Drake Lindsey

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Position:
QB
Ht./Wt.:
6-5 / 230
Hometown:
Fayetteville, Ark.
High School:
Fayetteville
Years in College / At Minnesota:
2 / 2
Remaining Eligibility Entering 2025 Season:
4 years
Letters:
1
Class:
Redshirt Freshman

PRONUNCIATION

HONORS:
Big Ten Freshman of the Week (1x in 2025)

2025 • FRESHMAN SEASON: Made his first career start against Buffalo and completed 19 passes for 290 yards and two touchdowns • completed 8-of-9 passes for 139 yards and one touchdown against Northwestern State • threw for 205 yards and one touchdown on 19 completions at Cal • completed 31 passes (tied for fifth most in school history) for 324 yards and three touchdowns against Rutgers • completed 15 passes for 94 yards at Ohio State • completed 21 passes for 232 yards and two touchdowns against Purdue • rushed for one touchdown and completed 16-of-20 passes for 153 yards and one score versus Nebraska • completed 16 passes for 109 yards at Iowa • rushed for two touchdowns - including the overtime game-winning score - and threw for 197 yards against Michigan State • completed 19 passes for 138 yards and one touchdown at Oregon • threw four touchdowns and completed 20 passes for 264 yards at Northwestern.

2024: Redshirted • played in three games • completed 4-of-5 pass attempts for 50 yards and one touchdown. Game-by-Game: Completed 3-of-4 passes for 35 yards against Rhode Island threw his first career touchdown – eight yards to Tyler Williams – as a Gopher • competed against Nevada • completed only pass attempt against Virginia Tech for 15 yards.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Fayetteville High School in Fayetteville, Ark. • wore No. 5 for the Bulldogs and was coached by Casey Dick • as a senior, helped lead team to a 13-0 record and a state championship in which he was named MVP • threw for 3,941 yards in his senior season while completing 69 percent of his passes (264-for-383) • tossed 54 touchdown passes against just three interceptions for a TD:INT ratio of 18-to-1 • had six games with at least 300 yards passing this past season, including a season-high 535 against Rogers • threw at least two touchdown passes in every contest of his senior season, with six games of five or more, including seven versus Har-Ber • named the 7A Offensive Player of the Year in Arkansas, Gatorade Player of the Year in Arkansas and was recognized as a First-Team All-State honoree • consensus three-star prospect • listed as the No. 5 recruit in Arkansas and the No. 23 quarterback in the nation by 247Sports.

PERSONAL: Son of John David and Amy Lindsey • has one sister (Loren Lindsey) and one brother (Reed Adams) • father, John David, played college football at Arkansas • sister, Loren, played college basketball at Arkansas • uncle, Lyndy Lindsey, played college football at Arkansas • cousin, Jack Lindsey, played college football at Arkansas • cousin, Link Lindsey, is a member of the track and field team at Arkansas • grandfather, Jim Lindsey, played college football at Arkansas and was a member of the 1964 team that went 11-0 and he also played seven years in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings • great uncle, Elmer "B" Lindsey, played six years of minor league baseball in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.