Hartman6'3" · 2351yr
- 33-star recruitP41Dan Orseske6'3"3yr57 Punts37.0 Avg0 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP37Peter Mortell6'2"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundPK38David Schwerman6'0"3yr2 Punts23.5 Avg0 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundPK39Jordan Wettstein5'11"2yr6 FG6 FGA51 Long27 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK36Chris Hawthorne6'6"1yr6 FG8 FGA47 Long32 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK31David Platner6'0" · 1671yr
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.