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Minnesota Football: Vanderbilt defensive end Lorenza Surgers to transfer to Minnesota

Vanderbilt defensive end Lorenza Surgers announced Tuesday night that he will transfer to Minnesota, where he will have two years of eligibility remaining.

Surgers was a two-star recruit coming out of high school, according to 247 Sports, and committed to the Commodores over an offer from Connecticut. He did not see much game action his first three years at Vanderbilt, redshirting his freshman year and then playing in a total of six games over the next two seasons. Surgers played in 12 games last year, finishing the season with 17 total tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and one sack.