2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

The 2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Gophers played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and competed in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by third-year head coach P. J. Fleck.

2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Big Ten West Division co-champion Outback Bowl champion
Outback Bowl, W 31–24 vs. Auburn
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	West Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 10
2019 record	11–2 (7–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	P. J. Fleck (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Kirk Ciarrocca (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Joe Rossi (2nd season)
Home stadium	TCF Bank Stadium (Capacity: 50,805)
Uniform

2019 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 3 Ohio State xy$^		9	–	0					13	–	1
No. 9 Penn State		7	–	2					11	–	2
No. 18 Michigan		6	–	3					9	–	4
Indiana		5	–	4					8	–	5
Michigan State		4	–	5					7	–	6
Maryland		1	–	8					3	–	9
Rutgers		0	–	9					2	–	10
West Division
No. 11 Wisconsin xy		7	–	2					10	–	4
No. 10 Minnesota x		7	–	2					11	–	2
No. 15 Iowa		6	–	3					10	–	3
Illinois		4	–	5					6	–	7
Purdue		3	–	6					4	–	8
Nebraska		3	–	6					5	–	7
Northwestern		1	–	8					3	–	9
Championship: Ohio State 34, Wisconsin 21
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Minnesota was projected to finish in sixth place in the Big Ten West Division by the preseason media poll.[1] Instead, Minnesota had its most successful season in over 50 years. The Gophers won their first nine games of the year, punctuated with a home win over then-No. 4 Penn State, and rose to eighth in the College Football Playoff rankings. They suffered their first loss of the year the next week on the road against Iowa. In the final game of the regular season, in a game that decided the West Division, Minnesota lost to rival Wisconsin, 38–17. The team was invited to the Outback Bowl to play then-No. 12 Auburn, where Minnesota won by a score of 31–24. Minnesota ended the season with a record of 11–2, their 11 wins being the school's most since 1904. They were ranked 10th in the final AP Poll of the season, their first ranked finish since 2003, and highest finish since 1962.[2]

The Gophers' offense was led by redshirt sophomore quarterback Tanner Morgan, who had 3,253 passing yards and 30 touchdowns, and was named second-team All-Big Ten. Wide receivers Rashod Bateman and Tyler Johnson both finished with more than 1,200 yards and were both named first-team all-conference. Running back Rodney Smith finished in third in the conference with 1,163 yards. The defense was led by first-team all-conference safety Antoine Winfield Jr., who led the team in tackles and had seven interceptions on the year. Head coach P. J. Fleck was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year by the other coaches.

Previous season

The Golden Gophers finished the 2018 season 7–6, 3–6 in Big Ten play to finish tied for fifth place in the West Division. They were invited to the Quick Lane Bowl, where they defeated Georgia Tech.

Preseason

Preseason Big Ten poll

Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010, Cleveland.com has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a de facto preseason media poll since 2011. For the 2019 poll, Minnesota was projected to finish in sixth in the West Division.[1]

Media poll (West Division)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Nebraska	198 (14)
2	Iowa	194.5 (14)
3	Wisconsin	172.5 (4)
4	Northwestern	142.5 (1)
5	Purdue	110.5
6	Minnesota	100 (1)
7	Illinois	34

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29, 2019	8:00 p.m.	No. 3 (FCS) South Dakota State*		TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN	FS1	W 28–21	49,112
September 7	9:30 p.m.	at Fresno State*		Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	CBSSN	W 38–35 ^2OT	34,790
September 14	2:30 p.m.	Georgia Southern*		TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN	BTN	W 35–32	41,021
September 28	2:30 p.m.	at Purdue		Ross-Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN2	W 38–31	50,629
October 5	2:30 p.m.	Illinois		TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN	BTN	W 40–17	39,341
October 12	6:30 p.m.	Nebraska		TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN ($5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy)	FS1	W 34–7	43,502
October 19	2:30 p.m.	at Rutgers	No. 20	SHI Stadium Piscataway, NJ	BTN	W 42–7	26,429
October 26	2:30 p.m.	Maryland	No. 17	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN	ESPN	W 52–10	44,715
November 9	11:00 a.m.	No. 4 Penn State	No. 17	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN (Governor's Victory Bell)	ABC	W 31–26	51,883
November 16	3:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Iowa	No. 8	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (Floyd of Rosedale)	FOX	L 19–23	67,518
November 23	11:00 a.m.	at Northwestern	No. 10	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ABC	W 38–22	30,246
November 30	2:30 p.m.	No. 12 Wisconsin	No. 8	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe/College GameDay)	ABC	L 17–38	53,756
January 1, 2020	12:00 p.m.	vs. No. 12 Auburn*	No. 18	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl)	ESPN	W 31–24	45,652
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings (after November 5) released prior to game All times are in Central time

