Video: John Legend addresses Gophers after Fresno State victory

Ohio State has LeBron James. Texas has Matthew McConaughey. And now the Gophers football team has its own celebrity fan, who paid them a visit late Saturday night.

September 11, 2019 at 5:37PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Ohio State has LeBron James. Texas has Matthew McConaughey. Kentucky basketball has Drake. And now the Gophers football team has its own celebrity fan.

John Legend was at last weekend's double-overtime victory at Fresno State to watch his nephew, Gophers freshman receiver Michael Brown-Stephens.

Minnesota delivered a 38-35 victory, capped with a series of big plays, and Legend -- the Grammy winning music sensation -- visited their locker room for the postgame celebration.

In case you missed it, here's the video:

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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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