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Gophers football coach P. J. Fleck received his scouting elegance of 2026 to start early Sunday when the offense against Rocori High School’s Andrew Trout in Cold Spring, Minn. , announced on platform X that he had committed to Minnesota.
Trout, a 6- to 6-year-old sophomore who weighs 275 pounds, attended a Gophers camp in June and made unofficial visits to campus in November and January before receiving his offer from the team on Jan. 15. Trout also has scholarship offers from Iowa, Iowa. State. y Kansas. Il State is the first player from the Class of 2026 to dedicate himself to Minnesota. Trout does not yet have evaluations from the major national recruiting services.
Trout started all thirteen games last season for Rocori, which reached the Class 4A state championship game where it lost 14–6 to Hutchinson. According to recruiting site Hudl, Trout didn’t allow sacks and had 69 pancake blocks in the 2023 season.
Later Sunday, the Gophers gained a signing of center Alan Soukup from Pinnacle High School in Phoenix for their 2024 scouting class.
Soukup is revered through Kohl’s Professional Camps All-America first team, a renowned developer of kick-and-punt specialists. Soukup originally got engaged to Indiana last June, but called off their engagement in December. USC and Houston also awarded Soukup a scholarship.