If Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck is looking for someone to row the boat, he might hand his latest recruit the oar.
Offensive lineman Daniel Faalele, a 6-foot-8, 395-pound lineman, committed to the Golden Gophers on Saturday night.
The giant prospect is originally from Melbourne, Australia, and had no prior football experience before transferring to the IMG Academy. He was found by a Hawaii recruiter in a Melbourne gym and eventually attended one of Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh's satellite camps in Australia.
Word spread quickly of Faalele's size and raw ability, and he received scholarship offers from Alabama, Florida State, Georgia, LSU and Michigan, among others, based on potential alone.