Illinois tight end Jameson Geers commits to Gophers, forgoing offers from Iowa, Wisconsin

The recruiting site 247Sports.com rates Jameson Geers of New Lenox, Ill., as the No. 18 tight end in the class of 2021.

January 30, 2020 at 9:18PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Gophers landed a commitment from a heavily recruited tight end Thursday, when Jameson Geers announced he has picked Minnesota.

Geers, a consensus three-star recruit from New Lenox, Ill., also had offers from Iowa, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Purdue and Illinois. The recruiting site 247Sports.com rates Geers as the No. 18 tight end in the class of 2021 and notes that he is the highest-rated tight end recruit for Minnesota in the Internet era.

You can watch highlights of Geers (No. 86) from last season here.

The 6-5, 220-pound senior from Providence Catholic high school, announced his commitment on Twitter.

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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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