Recruiting has been the theme for the month of June since P.J. Fleck was hired at Minnesota. This year has been no different, with eight recruits grabbing an oar and verbally committing to the Minnesota Golden Gophers this month. With recruiting heating up and the fall season still in what feels like the distant future, talk has naturally shifted to how Fleck is faring on the recruiting trail and whether he is living up to his reputation as an elite recruiter.
So let’s talk about it.
How does P.J. Fleck compare with his predecessors?
Internet recruiting rankings did not exist prior to the 21st century, and I don’t know how much weight I’d put into the recruiting evals of the aughts.