Minnesota
Big Ten · 2026 scouting one-pager
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99Roster
4Draft caliber
18Transfers in
3.40Median grade

Team board — top 28

#PlayerPosClassGradeBand
1 Anthony Smith EDGE R-Sr 8.4 Day 2 Caliber
2 Greg Johnson IOL Sr 8.3 Day 2 Caliber
3 Drake Lindsey QB R-So 7.8 Day 2 Caliber
4 John Nestor CB Sr 6.7 Day 3 Caliber
5 Darius Taylor RB Sr 6.6 Priority UDFA
6 Maverick Baranowski LB R-Sr 6.2 Priority UDFA
7 Karter Menz EDGE R-Jr 5.8 Priority UDFA
8 Jaxon Howard EDGE R-Jr 5.4 UDFA
9 Jalen Smith WR R-So 5.2 UDFA
10 Kerry Brown SAF R-Jr 5.2 UDFA
11 TJ Bush Jr. EDGE Sr 5.2 UDFA
12 Javon Tracy WR R-Sr 5.0 UDFA
13 Nathan Roy OT R-So 5.0 UDFA
14 A.J. Turner RB R-Sr 4.6 UDFA
15 Perry Thompson WR Jr 4.6 UDFA
16 Matt Kingsbury LB R-Jr 4.2 Long Shot
17 Bennett Warren OT R-So 4.1 Long Shot
18 Aidan Gousby SAF R-Sr 4.0 Long Shot
19 Mekhai Smith SAF Jr 4.0 Long Shot
20 Noah Jennings WR Sr 4.0 Long Shot
21 Emmanuel Karmo LB So 3.9 Long Shot
22 Jerome Williams IOL R-Jr 3.9 Long Shot
23 Andrew Trout OT Fr 3.8 Long Shot
24 Aydan West CB So 3.8 Long Shot
25 Kaden Helms TE R-Sr 3.8 Long Shot
26 Naquan Crowder DT R-Jr 3.8 Long Shot
27 Riley Sunram DT R-So 3.7 Long Shot
28 Grant Washington RB R-Fr 3.6 Long Shot

Projected depth — 2026

QB Drake Lindsey / Max Shikenjanski
RB Darius Taylor / A.J. Turner
WR Jalen Smith · Perry Thompson · Javon Tracy / Noah Jennings · Donielle Hayes · Zion Steptoe
OL Nathan Roy · Greg Johnson · Ashton Beers · Tony Nelson · Bennett Warren / Kaveon Lee · Jaden Ball · Brett Carroll · Jerome Williams
TE Kaden Helms / Pierce Walsh
DL Anthony Smith · Xion Chapman · Naquan Crowder · Jaxon Howard / TJ Bush Jr. · Sid Kaba · Riley Sunram · Karter Menz
LB Matt Kingsbury · Maverick Baranowski / Emmanuel Karmo · Joey Gerlach
DB John Nestor · Aydan West · Parker Knutson · Aidan Gousby · Kerry Brown / Mike Gerald · Naiim Parrish · Garrison Monroe · Zack Harden
K Beckham Sunderland / Daniel Jackson
P Tom Weston / Zachary Robbins
LS Alan Soukup / Jakob Lutz
Every grade is one scout's own pro projection on a single 0–10 FBS-wide scale. Generated July 29, 2026