Throwback Thursday: Looking back at Minnesota's starters as recruits

In our Throwback Thursday feature, we are going to take a quick look back at Iowa's opponent every week and see how their starters were ranked as recruits.

OFFENSE

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QUARTERBACK

RUNNING BACK

TIGHT END

WIDE RECEIVERS

OFFENSIVE LINE (LT, LG, C, RG, RT)

DEFENSE (4-2-5)

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DEFENSIVE LINE (DE, DT, DT, DE)

LINEBACKERS

DEFENSIVE BACKS

NOTES:

-Average star rating on offense: 3.18

-Average star rating on defense: 2.64

-Minnesota starters Sam Renner and Jordan Howden joined the program as a walk-ons coming out of high school.

-Benjamin St-Juste transferred from Michigan to Minnesota in May of 2019.

-Micah Dew-Treadway transferred from Notre Dame to Minnesota in January of 2019.

-Chris Williamson transferred from Florida to Minnesota in July of 2017.

-Minnesota starters that had an offer from Iowa during the recruiting process: Carter Coughlin and Tyler Johnson.

-Other players on Minnesota's roster that had an Iowa offer: Seth Green, Mohamed Ibrahim, Harry Van Dyne, Braelen Oliver, Jacob Clark, Tyler Nubin, J.J. Guedet, and Solomon Brown.