Two members of the Golden Gophers football team have suffered season-ending injuries.
Head coach P.J. Fleck, speaking Thursday at the Minnesota State Fair, announced that backup center Brett Carroll and sophomore defensive lineman Enoch Atewogbola have sustained injuries that will force them to miss the entire 2026 season.
Carroll is the No. 2 center behind starter Ashton Beers. The redshirt sophomore is a physical specimen at 6-foot-5 and 320 pounds. He was a four-star recruit coming out of Olathe East High School in Kansas in 2024. He picked Minnesota over offers from the likes of Texas Tech, Illinois, Oklahoma State, and Iowa State.
Atewogbola is a sophomore who has not played in a game yet for the Gophers. However, he has a high ceiling as a former three-star recruit from Indiana who rushes off the edge at 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds.
The Gophers open the season on Thursday, Sept. 3, at home against Eastern Illinois.
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Head coach P.J. Fleck, speaking Thursday at the Minnesota State Fair, announced that backup center Brett Carroll and sophomore defensive lineman Enoch Atewogbola have sustained injuries that will force them to miss the entire 2026 season.
Carroll is the No. 2 center behind starter Ashton Beers. The redshirt sophomore is a physical specimen at 6-foot-5 and 320 pounds. He was a four-star recruit coming out of Olathe East High School in Kansas in 2024. He picked Minnesota over offers from the likes of Texas Tech, Illinois, Oklahoma State, and Iowa State.
Atewogbola is a sophomore who has not played in a game yet for the Gophers. However, he has a high ceiling as a former three-star recruit from Indiana who rushes off the edge at 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds.
The Gophers open the season on Thursday, Sept. 3, at home against Eastern Illinois.
#gophers #sophomore #atewogbola #illinois
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