Last November, Gophers defensive tackle Jalen Logan-Redding shared he would return to the U for a sixth season, and he alluded to fellow interior D-lineman Deven Eastern doing the same.

Through October, Eastern and Logan-Redding’s final year at Minnesota hasn’t gone as planned. That pair of NFL prospects has seen their on-field production and Pro Football Focus grades dip this fall.

“We’re a little inconsistent,” head coach P.J. Fleck told the Pioneer Press. “Part of that is a health issue, part of that’s … fundamentals and technique issue. There’s times we’re really good. Watch Nebraska (a win); we played some of our best football up front. This past week (in a loss at Iowa), we got really high pad level.”

The full health picture for the pair of defensive tackles is unknown, but both h

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