The ink on the faxes from the 2016 Gopher Football recruiting class is barely dry (but smudged all over the place because it was a fax machine from 1992) and 2017 is in the early stages. But Rivals released their top 5 players in the state of Minnesota for the class of 2017. This class is not as deep as the 2016 class but landing these kids, keeping them from other programs and limiting the amount of spots that have to be filled by kids from other states is very important.
As of today (Leap Day!) the Gophers have only offered 2 of the names on the list below.