The Gophers have been pursuing two local power forwards for the 2018 recruiting class. Race Thompson and Jarvis Thomas are both very talented kids with multiple Power 5 offers. Richard Pitino and staff have been targeting both with the intent of only taking one.
This weekend it became public that Thompson, son of Gopher football great Darrell Thompson, has been taking a heavy load of summer classes intending to graduate this summer, reclassifying to the class of 2017 and enrolling this Fall. I first learned of this twist from Ryan James at GopherIllustrated.
With the reclassification that made things dicey for the Gophers to take Thompson’s commitment, if that were to be his choice.