Source:[3]

Rankings

Further information: 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	20	17	13	13	7	11	9	15	16	10
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	20	16	13	13	7	11	9	15	16	10
CFP	Not released										17	8	10	8	18	18	Not released

Game summaries

South Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 3 (FCS) Jackrabbits	0	7	14	0	21
Golden Gophers	0	13	7	8	28

See also: 2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–0	Nov. 14, 2009	W, 16–13

Minnesota began the 2019 campaign against FCS South Dakota State. The Gophers led the Jackrabbits 20-7 in the 3rd Quarter after Tanner Morgan's first TD pass to Rashod Bateman and a pick six by Chris Williamson. However, the Jackrabbits responded with two more touchdowns to take a late 21-20 lead in the 4th Quarter. The Gophers put the game away with a short TD run by Mohamed Ibrahim and a two point conversion late in the 4th Quarter and would survive their opening game 28-21.

at Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Golden Gophers	7	7	0	14	7	3	38
Bulldogs	0	10	11	7	7	0	35

See also: 2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	Sep. 8, 2018	W, 21–14

After a close call against South Dakota State, the Gophers headed to Fresno, California to face off with the defending Mountain West Champions, the Fresno State Bulldogs. In a classic shootout, it took overtime for the Gophers to salvage their second win. With less than a minute to go and down a touchdown, Chris Autman-Bell caught a pass from Morgan from 20 yards out to tie the game and send it to overtime. After both teams traded touchdowns, a Michael Lantz field goal in double overtime and a stop by the Gopher defense gave Minnesota their second win of the season. The Gophers escaped Fresno with a 38-35 victory in double overtime.

Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	10	10	0	12	32
Golden Gophers	14	7	0	14	35

See also: 2019 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

The Gophers headed back home for their first ever matchup with the Georgia Southern Eagles. Once again, the Gophers had to come from behind after a blocked field goal return and a late 4th Quarter touchdown by the Eagles gave Southern a 32-28 lead. With less than 15 seconds to go, Morgan found Tyler Johnson for a two yard touchdown, his third of the game, to give Minnesota a 35-32 lead with 13 seconds to play. It would end up being the decider as the Gophers stole their third straight win to remain undefeated.

at Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers	14	14	10	0	38
Boilermakers	3	7	7	14	31

See also: 2019 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–33–3	Nov. 10, 2018	W, 41–10

In their BIG 10 opener, the Gophers held off a late rally to beat the Purdue Boilermakers 38-31 in West Lafayette. Morgan threw four touchdown passes, two of them to Rashod Bateman, in the victory. Minnesota held a 21 point lead after the 3rd Quarter, but Purdue cut it close with two touchdowns in just over two minutes late in the 4th. The Gopher defense shut down Purdue's last chance to tie it and held on for their 4th straight win.

Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Illini	7	3	7	0	17
Golden Gophers	3	13	14	10	40

See also: 2019 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–30–3	Nov. 3, 2018	L, 55–31

There would be no heroics needed this time for the Gophers as they dominated the Illinois Fighting Illini 40-17 to remain undefeated. Morgan tossed three more touchdown passes to three different receivers after throwing a pick six to begin the game. Despite falling in an early hole, the Gophers offense fired on all cylinders to build a big lead at the end of the 3rd Quarter and the defense held the Illini out of the end zone in the game.

Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornhuskers	0	0	0	7	7
Golden Gophers	7	7	20	0	34

See also: 2019 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
32–25–2	Oct. 20, 2018	L, 28–53

Unlike previous games, Minnesota jumped out to a fast start and kept Nebraska out of the end zone for the first three quarters en route to a dominating 34-7 win. Mohamed Ibrahim ran for three touchdowns for the Gophers and Tyler Johnson had over 100 yards receiving.

at Rutgers

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Golden Gophers	7	7	7	21	42
Scarlet Knights	0	0	0	7	7

See also: 2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	Oct. 22, 2016	W, 34–32

In their first game as a ranked team, the Gophers started out fast and did not give up a touchdown until late in the 4th Quarter to crush the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 42-7. Antoine Winfield Jr. recorded a pick six and Morgan tossed two more touchdown passes. After Mohamed Ibrahim's touchdown run to give the Gophers a four score lead, walk-on holder and four-time cancer survivor Casey O'Brien made an appearance, holding for Minnesota's fourth extra point attempt which was good. After the PAT, O'Brien was mobbed by his teammates and was given a hug from Coach PJ Fleck in an emotional aftermath. The Gophers started 7-0 for the first time since 1960, the year they won their last national championship. [4]

