Gophers, seeking transfer QB, make offer to FCS passing yards leader

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The Gophers finished their regular season with a 5-7 record after a 28-14 loss to Wisconsin on Sunday, and a passing attack that struggled all season is one of the reasons Minnesota will have a losing record in 2023.

Coach P.J. Fleck is trying to change that, and he’s looking at transfers to do so.

Max Brosmer, who was a junior at New Hampshire this season and will be a graduate transfer, announced Monday on X that he has received a scholarship offer from the Gophers.

Brosmer, 6-2 and 221 pounds, passed for an FCS-best 3,464 yards this season and 29 touchdowns, which rank second nationally. He completed 64.2% of his passes (294-for-459) with five interceptions. He also rushed 57 times for 126 yards and five TDs.

At the very least, Brosmer — if he commits to the Gophers — would provide competition for Athan Kaliakmanis, the redshirt sophomore who struggled in his first full season as the starter this year. Graduate transfers can enter the portal at any time. The first transfer window for all players opens Dec. 4 and runs to Jan. 2.

Minnesota’s passing offense ranks 126th among the 133 FBS teams this season, at 153.2 yards per game. Kaliakmanis has completed 53.1% of his passes (156-for-294) for 1,838 yards and 14 TDs with nine interceptions. His passer rating of 115.17 ranks 100th among FBS quarterbacks.

“Inconsistent,” Fleck said of Kaliakmanis’ 2023 play. “I love him. I love him as a person. I thought he did a lot of great things this year. I thought a lot of things that as a Big Ten quarterback, he knows you’ve got to get better at. I would just say [he was] inconsistent because there was some consistency and then there was some inconsistency. But that was to be expected.”

In the loss to Wisconsin, Fleck saw the Badgers prosper with a transfer quarterback who was a dual threat. Tanner Mordecai, who transferred from…

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Author : Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Publish date : 2023-11-28 12:15:00

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