After falling to rival Lakeville North to end his illustrious high school career at Lakeville South, future University of Minnesota quarterback Mitch Leidner didn’t know if his brother Matt, a center, would ever block for him again.
But as the two boys crossed the football field after the game to meet family, their father, Jeff, had a hunch that they would call each other teammates once more.
“We had hoped that [Matt] would make the decision to go play with Mitchell at Minnesota,” Jeff Leidner said. “If I could pick any place to send my boys to college, it would be there.