Minnesota Golden Gophers

2006 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT
78	Joe Ainslie J. Ainslie	OL	6'7"	310
98	Neel Allen N. Allen		6'3"	300
4	Trumaine Banks T. Banks	DB	5'11"	190
23	Dominique Barber D. Barber	DB	6'0"	210
77	Tony Brinkhaus T. Brinkhaus	OL	6'3"	305
99	Garrett Brown G. Brown		6'2"	310
30	Lee Campbell L. Campbell	LB	6'3"	256
16	John Carlson J. Carlson	LB	6'2"	220
73	Matt Carufel M. Carufel	OL	6'5"	302
	Mike Chambers M. Chambers	WR
57	Patrick Cheney P. Cheney	LB	6'2"	225
90	Eric Clark E. Clark		6'4"	270
26	Duran Cooley D. Cooley	DB	6'0"	215
3	Bryan Cupito B. Cupito	QB	6'3"	205
	Alex Daniels A. Daniels	RB
56	Steve Davis S. Davis	LB	6'1"	226
7	Eric Decker E. Decker	WR	6'2"	215
94	Willie Dyson W. Dyson	LB	6'3"	230
49	Jeremy Faue J. Faue	FB	5'11"	230
31	Jason Giannini J. Giannini	K	5'9"	185
24	Brody Grandas B. Grandas	LB	5'11"	210
15	Jamal Harris J. Harris	DB	6'0"	185
45	Thomas Hennessey T. Hennessey	LB	5'11"	215
44	Deon Hightower D. Hightower	LB	6'3"	226
75	Otis Hudson O. Hudson	OL
69	John Jakel J. Jakel	OL	6'5"	300
2	Dominic Jones D. Jones	DB	5'8"	190
	E.J. Jones	RB
41	Justin Kucek J. Kucek	P	6'0"	206
19	Mike Maciejowski M. Maciejowski	QB	6'3"	223
28	Kevin Mannion K. Mannion	LB	6'2"	218
9	Keith Massey K. Massey	DB
43	Robert McGarry R. McGarry	LS	6'3"	215
73	Jason Meinke J. Meinke	OL	6'5"	278
70	Todd Meisel T. Meisel		6'4"	275
36	Joel Monroe J. Monroe	K	5'11"	195
17	Tony Mortensen T. Mortensen	QB	6'3"	230
84	Logan Payne L. Payne	WR	6'2"	205
29	Amir Pinnix A. Pinnix	RB	6'0"	205
48	Mario Reese M. Reese	LB	6'3"	230
86	Troy Reilly T. Reilly	TE	6'6"	255
24	Marcus Sherels M. Sherels	DB	5'11"	166
58	Mike Sherels M. Sherels	LB	6'0"	240
27	Terrence Sherrer T. Sherrer	RB	5'11"	195
46	John Shevlin J. Shevlin	LB	6'1"	225
64	Steve Shidell S. Shidell	OL	6'5"	290
15	Jack Simmons J. Simmons	TE	6'4"	246
40	Judd Smith J. Smith	RB	6'0"	200
89	Matt Spaeth M. Spaeth	TE	6'7"	265
11	Desi Steib D. Steib	DB	6'0"	195
20	Jay Thomas J. Thomas	RB	6'0"	195
35	Seth Thompson S. Thompson	DB	5'11"	190
52	Jeff Tow-Arnett J. Tow-Arnett	OL	6'2"	285
32	Nathan Triplett N. Triplett	LB	6'3"	236
18	Justin Valentine J. Valentine	FB	6'1"	235
91	Willie VanDeSteeg W. VanDeSteeg	DL	6'4"	256
1	Ernie Wheelwright E. Wheelwright	WR	6'5"	215

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333