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Gophers football team adds defensive line transfer Kyler Baugh from Houston Baptist

The defensive tackle has two years of eligibility remaining and will be making the jump from the FCS level.

By Joe Christensen

April 22, 2022 at 6:38PM
Gophers coach P.J. Fleck (Aaron Lavinsky, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Gophers football team landed a defensive line transfer on Friday, when Houston Baptist defensive tackle Kyler Baugh announced on Twitter he has committed to Minnesota.

The 6-3, 295-pound Baugh made 52 tackles in 11 games last season for Houston Baptist, which competes at the FCS level. He has two years of eligibility remaining.

Baugh was in the NCAA transfer portal and also had offers from Utah State, Western Kentucky and SMU, according to 247Sports.

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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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