Just 55 days till Gopher Football kicks off against the Horned Frogs of TCU!
Theiren Cockran will be there, starting at defensive end and making a push to reclaim a spot on the All-Big Ten team. The senior from Homestead Florida is entering the final season of a very nice career. Out of high school Cockran was a lightly recruited two-star holding offers from Purdue, Northern Illinois and a couple other MAC schools. Jerry Kill moved north to Minnesota and convinced Cockran to commit to the Gophers.
I remember seeing Cockran at a Gopher practice when he was a true freshman and thinking, this kid is built like Damien Wilson (light-weight, small-forward for the basketball team).