With college football right around the corner, it also means that the August dead period is about to end. Entering this fall, Minnesota's 2024 recruiting class sits mostly full. The Golden Gophers hold 23 commitments in their recruiting class, leaving just a few spots for the next few months. P.J. Fleck and his coaching staff will surely want to save some room for the transfer portal next offseason.
With that, Gophers Nation goes position by position below to look at what is left to be done this cycle for the Golden Gophers on the recruiting trail.
QUARTERBACK
The Gophers were only going to take one quarterback this cycle, and they landed their man in Fayetteville (AR)'s Drake Lindsey. They're one and done here.Commitments: 1
Projected room left: 0
RUNNING BACK
With a pair of running back commitments, Minnesota is unlikely to take any other tailbacks in their 2024 recruiting class. They're very happy with the duo of Jaydon Wright and Ohifame Ijeboi.Commitments: 2
Projected room left: 0
WIDE RECEIVER
Three wide receivers are currently committed to the Gophers Corey Smith, Dallas Sims, and Jalen Smith. There is definitely a chance this fall that the coaching staff looks to add one more wide receiver to the mix, but it is not a necessity either. We'd continue to keep an eye out on Alabama wide receiver Jonathan Bibbs. In statewide receivers, Khijohn Cumings-Coleman and Jurlad Hughes might be worth monitoring as well.Commitments: 3
Projected room left: 1
TIGHT END
The Gophers hold a pair of tight-end commitments in the class in Julian Johnson and Jacob Simpson. They won't be adding any other tight ends to their 2024 recruiting class.Commitments: 2
Projected room left: 0
OFFENSIVE LINE
Minnesota has three offensive line commitments: Nathan Roy, Brett Carroll, and Mauricio Hinds. I get the sense they would like to potentially add a fourth offensive lineman if possible, but they're not going to reach for one, either. They'll, of course, continue to pursue Minnesota native and Wisconsin commitment Emerson Mandell, but I wouldn't hold my breath on him yet. One name that I will be watching closely in the region is Brandon (SD) offensive guard Navarro Schunke, who has seen his recruitment tick up recently, including several SEC offers.Commitments: 3
Projected room left: 1
DEFENSIVE LINE
Minnesota has five defensive line commitments in the recruiting classes Riley Sunram, Jaylin Hicks, Jide Abasiri, Mo Saine, and Sam Macy. They're on the defensive line; in all likelihood, a few offered prospects remain uncommitted. That being said, they did lose a commitment from Adam Kissayi in this cycle, so there is still a good chance they look to add another defensive lineman to the class, in particular, an edge rusher. Nobody has emerged as a potential option to fill that option yet, but we will be paying close attention to the position this fall. Additionally, Wyatt Gilmore certainly has the ability to join the class at any point if he wants to back off his Oklahoma commitment.Commitments: 5
Projected room left: 1
LINEBACKER
The Gophers only handed out a handful of linebacker offers this cycle and walked away with two commitments at the position in Mason Carrier and Brady Pretzlaff. They haven't shown any interest in adding any more linebackers to the class. They may monitor a few players this fall as potential late additions.Commitments: 2
Projected room left: 1?
CORNERBACK/SAFTIES
With five commitments in the secondary, the Golden Gophers are likely done at the position unless they suffer any sort of surprise decommitments.Commitments: 5
Projected room left: 0
Overall
Overall, we look at the Gophers adding about 2-to-3 more players in their 2024 recruiting cycle. There may be a prospect or two that they feel they can't turn away that grows that number, but in all likelihood, we're looking at just a few more additions for the Gophers this cycle. Linebacker is a position it looks like they're comfortable with, so I don't anticipate any additions there, hence the question mark after the one. Notably, Sam Macy could play defensive end or linebacker at the next level. Players like Emerson Mandell and Wyatt Gilmore have open invitations to the class but remain long shots to be flipped.
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