Maryland

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	0	3	0	7	10
No. 17 Golden Gophers	14	14	10	14	52

See also: 2019 Maryland Terrapins football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	Sep. 22, 2018	L, 13–42

Minnesota jumped out to a 28-3 lead at halftime and controlled the game from start to finish to defeat the Maryland Terrapins 52-10 in Minneapolis. The Gophers held the Terps to only 210 yards, including 76 rushing, and forced two turnovers. Johnson and Rashod Bateman each had a TD reception while Seth Green ran for two more. The Gophers started 8-0 for the first time ever and geared up for an undefeated matchup with Penn State next week

Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 4 Nittany Lions	10	3	6	7	26
No. 17 Golden Gophers	14	10	0	7	31

See also: 2019 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–9	Oct. 1, 2016	L, 26–29

While Alabama and LSU were the talk of the College Football world, Minnesota and Penn State squared off in the first of two undefeated matchups of the week. The Gophers were 6.5 point underdogs to the unbeaten Nittany Lions, but like the last couple games the Gophers got off to a fast start. On Penn State's opening possession, Sean Clifford was picked off by Antoine Winfield Jr. and that turnover led to Morgan's first TD pass of the afternoon, a 66 yard strike to Rashod Bateman to put the Gophers on top. The Nittany Lions would score on their next possession thanks to a 45 yard run by Journey Brown to tie it. The Gophers responded with a TD pass from Morgan to Chris Autman-Bell to put the Gophers up 14-7 late in the 1st Quarter. After a Penn State field goal to end the 1st Quarter, the Gophers struck again with Morgan hooking up with Tyler Johnson for a 38 yard TD to open the second. Both teams traded field goals to end the half with Minnesota up 24-13. Penn State battled back after Clifford found Nick Bowers for a 10 yard touchdown, but a missed two point try gave Minnesota a 24-19 lead. To begin Quarter 4, Seth Green took a direct hand off at the goal line and drove himself into the end zone to put the Gophers up 31-19. Both teams struggled to move the ball from there, however Penn State would get Minnesota to punt and capitalize on a Journey Brown six yard run to make it 31-26 with just over three minutes left in the game. The Gophers went three and out on their next possession, giving the Nittany Lions the ball with 2:41 to play. Penn State quickly got into scoring range thanks to a 50 yard strike from Clifford to Jahad Dotson, but Clifford would be picked off three plays later by Jordan Howden in the end zone, ultimately sealing the game for Minnesota and ending Penn State's undefeated bid. The Gophers hung on for their ninth straight victory and won the Governor's Victory Bell for the first time in six years. The win also moved Minnesota into sole possession of 1st Place in the BIG 10 West

at Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 8 Golden Gophers	0	6	7	6	19
No. 20 Hawkeyes	13	7	0	3	23

See also: 2019 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
62–48–2	Oct. 6, 2018	L, 31–48

The Gophers undefeated run would ultimately come to an end at Kinnick Stadium in a 23-19 loss to the rival Iowa Hawkeyes. The Gophers were looking to build off the success of last week's big win, but found themselves in trouble when Iowa built a 13-0 lead after the 1st Quarter thanks to Nico Ragaini's 21 yard TD reception and a 10 yard TD run by Tyler Goodson. Brock Walker would get two field goals through to get the Gophers on the board in the 2nd Quarter, but Ihmir Smith-Marsette's five yard touchdown reception in between the two would give Iowa a 20-6 lead at halftime. The Gophers finally found the end zone thanks to Tyler Johnson's 28 yard TD reception to pull within seven. Following a Keith Duncan field goal, the Gophers drove down the field again and Rodney Smith ran it in from a yard out to make it 23-19 after a missed extra point by Walker. The Gophers struggled on their last drive and turned it over on downs giving Iowa the victory. It would be Iowa's fifth straight win against the Gophers and seventh in their last eight meetings. Despite the loss, the Gophers were still in command of the BIG 10 West with two games left to go.

at Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 10 Golden Gophers	14	7	7	10	38
Wildcats	0	9	7	6	22

See also: 2019 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
53–36–5	Nov. 17, 2018	L, 14–24

The Gophers built a big lead in the 1st Half and held on to beat the lowly Northwestern Wildcats 38-22 in Evanston. Morgan threw four touchdown passes, three of them to Rashod Bateman, in the Gophers penultimate game of the season. Despite the big lead, the Gophers and Wildcats traded scores in the 2nd Half, but Northwestern could not stop Morgan and dropped their ninth game of the season. With their victory, the Gophers would set up a winner take all showdown next week back in Minneapolis against their hated rival Wisconsin for a spot in the BIG 10 Championship Game

Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Badgers	0	10	14	14	38
No. 8 Golden Gophers	7	0	3	7	17

See also: 2019 Wisconsin Badgers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
60–60–8	Nov. 24, 2018	W, 37–15

The Gophers knew the atmosphere would be amazing. ESPN's College Gameday came to Minneapolis for the first time ever and the show concluded with Lee Corso donning the head of Goldy Gopher, predicting a Minnesota victory over Wisconsin. The atmosphere was loud at TCF Bank Stadium with snow projected later in the game. The Gophers and the Badgers were not only playing for Paul Bunyan's Ax, they were also playing for the right to represent the BIG 10 West in the BIG 10 Championship game against Ohio State, who won the BIG 10 East last week. The game started out well for Minnesota. The Gophers got Wisconsin to go three and out to start the game and Morgan found Rashod Bateman for a 51 yard touchdown that ignited the crowd. But it would all go downhill from there as Wisconsin took a 10-7 lead at halftime and ran the Gophers out of their own building by putting up 28 of the next 31 points to end Minnesota's shot at a BIG 10 title and winning them back Paul Bunyan's Ax. The Badgers clobbered the Gophers 38-17 to return to the BIG 10 Championship game. For the Gophers, the loss ended any shot they had at a New Year's Six bowl game, including the Rose Bowl, and ended the season with a record of 10-2

vs. Auburn (Outback Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 18 Golden Gophers	10	14	0	7	31
No. 12 Tigers	10	7	7	0	24

See also: 2019 Auburn Tigers football team and 2020 Outback Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Despite losing an opportunity to go to the BIG 10 Championship and a shot at the Rose Bowl, the Gophers would earn a spot in the Outback Bowl on New Year's Day against the Auburn Tigers, the first ever meeting between the two teams. The game would be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Auburn had some impressive victories in their season, beating the Pac-12 champion Oregon Ducks in Texas to open the season and recently knocking off the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Iron Bowl. The game was an epic back and forth affair with both teams trading field goals then touchdowns to make it 10-10 after the 1st Quarter, the lone Gopher touchdown came from Mohamed Ibrahim on a 16 yard TD run. About midway through the second, Seth Green found offensive lineman Bryce Witham in the end zone to give the Gophers a 17-10 lead, their first lead of the game. After Bo Nix connected with Sal Cannella for a 37 yard score, the Gophers would end the half with an impressive drive that ultimately ended with Tyler Johnson's jaw dropping touchdown reception to give them a 24-17 lead. Auburn would score the lone touchdown of the 3rd Quarter as Jordan Whitlow ran a touchdown in from three yards out. But it would be Tyler Johnson capping the game and his career off with a 73 yard touchdown catch and run in the 4th Quarter to give Minnesota the lead. It would be the deciding score as the Gophers stopped the Tigers on their final drive to win the Outback Bowl 31-24. The Gophers ended the season 11-2 and Outback Bowl Champions

