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Elijah Battle flips commitment from West Virginia to Gophers

The Gophers landed another junior college recruit Wednesday, when Elijah Battle flipped from West Virginia to Minnesota.

By Joe Christensen

December 16, 2015 at 9:52PM
Junior college cornerback Elijah Battle flipped his commitment from West Virginia to the Gophers on Wednesday.
Junior college cornerback Elijah Battle flipped his commitment from West Virginia to the Gophers on Wednesday. (Brian Wicker/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Junior college cornerback Elijah Battle flipped his commitment from West Virginia to the Gophers on Wednesday.

Battle is a consensus three-star recruit from Dodge City (Kan.) Community College. He also had reported offers from Arizona, Houston and Central Michigan.

Battle announced his decision 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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