How the extra year of eligibility impacts Minnesota’s football roster

The NCAA Division I Board of Directors announced last week that they will be granting an extra year of eligibility to all fall athletes, regardless of whether they compete in a fall or spring season for their sport. Additionally, seniors who take advantage of their extra year in Fall 2021 will not count against their team’s scholarship limit.

What does this mean for Minnesota? Well let’s a look at their football scholarships.

If the current recruiting class of commits (16, plus Dylan McGill) holds and every scholarship player on the roster were to return for the fall 2021 season, Minnesota would have 101 scholarship athletes.