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Minnesotans headed to big-school college football

By Joe Christensen

February 3, 2016 at 6:45AM
Eden Prairie's JD Spielman was named the Star Tribune Metro Football Player of the Year last fall. He will play for Nebraska.
Eden Prairie's JD Spielman was named the Star Tribune Metro Football Player of the Year last fall. He will play for Nebraska. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A look at high school seniors in Minnesota expected to sign with football programs in Power Five conferences:

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Joe Christensen

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Joe Christensen, a Minnesota Star Tribune sports team leader, graduated from the University of Minnesota and spent 15 years covering Major League Baseball, including stops at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and Baltimore Sun. He joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2005 and spent four years covering Gophers football.

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