Cooper linebacker Emmanuel Karmo, the state’s No. 1 football recruit in the 2025 class, announced his commitment Friday night to play for the Gophers and coach P.J. Fleck.
Cooper linebacker Emmanuel Karmo gives commitment to Gophers football
The four-star prospect and No. 1 state recruit in the 2025 class had offers from Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin
The Minnesota Star Tribune
April 13, 2024 at 3:21AM
The 6-2, 225-pound Karmo is ranked as a four-star prospect. He had scholarship offers from more than a dozen major conference programs, including finalists Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Nebraska, Southern California and Wisconsin.
“I’m aware I had many opportunities to choose from,” Karmo posted on X. “I’d like to express my appreciation to every program that recruited me. With that being said, I’m staying home.”
Karmo, who took two unofficial visits to the Gophers last month, is the fifth prospect in the program’s 2025 class, a class that includes four-star quarterback Jackson Kollock.
Ohio tight end Cross Nimmo committed to the Gophers on Thursday. Nimmo, who played at Lake Catholic High School, also had offers from Illinois, Louisville and Rutgers among others. He also made unofficial visits to Illinois and Louisville this spring.
The Gophers were left to ponder what might have been and what kind of team they are after staging a stirring fourth-quarter comeback in a 27-24 loss to the Wolverines.
