The Minnesota Golden Gophers are entering Year 4 of the P.J. Fleck era, putting his coaching staff’s recruits front and center as the team looks to a replace a number of starters from a season ago. There are a lot of position groups with questions to answer ahead of a potential 2020 season, and some units are looking better than others.
Here is how I would rank them (and feel free to disagree):
10. Linebacker
Kamal Martin and Thomas Barber have both graduated. Braelen Oliver suffered a lower body injury in spring practice that would sideline him for most, if not all, of a fall season.