2008 roster analytics, depth, and season stat leaders in one workspace.
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Roster context
The roster tab connects player-level listings with the context that explains how the team is built: class year, position group, acquisition path, recruiting profile, and current season production.
For 2008, Minnesota has 31 rostered players in the current viewable dataset. The talent model has enough rated-player coverage to compare blue-chip ratio, RTI rank, and portal dependence.
Roster Workspace
of 31 players
Analytics Summary
Quick-glance talent, experience, and portal context for the current roster.
Position health
A quick diagnostic that combines talent score, class experience, and transfer reliance into an opinionated roster read.
| Group | Talent | Experience | Portal risk | Verdict | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB | High | High | Low | Strength | 7 players, 0% blue chips |
| WR | Medium | High | Low | Stable | 7 players, 14% blue chips |
| RB | Medium | High | Low | Stable | 4 players, 0% blue chips |
| Other | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 8 players, 0% blue chips |
| LB | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 3 players, 0% blue chips |
| QB | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 1 players, 0% blue chips |
| TE | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 1 players, 0% blue chips |
Showing 1-25 of 31 players
| 8 | Adam Weber | UR | QB | Sr | 6'3" | — | Shoreview, MN, USA |
| 16 | Ben Kuznia | UR | WR | Sr | 6'0" | — | Olivia, MN, USA |
| 1 | Brandon Green | 4★ | WR | Sr | 6'0" | — | Chicago, IL, USA |
| 5 | Brodrick Smith | UR | WR | Sr | 6'1" | — | Garden City, KS, USA |
| 6 | Da'Jon McKnight | 2★ | WR | Sr | 6'3" | — | Dallas, TX, USA |
| 9 | David Pittman | UR | WR | Sr | 5'11" | — | Pasadena, CA, USA |
| 2 | De'Leon Eskridge | 3★ | RB | Sr | 5'11" | — | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| 22 | Duane Bennett | 3★ | RB | Sr | 5'9" | — | St. Louis, MO, USA |
| 7 | Eric Decker | UR | WR | Sr | 6'3" | — | Cold Spring, MN, USA |
| 51 | Gary Tinsley | 3★ | LB | Sr | 6'1" | — | Jacksonville, FL, USA |
| — | Jack Simmons | UR | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| 20 | Jay Thomas | 3★ | RB | Sr | 6'0" | — | Oakdale, MN, USA |
| — | Joel Monroe | UR | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| 5 | Johnny Johnson | 2★ | DB | Sr | 5'9" | — | Chicago, IL, USA |
| 35 | Jon Hoese | UR | FB | Sr | 6'2" | — | Glencoe, MN, USA |
| — | Justin Kucek | 2★ | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| — | Kevin Mannion | UR | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| 27 | Kyle Theret | 2★ | DB | Sr | 5'10" | — | Murrieta, CA, USA |
| 30 | Lee Campbell | 2★ | LB | Sr | 6'3" | — | Naples, FL, USA |
| 24 | Marcus Sherels | UR | CB | Sr | 5'11" | — | Rochester, MN, USA |
| — | Mike Maciejowski | UR | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| 48 | Nick Tow-Arnett | UR | TE | Sr | 6'3" | — | Redwood Falls, MN, USA |
| 39 | Ralph Spry | UR | WR | Sr | 5'10" | — | Auburn, AL, USA |
| 2 | Ryan Collado | 3★ | CB | Sr | 5'9" | — | Cincinnati, OH, USA |
| 29 | Shady Salamon | 3★ | DB | Sr | 5'11" | 202 lbs | South St. Paul, MN, USA |
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Signature roster score built from recruiting stars across the full roster.
RTI assigns 100 points to 5-stars, 80 to 4-stars, 60 to 3-stars, 40 to 2-stars, and 20 to unrated players. FBS rank appears only when matched recruiting coverage is at least 35%.
Ranked against FBS teams with qualified recruiting coverage.
Coverage 48% of the roster with recruit matches.
See where the current roster stacks its most recruiting capital.
Clean FBS landscape view with the current roster highlighted and focused team context alongside it.
Current roster mix between portal additions and everyone else on the roster.
0% of the current roster.
100% of the roster remains non-transfer.
Weighted from class year to estimate how seasoned the roster is.
Veteran-heavy
Freshmen count as 1 point, sophomores 2, juniors 3, seniors 4.
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Season
2008