Oklahoma linebacker Kyrei Fisher flips commitment from Gophers to Arkansas

Kyrei Fisher, a linebacker from Tulsa, Okla., announced Monday that he's heading to Arkansas, instead of Minnesota.

December 20, 2016 at 4:39AM

The Gophers lost a recruit to Arkansas on Monday, when Kyrei Fisher flipped his commitment to the Razorbacks.

Fisher is a 6-2, 230-pound linebacker from Tulsa (Okla.) Union High School, who is a consensus three-star recruit and also had reported offers from Michigan State, Colorado and Houston.

He committed to the Gophers in May. Michigan State offered him a scholarship in late November, and he visited Texas earlier this month before making his final decision.

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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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