Gophers football seek another quarterback in transfer portal

The Gophers football effort is expected to go back into the NCAA transfer portal to find another quarterback after Zach Pyron decided to leave the U last week Pryon who received fewer club reps than other backups during the final two open spring practices entered the portal Thursday and right away landed at South Alabama on Friday It was a quick U-turn for Pyron who transferred from Georgia Tech to Minnesota for spring semester in January With games of collegiate experience he represented a veteran QB option for Minnesota in The starter senior Max Brosmer is hoping to be picked in the April - NFL Draft Going into spring ball in late March Gophers head coach P J Fleck billed the set of total practices as a fresh quarterback competition between frontrunner Drake Lindsey Pyron and others But Lindsey s role as the presumed starter briskly came into focus Backups Max Shikenjanski and Dylan Wittke received more reps than Pyron in the two sessions open to reporters on April and Shikenjanski is a third-year walk-on from Stillwater Wittke a third-year transfer from Virginia Tech True freshman Jackson Kollock of Laguna Beach Calif and redshirt freshman walk-on Jeremiah Finaly are further down the depth chart The Gophers are high on Lindsey a four-star recruit from Fayetteville Ark but the -foot- signal caller played sparingly in only three games during his true freshman year He completed of passes for yards and a touchdown in Wittke had mop-up duty in one match last season while the other three have yet to play a championship in college The NCAA transfer portal remains open for players through Friday though players can commit to new schools after that deadline It s unclear how fleetly the U will pursue and land another presumably veteran QB for next fall Over three years at Georgia Tech Pyron had completed of passes for yards five touchdowns and seven interceptions from - Another consideration is how college football unit rosters are expected to be capped at players going into this fall Taking into account incoming freshmen Minnesota is right now over that limit and will need a handful of players to move on The Gophers open next season against Buffalo on Aug at Huntington Bank Stadium Related Articles Gophers quarterback Zach Pyron enters NCAA transfer portal Gophers football P J Fleck doesn t anticipate plethora of movement in NCAA transfer portal Gophers football First athlete enters transfer portal this spring Gophers football Two prep receivers commit to the U Gophers football Promising Wayzata defensive lineman first pledge to class