Before he arrived on campus for a visit in December, Charlotte wide receiver Elijah Spencer had only interacted with Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck via FaceTime. When the two sat down together in Fleck’s office for their first face-to-face meeting, Spencer had one question:
“What do you know about me?”
Recounting this story at his Signing Day press conference, Fleck admitted his initial impression of Spencer relied upon the word of former Minnesota defensive line coach Marcus West, who spent three seasons as assistant head coach and co-defensive coordinator at Charlotte, and Jenna Thompson, Minnesota’s director of on-campus recruiting and a Charlotte alum.