Minnesota Golden Gophers Depth Chart

Updated: 09/11/2026 10:36PM ET

Offense Multiple

Pos	No.	Player 1	No	Player 2	No	Player 3	No	Player 4	No	Player 5
WR-X	8	Smith, Jalen RS SO	84	Moore, Hayden FR	18	Hayes, Donielle RS JR	7	Martino, Bradley RS FR
WR-Z	13	Jennings, Noah SR/TR	89	Hendryx, Quayd FR	3	Thompson, Perry JR/TR
WR-SL	11	Tracy, Javon RS SR/TR	25	Steptoe, Zion RS SR/TR
LT	50	Roy, Nathan RS SO	60	Lee, Kaveon RS FR
LG	65	Johnson, Greg SR	55	Williams, Jerome RS JR
C	78	Beers, Ashton RS SR	56	Carroll, Brett RS SO
RG	59	Nelson, Tony RS SR	58	Ball, Jaden RS SO/TR
RT	51	Shipp, Daniel RS FR	68	Warren, Bennett RS SO/TR
TE	82	Johnson, Julian RS SO	19	Walsh, Pierce RS JR	87	Helms, Kaden RS SR/TR	88	Simpson, Jacob RS SO	4	Voss, Roman FR
QB	5	Lindsey, Drake RS SO	6	Shikenjanski, Max RS JR	14	Wittke, Dylan RS JR/TR	12	Merdinger, Michael RS SO/TR
RB	1	Taylor, Darius SR	23	Thomas, TJ JR/TR	20	Estrada, Ryan FR	2	Turner, A.J. RS SR/TR	26	Bates, Zeke FR

Pos	No.	Player 1	No	Player 2	No	Player 3	No	Player 4
DE	0	Smith, Anthony RS SR	1	Howard, Jaxon RS JR/TR	98	Kissayi, Adam RS SO/TR
NT	93	Sunram, Riley RS SO	70	Crowder, Naquan RS JR/TR	91	Johnson, Howie FR
DT	99	Randle, Theorin RS JR	90	Chapman, Xion RS JR/TR	92	Kaba, Sid RS JR/TR	55	Hicks, Jaylin RS SO
RUSH	11	Menz, Karter RS JR	3	Bush Jr., TJ SR/TR
WLB	49	Kingsbury, Matt RS JR	2	Karmo, Emmanuel SO	35	Cleveland, Nate SO	46	Carrier, Mason RS SO
MLB	6	Baranowski, Maverick RS SR	19	Gerlach, Joey RS SR	29	Marshall, Andrew RS JR/TR
LCB	17	Nestor, John SR/TR	8	Gerald, Mike RS SO
SS	14	Brown, Kerry RS JR	13	Rainer, Zahir RS SO
FS	22	Smith, Mekhai JR/TR	4	Harden, Zack SO
RCB	5	West, Aydan SO/TR	21	Parrish, Naiim SO
NB	7	Gousby, Aidan RS SR	9	Monroe, Garrison RS JR

Pos	No.	Player 1	No	Player 2	No	Player 3	No	Player 4
PT	42	Weston, Tom RS JR/TR	37	Robbins, Zachary SO/TR
PK		Drzewiecki, Luke RS SR/TR	92	Sunderland, Beckham RS SR/TR	36	Jackson, Daniel RS FR
KO		Drzewiecki, Luke RS SR/TR	92	Sunderland, Beckham RS SR/TR	36	Jackson, Daniel RS FR
LS	80	Soukup, Alan JR	43	Lutz, Jakob RS FR
H	42	Weston, Tom RS JR/TR	37	Robbins, Zachary SO/TR
PR	13	Jennings, Noah SR/TR	11	Tracy, Javon RS SR/TR	8	Smith, Jalen RS SO	89	Hendryx, Quayd FR
KR	23	Thomas, TJ JR/TR

Depth Chart Projection Source(s):

This depth chart projection was primarily based on the following articles written by Tony Liebert on BringMeTheSports.com:

"Predicting the Gophers’ offensive depth chart before Week 1" (8/23/26)

"Predicting the Gophers’ defensive depth chart before Week 1" (8/24/26)

"Predicting the Gophers’ special teams depth chart before Week 1" (8/24/26)