Roster
MinnesotaGolden Gophers
Season
2026 roster
Players
114
Rated recruits
98
86% of the roster
Average stars
3.15
Among rated players only
Transfers in
18
Matched by name to the portal
114 players55 of 114 have recorded statistics in 2026 · Their lines are this season only. The rest show career totals through 2026, marked career, at every school they have played for.
Offense
Quarterbacksby position, then who's played6
- 33-star recruitQB5Drake Lindsey6'5" · 2303yr543 Pass yds1 TD0 Int69.4 Cmp%-6 Rush yds
- 22-star recruitQB6Max Shikenjanski6'2" · 1854yr50 Pass yds0 TD0 Int100.0 Cmp%2 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB16Brady Palmer6'2" · 2101yr34 Pass yds0 TD0 Int66.7 Cmp%8 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB12Michael Merdinger ← Liberty6'1" · 2053yrcareer 436 Pass yds1 TD1 Int56.6 Cmp%-3 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB14Dylan Wittke6'1" · 2154yrcareer 7 Pass yds0 TD1 Int33.3 Cmp%
- 33-star recruitQB15Owen Lansu6'1" · 1951yr
Running backsby position, then who's played9
- 44-star recruitRB1Darius Taylor6'0" · 2154yr20 Car71 Rush yds3 TD3.6 Rush avg4 Rec36 Rec yds9.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB23TJ Thomas5'8" · 1903yr10 Car51 Rush yds0 TD5.1 Rush avg6 Rec63 Rec yds10.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB9Xavier Ford5'10" · 2102yr5 Car22 Rush yds1 TD4.4 Rush avg
- 44-star recruitRB20Ryan Estrada5'10" · 1901yr3 Car10 Rush yds0 TD3.3 Rush avg2 Rec12 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB22Jaron Thomas ← Purdue6'0" · 2252yr1 Car5 Rush yds0 TD5.0 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB2A.J. Turner6'0" · 2005yr2 Car4 Rush yds0 TD2.0 Rush avg1 Rec5 Rec yds5.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB28Niko Castillo6'1" · 2351yr4 Car2 Rush yds0 TD0.5 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB21Grant Washington5'10" · 2052yrcareer 21 Car132 Rush yds0 TD6.3 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB26Zeke Bates6'0" · 2201yr
Receiversby position, then who's played12
- 33-star recruitWR11Javon Tracy6'0" · 2055yr12 Rec149 Rec yds0 TD12.4 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR13Noah Jennings ← Cincinnati6'0" · 1904yr10 Rec145 Rec yds0 TD14.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR8Jalen Smith6'1" · 2103yr8 Rec77 Rec yds0 TD9.6 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR84Hayden Moore6'1" · 2051yr3 Rec49 Rec yds0 TD16.3 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR89Quayd Hendryx5'11" · 1801yr1 Rec13 Rec yds0 TD13.0 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR7Bradley Martino6'3" · 1902yr1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR25Zion Steptoe ← Tulsa5'11" · 1905yr1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR24Braiden Stevens5'8" · 1701yr
- 44-star recruitWR3Perry Thompson ← Auburn6'3" · 2203yrcareer 22 Rec280 Rec yds1 TD12.7 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR18Donielle Hayes6'0" · 1904yrcareer 2 Rec22 Rec yds0 TD11.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR85Rico Blassingame6'1" · 1851yr
- 33-star recruitWR81Josiah Dozier6'1" · 1901yr
Tight endsby position, then who's played8
- 33-star recruitTE19Pierce Walsh6'4" · 2504yr4 Rec46 Rec yds1 TD11.5 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitTE87Kaden Helms ← Oklahoma6'4" · 2405yr2 Rec13 Rec yds0 TD6.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE44George Rohl6'6" · 2451yr1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE82Julian Johnson6'6" · 2603yr1 Rec1 Rec yds0 TD1.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE88Jacob Simpson6'4" · 2453yrcareer 1 Rec4 Rec yds0 TD4.0 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitTE4Roman Voss6'4" · 2351yr
- 33-star recruitTE83Sam Peters6'4" · 2504yr
- 33-star recruitTE86Gabe Weaver6'5" · 2401yr
Offensive lineby position, then recruiting17
- 44-star recruitOL55Jerome Williams6'4" · 3254yr
- 44-star recruitOL50Nathan Roy6'5" · 3053yr
- 44-star recruitOL68Bennett Warren ← Tennessee6'7" · 3003yr
- 44-star recruitOL79Andrew Trout6'7" · 3001yr
- 33-star recruitOL78Ashton Beers6'6" · 3205yr
- 33-star recruitOL59Tony Nelson6'6" · 3255yr
- 33-star recruitOL65Greg Johnson6'6" · 3254yr
- 33-star recruitOL58Jaden Ball6'5" · 3103yr
- 33-star recruitOL56Brett Carroll6'5" · 3203yr
- 33-star recruitOL75Mark Handy6'7" · 3202yr
- 33-star recruitOL60Kaveon Lee6'5" · 3202yr
- 33-star recruitOL51Daniel Shipp6'5" · 2952yr
- 33-star recruitOL77Nick Spence6'6" · 3002yr
- 33-star recruitOL69Gavin Meier6'5" · 3051yr
- 33-star recruitOL66Beckett Schreiber6'5" · 2951yr
- 33-star recruitOL57Aaron Thomas6'6" · 3001yr
- 33-star recruitOL71Lucas Tielsch6'7" · 3201yr
Defense
Defensive lineby position, then who's played24
