(Minneapolis, MN)   --   The University of Minnesota football team's 2012
recruiting class includes 31 new players.   Nineteen signed National Letters
of Intent Wednesday, eight are already enrolled in classes at the U of M and
four signed Acceptance of Admission forms.   Twenty-five of them will be true
freshmen this fall while six come from junior colleges.   Gopher head coach
Jerry Kill says he feels good about the ten kids from the state who decide
the University of Minnesota is where they truly want to be.   Kill says they
were able to improve the speed and athleticism of the football program.
Sixteen of the recruits play defense, 11 are expect to play on offense and
four of the student-athletes could play on either side of the ball.