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Gophers Place Four on Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List
8/12/2021 11:00:00 AM | Football
MINNEAPOLIS – Four Gophers were placed on the Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List Thursday.
Offensive lineman Daniel Faalele, running back Mohamed Ibrahim, defensive lineman Boye Mafe and quarterback Tanner Morgan all earned the distinction.
A two-time All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honoree, Faalele sat out the 2020 season due to COVID-19 but started 11 games at right tackle for the Gophers in 2019. He helped block for an offense that totaled 5,616 yards (third most in school history), threw for 3,293 yards (a school record) and scored 443 points (second most in school history in the modern era). For his career, the 6'9, 380-pound Faalele has played in 21 games with 19 starts at right tackle.
Ibrahim is coming off a 2020 season where he was named Big Ten Running Back of the Year, All-Big Ten First Team and AP Third-Team All-America after rushing 201 times (25th most in school single-season history) for 1,076 yards (23rd most in school single season-history) and 15 touchdowns (most ever for a junior at Minnesota and fourth in school-single season history). Ibrahim has already earned preseason All-American recognition by Athlon Sports, Phil Steele Publications and the Walter Camp Foundation, and has earned a spot on the Big Ten Football Preseason Honors list, as well as preseason watch lists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award, Maxwell Award and Doak Walker Award.
An All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honoree last season, Mafe played in six of seven games in 2020 and recorded 27 tackles with 5.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, two pass breakups and two forced fumbles.
Morgan, who has been put on preseason watch lists for the Maxwell Award, Davey O'Brien Award and Wuerffel Trophy, is 18-8 as a starter and has completed 405 passes (seventh most in school history) of 653 attempts (eighth most in school history) for 6,028 yards (sixth most in school history) in his career. His career completion percentage of .620 (405-of-623) ranks first in school history and his 46 career touchdown passes ranks fourth. Morgan threw a touchdown pass in a school-record 18 consecutive games from Dec. 26, 2018 to Nov. 13, 2020.
The Reese's Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., describes itself as "the nation's most prestigious college all-star game." In last year's NFL Draft, 106 players that participated in the Senior Bowl were drafted and 36 selected were in the first three rounds this year's NFL Draft. This year's game will be held Feb. 5, 2022, and broadcast on the NFL Network. Practices will be also shown live on ESPN, while NFL Network will host a daily recap show each evening.
Offensive lineman Daniel Faalele, running back Mohamed Ibrahim, defensive lineman Boye Mafe and quarterback Tanner Morgan all earned the distinction.
A two-time All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honoree, Faalele sat out the 2020 season due to COVID-19 but started 11 games at right tackle for the Gophers in 2019. He helped block for an offense that totaled 5,616 yards (third most in school history), threw for 3,293 yards (a school record) and scored 443 points (second most in school history in the modern era). For his career, the 6'9, 380-pound Faalele has played in 21 games with 19 starts at right tackle.
Ibrahim is coming off a 2020 season where he was named Big Ten Running Back of the Year, All-Big Ten First Team and AP Third-Team All-America after rushing 201 times (25th most in school single-season history) for 1,076 yards (23rd most in school single season-history) and 15 touchdowns (most ever for a junior at Minnesota and fourth in school-single season history). Ibrahim has already earned preseason All-American recognition by Athlon Sports, Phil Steele Publications and the Walter Camp Foundation, and has earned a spot on the Big Ten Football Preseason Honors list, as well as preseason watch lists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award, Maxwell Award and Doak Walker Award.
An All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honoree last season, Mafe played in six of seven games in 2020 and recorded 27 tackles with 5.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, two pass breakups and two forced fumbles.
Morgan, who has been put on preseason watch lists for the Maxwell Award, Davey O'Brien Award and Wuerffel Trophy, is 18-8 as a starter and has completed 405 passes (seventh most in school history) of 653 attempts (eighth most in school history) for 6,028 yards (sixth most in school history) in his career. His career completion percentage of .620 (405-of-623) ranks first in school history and his 46 career touchdown passes ranks fourth. Morgan threw a touchdown pass in a school-record 18 consecutive games from Dec. 26, 2018 to Nov. 13, 2020.
The Reese's Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., describes itself as "the nation's most prestigious college all-star game." In last year's NFL Draft, 106 players that participated in the Senior Bowl were drafted and 36 selected were in the first three rounds this year's NFL Draft. This year's game will be held Feb. 5, 2022, and broadcast on the NFL Network. Practices will be also shown live on ESPN, while NFL Network will host a daily recap show each evening.
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