- 33-star recruitDL3TJ Bush Jr. ← California6'3" · 2654yr11 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL11Karter Menz6'5" · 2404yr5 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL99Theorin Randle6'2" · 3004yr5 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitDL0Anthony Smith6'6" · 2805yr3 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL70Naquan Crowder ← Marshall6'2" · 3302yr3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitDL93Riley Sunram6'5" · 3053yr2 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL92Sid Kaba ← Marshall6'2" · 3054yr2 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL98Adam Kissayi6'8" · 2553yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitDL48Aaden Aytch6'3" · 2401yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL55Jaylin Hicks6'3" · 2703yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL45Sam Macy6'5" · 2503yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL1Jaxon Howard6'4" · 2604yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL90Xion Chapman ← Florida International6'3" · 3052yr0 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL50Mo Omonode6'0" · 2855yrcareer 31 Tackles5.5 TFL4.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitDL91Howie Johnson6'3" · 3001yr
- 33-star recruitDL94Mo Saine6'4" · 2753yr
- 33-star recruitDL47Enoch Atewogbola6'4" · 2552yr
- 33-star recruitDL95Colin Hansen6'7" · 2652yr
- 33-star recruitDL33Rhett Hlavacka6'5" · 2602yr
- 33-star recruitDL56Jay'Quan Stubbs6'4" · 2852yr
- 33-star recruitDL96Abu Tarawallie6'3" · 2902yr
- 33-star recruitDL88Josiah Anyansi6'3" · 2601yr
- 33-star recruitDL97Jeremiah Benson6'3" · 2801yr
- 33-star recruitDL41Anthony Charles6'5" · 2101yr
Linebackersby position, then who's played10
- 33-star recruitLB6Maverick Baranowski6'2" · 2305yr15 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB49Matt Kingsbury6'3" · 2354yr7 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB19Joey Gerlach6'3" · 2255yr6 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitLB2Emmanuel Karmo6'2" · 2352yr3 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB46Mason Carrier6'3" · 2353yr2 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB35Nate Cleveland6'2" · 2252yr1 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB29Andrew Marshall ← Eastern Michigan6'2" · 2353yrcareer 62 Tackles3.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB44Ethan Stendel6'3" · 2402yrcareer 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB16Hudson Dunn6'0" · 2201yr
- 33-star recruitLB32Angel Luciano6'1" · 2101yr
Defensive backsby position, then who's played21
- 33-star recruitDB14Kerry Brown5'10" · 1904yr12 Tackles0 PD
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDB22Mekhai Smith ← Lehigh6'2" · 2153yr10 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB4Zack Harden6'1" · 2102yr8 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB5Aydan West ← Michigan State6'0" · 1952yr7 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB17John Nestor6'1" · 2104yr3 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB21Naiim Parrish5'11" · 1802yr3 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB7Aidan Gousby6'0" · 1905yr2 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB18Rhyland Kelly6'1" · 2005yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB9Garrison Monroe6'0" · 2054yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB8Mike Gerald6'0" · 1903yrcareer 11 Tackles2 PD
- 33-star recruitDB27Simon Seidl5'10" · 1903yrcareer 1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB15Samuel Madu6'1" · 1803yr
- 33-star recruitDB13Zahir Rainer5'9" · 1903yr
- 33-star recruitDB23Lamont Hamilton5'10" · 1701yr
- 33-star recruitDB25Justin Hopkins5'11" · 1901yr
- 33-star recruitDB31Jordan Lampkins6'0" · 1901yr
- 33-star recruitDB24Chance Payne5'10" · 1851yr
- 33-star recruitDB28Trason Richardson6'0" · 1901yr
- 33-star recruitDB36Tavian White5'11" · 1801yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB20Parker Knutson ← Southwest Minnesota State6'0" · 1901yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB26Elisha West ← Michigan State5'10" · 1951yr
Specialistsby position, then recruiting7
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedLS52Alan Soukup6'1" · 2103yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLS53Jakob Lutz6'0" · 2052yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedP37Zachary Robbins ← Utah State6'3" · 2202yr1 Punts33.0 Avg1 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP42Tom Weston6'3" · 2202yr6 Punts38.3 Avg2 In 20
- 33-star recruitPK36Daniel Jackson5'10" · 1752yr1 FG1 FGA31 Long10 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK13Luke Drzewiecki6'0" · 1865yr2 FG2 FGA44 Long7 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK92Beckham Sunderland ← Michigan6'2" · 2153yr0 FG0 FGA0 Long1 Pts
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.