Gophers land commitment from Prior Lake offensive lineman Greg Johnson

Johnson is the seventh player from the Class of 2023 to commit to the Gophers and the second from Prior Lake.

May 8, 2022 at 12:40AM
Gophers coach PJ Fleck watched over his team during the spring game on April 30. (Anthony Souffle, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Gophers football team landed a commitment Saturday from Prior Lake offensive lineman Greg Johnson. He announced his decision on Twitter.

Johnson is a three-star recruit and the fifth-ranked recruit from Minnesota in the Class of 2023 by 247Sports. He also had offers from Iowa State, Air Force, Wyoming and Northern Iowa, among others. He is teammates at Prior Lake with Martin Owusu, a defensive lineman who committed to the Gophers last week.

The Gophers have seven commitments for 2023, including four from Minnesota — Johnson, Owusu, Reese Tripp (Kasson-Mantorville) and Jerome Williams (Osseo).

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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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