Roster

2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 1 Rodney Smith  Sr QB 2 Tanner Morgan  So RB 3 Cam Wiley Fr RB 4 Shannon Brooks  Sr QB 5 Zack Annexstad So WR 6 Tyler Johnson Sr WR 7 Chris Autman-Bell  So WR 11 Jornell Brooks  Fr WR 12 Erik Gibson  Fr WR 13 Rashod Bateman So QB 14 Cole Kramer Fr QB 15 Jacob Clark Fr QB 16 Jon Santaga  So WR 17 Seth Green  Jr WR 18 Clay Geary  Jr QB 19 Samuel Pickerign  So WR 20 Larry Wright Fr RB 21 Bryce Williams So WR 22 Mike Brown-Stephens Fr RB 23 Treyson Potts Fr RB 24 Mohamed Ibrahim  So RB 25 Preston Jelen  Fr WR 26 True Thompson  Jr WR 27 Jimmy Buck Fr RB 28 Jason Williamson  Fr TE 42 Ko Kieft  Jr OL 50 J. J. Guedet Fr OL 51 Curtis Dunlap Jr.  Fr OL 56 Kody Smith Fr OL 60 John Michael Schmitz  So OL 63 Austin Beier  Fr OL 64 Conner Olson  Jr OL 65 Axel Ruschmeyer  So OL 66 Nathan Boe  Fr OL 67 Nate Umlor  So OL 70 Sam Schlueter  Jr OL 71 Ben Davis  Jr OL 74 Kyle Sassack  So OL 75 Tyler Cooper Fr OL 77 Blaise Andries  So OL 78 Daniel Faalele So OL 79 Jason Dickson  Jr TE 80 Jake Paulson  So WR 81 Brock Annexstad   So WR 82 Demetrius Douglas  So WR 83 Harry Van Dyne  So WR 84 Peter Udoibok Fr TE 85 Bryce Witham  Jr TE 86 Clayton Witherspoon  So TE 87 Nick Kallerup Fr TE 88 Brevyn Spann-Ford  Fr WR 89 Nnamdi Adim-Madumere Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 1 Calvin Swenson  Jr DB 2 Phillip Howard  Jr DL 3 M. J. Anderson Fr DB 4 Terell Smith So LB 5 Trenton Guthrie  So DB 6 Chris Williamson  Sr DB 7 Solomon Brown Fr LB 8 Thomas Rush So DL 9 Esezi Otomewo  So DB 11 Antoine Winfield Jr.  So DL 12 Tai'yon Devers Sr LB 13 James Gordon IV Fr LB 14 Braelen Oliver  Fr DB 15 C. J. Smith  Fr DB 16 Coney Durr  Jr DL 18 Micah Dew-Treadway  Sr DL 19 Keonte Schad Jr LB 20 Donald Willis Fr LB 21 Kamal Martin Sr DB 22 Benny Sapp III So DB 23 Jordan Howden So DB 25 Benjamin St-Juste  Sr DB 26 Justus Harris Jr DB 27 Tyler Nubin Fr DB 28 Matt Guggemos Fr LB 29 Josh Aune  Fr DB 30 Caden Fey Fr DB 31 Kiondre Thomas  Jr DL 33 D'Vion Harris Fr DL 34 Boye Mafe  So LB 35 Danny Anderson  So DB 36 Bishop McDonald  Jr DB 40 Alex Strazzanti  So LB 41 Thomas Barber Sr DB 42 Austin Winfield Fr LB 43 Bailey Schoenfelder  Jr DL 44 Rashad Cheney Jr. Fr LB 45 Carter Coughlin Sr DL 46 Winston DeLattiboudere  Sr DL 48 Ben McNaboe Fr DL 52 Jamaal Teague So LB 55 Mariano Sori-Marin So LB 56 Ty Barron  Fr LB 57 Jack Kern Fr DL 59 Derik LeCaptain  Fr DL 75 Malcolm Robinson  So DL 90 Sam Renner  Sr DL 91 Noah Hickcox  So DL 92 Mayan Ahanotu  Fr DL 93 Connor Novak-Goar  Jr DL 94 Abi N-Okonji  Fr DL 96 Logan Richter Fr DL 97 Micah Roane  Fr DL 99 DeAngelo Carter Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class H 14 Casey O'Brien  So K, P 33 Grant Ryerse  So K 34 Brock Walker  Fr LS 37 Brady Weeks Fr K 38 Michael Lantz Fr LS 39 Michael Vojvodich  Fr P 46 Alex Melvin  Sr P 47 Jacob Herbers  Sr K 48 Anders Gelecinskyj  So K 97 Michael Tarbutt  Sr P 98 Tom Foley Fr	Head coach P. J. Fleck (Head Coach) Coordinators/assistant coaches Kirk Ciarrocca (Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks) Joe Rossi (Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers) Rob Wenger (Special Teams Coordinator / Outside Linebackers) Kenni Burns (Assistant Head Coach / Running Backs) Rod Chance (Cornerbacks) Brian Callahan (Run Game Coordinators / Offensive Line) Joe Harasymiak (Defensive backs / Safeties) Jim Panagos (Defensive Line) Clay Patterson (Tight Ends) Matt Simon (Passing Game Coordinator / Wide Receivers) Gerrit Chernoff (General Manager) Dan Nichol (Head Strength & Conditioning) Norries Wilson (Director of Player Development) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: April 18, 2019

Players drafted into the NFL

See also: 2020 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
2	45	Antoine Winfield Jr.	S	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
5	161	Tyler Johnson	WR	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
5	175	Kamal Martin	ILB	Green Bay Packers
7	218	Carter Coughlin	OLB	New York Giants
7	247	Chris Williamson	CB	New York Giants

References

1. Lesmerises, Doug (July 18, 2019). "Michigan named Big Ten football favorite in cleveland.com 2019 preseason poll". Cleveland.com.
2. "Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Record By Year". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
3. "2019 Football Schedule". University of Minnesota Athletics.
4. MPRNews.org