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Minnesota

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Recruiting#2the 2027 class
Offense#5334 touchdowns in 2025
Defense#46by rating, of the 68
Money$22–30Mspend #40
Week 3 · NextAkron at Minnesota12:00 PM ET
OverviewDepth ChartThis weekNIL & RosterPlayer MovementDraft

Depth Chart

Offense · best 11 by role and valueTap a jersey for the profile, swap and compare in the live field →
10102020303040405050
WRTHOMPSON$0.1MSmith
WRSMITH$0.3MMartino
SLOTMARTINO$0.1MTracy
TEVOSS$0.3MJohnson
LTROY$1.1MWarren
LGJOHNSON$1.9MBeers
CBEERS$0.3MWilliams
RGWILLIAMS$0.1MCarroll
RTWARREN$0.6MTrout
QBLINDSEY$1.7MPalmer
RBTAYLOR$0.1MThomas
Defense · 4-3
10102020303040405050
DEMENZ$1.6MHoward
DTSMITH$1.4MBush
DTBUSH$2.9MCrowder
DEHOWARD$1.5MJohnson
LBGERLACH$0.3MBaranowski
LBBARANOWSKI$0.3MKarmo
LBKARMO$0.1MKingsbury
CBNESTOR$2.1MHopkins
CBHOPKINS$0.4MHamilton
SBROWN$0.9MHamilton
SHAMILTON$0.4MWest

The chip is the model price. Best 11 by role and value from the 2026 roster and the NIL valuations.

The schedule

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SEP 4vs EasternW 59-7
SEP 12vs MississippiL 13-38
SEP 19vs AkronW 41-7
SEP 26@ WashingtonW 27-24
OCT 3vs MichiganW 20-14
OCT 10@ PurdueL 13-41
OCT 24vs Iowa
OCT 31@ Indiana
NOV 7vs UCLA
NOV 14@ Penn State
NOV 21vs Northwestern
NOV 28@ Wisconsin
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This week

Week 3: the game, our number against the market, one trend.

Akron at Minnesota
Kickoff
2026-09-19 12:00 PM ET
The line
Minnesota -24 · O/U 49.2
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Our number vs the market

No lean on this one.

Our number and the market are within a field goal.

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Roster & NIL

Who is paid, who is worth it, and where the money sits.

$29Mmodel payroll across 70 priced players
Where the money sits
DL$11.9M
DB$5.4M
OL$4.7M
QB$2.2M
WR$1.8M
LB$1.4M
RB$0.7M
The top five
1
TJ Bush Jr.IDL · Senior · 3-star · starter
80.5model$3.0M
2
John NestorCB · Senior · starter
86.2model$2.1M
3
Greg JohnsonIOL · Senior · starter
70.0model$2.0M
4
Drake LindseyQB · Junior · starter
78.2model$1.7M
5
Karter MenzEDGE · Senior · starter
$1.7M
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Player Movement

Who came through the portal, who left, and what each room looks like now.

Position rooms · by Model Score
OT88Roy
CB86Nestor
QB78Lindsey
DB77Harden
IDL76Bush, Sunram
RB73Taylor, Turner
IOL71Beers, Johnson
WR69Tracy, Jennings
LB67Gerlach, Baranowski
EDGE66Howard
TE65Walsh, Helms
S61Brown, Smith
Portal flow · 19 in, 20 out
In $6.1M
TJ Bush Jr.EDGE · from California
$2.9M
Naquan CrowderDL · from Marshall
$1.3M
Bennett WarrenOT · from Tennessee
$0.6M
Aydan WestCB · from Michigan State
$0.4M
15 more
Out $1.4M
Koi PerichS · to Oregon
$0.9M
Fame IjeboiRB · to Purdue
$0.4M
Malachi ColemanWR · to Wisconsin
$0.1M
Quentin ReddingWR · to the portal
16 more
Net +$4.7M
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Draft

Minnesota on the 2027 board, our rank beside the consensus.

On the 2027 board · 5 Minnesota players
Greg JohnsonOG · No. 26 our board70.0modelconsensus 23 ↓
Anthony SmithEDGE · No. 73 our board94.2modelconsensus 94 ↑
John NestorCB · No. 113 our board86.2modelconsensus 159 ↑
Drake LindseyQB · No. 161 our board78.2modelconsensus 125 ↓
Darius TaylorRB · No. 391 our board74.8modelconsensus 463 ↑
Moving on our board · since Oct 12
Risers
Nobody moved.
Fallers
Nobody moved.
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