The biggest building block of the Gophers football program will return for the 2026 season. Quarterback Drake Lindsey told the Go Gopher Podcast he will return for his redshirt sophomore season next year.

“There was no doubt in my mind, and I’m really excited to come back for another year here,” Lindsey told host Mike Grimm this week.

Lindsey said he got “my stuff done” — a reference to a revenue-sharing contract and a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deal — with the Gophers and its Dinkytown Athletes collective soon after the 17-7 win over Wisconsin for Paul Bunyan’s Axe on Nov. 29.

“They took care of me, and it’s really not even about that,” Lindsey said on the podcast. “It’s just about being in the right system. I really feel like I’m getting developed here, and I think that’s the main

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