The 2023 NFL season officially kicks off Thursday night when the Detroit Lions head to the defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs. No Gophers will be on the field on Thursday night, but fourteen former Gophers will start Week 1 on an active NFL roster with an additional three on league practice squads. Below we list what players you can expect to see on Sundays, and Mondays, and Thursdays, and maybe even an occasional Saturday this fall and winter.
Rashod Bateman—WR Baltimore Ravens
Daniel Faalele—OL—Baltimore Ravens
Week 1 vs Houston Texans
Bateman only competed in the final few weeks of training camp coming off of the foot injury he suffered last season but appears to have regained a starting spot in what is now a much more crowded Ravens WR group.