Headlined by four-star edge rusher Emmanuel Karmo and three-star quarterback Jackson Kollock, P.J. Fleck and the Gophers are expecting a talented class to sign with Minnesota on the first day of the 2025 early signing day period.

Twenty high school football players signed agreements Wednesday to join the Gopher football program’s 2025 recruiting class. Minnesota had 22 prospects pledged to join next season, but two players de-committed and didn’t sign with the U.

Incoming members of the Gophers football program’s 2025 recruiting class started to make it official on Wednesday as high school players signed agreements to join the U for next season. But one Gopher commitment is not expected to sign: three-star safety Grant Grayson from Olney,

The Gophers football program kept a majority of the top in-state talent home in its 2025 recruiting class, while sprinkling in other prospects from coast to coast. But it’s been hard for Minnesota to crack the top 25 in the nation, or the top half of the Big Ten. The U currently sits at 43th in the country and 13th in the 18-team mega conference.

The signing period can be wild with some recruits putting pen to paper while others have a change of mind and reopen recruiting or flat out signing with another program. Remember,