Safety Tramaine Brock leaves the U
From Kent Youngblood at the Star Tribune
Gophers starting safety Tramaine Brock has left school, apparently for academic reasons, and likely won't return.
Minnesota athletic director Joel Maturi confirmed that Brock is no longer enrolled, but would not comment further. Gophers head coach Tim Brewster declined comment.
Brock, a native of Long Beach, Miss., came to the Gophers from Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College before last season. He started all 13 games. The hard-hitting safety finished third on the team with 73 total tackles. He also had an interception and forced three fumbles.
''As of now he's not in school,'' Maturi said.
Brock did not apply to be included in the 2009 NFL draft. The defensive back did not respond to text messages requesting an interview.
First Curtis Thomas last season and now Tramaine Brock. Boy, not good for a defensive backfield that needed to improve next year. Theret is average; Rallis is not a Big 10 safety.
GN EDIT:
Official relase from U of MN
In addition to the six aforementioned student-athletes, Brewster announced that defensive back Tramaine Brock is not enrolled at the University for the Spring semester.
“Tramaine Brock will not be a part of our team this spring,” Brewster said. “But we fully anticipate that he will re-join the team this summer and be a part of our program in the fall.”
Of course he is expecting him to be back. Hopefully Mr. Brock can get things taken care of before practice in August. I'm not holding my breath but hopefully he'll get his academics straightened out.
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That is going to hurt
I was looking forward to having him on the team again.
by rencito on Jan 22, 2009 4:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
OUCH
I really liked Brock in the backfield. Royston needs to be pretty good cause this one is going to hurt.
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by GopherNation on Jan 22, 2009 4:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Oh boy....
…that is bad news. He did rather well this year. Hopefully we’ve got a JUCO coming in, because the last thing I want to see is Ryan Collado on the field in a non-special teams situation.
by JG2112 on Jan 22, 2009 8:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully Brew isn't just trying to paint a rosy picture...
…and Brock is back next fall. He made the same comments about Reeves, Kirksey, and Gray last August, and it seemed to all work out in the end. If it is entirely academics, hopefully Tramaine has a plan, sticks to it, and works his way back for next season.
Otherwise, yeah…ouch.
by ReelBigChris on Jan 22, 2009 8:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

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