Who belongs on Minnesota Football’s All Century Team?

On Monday ESPN’s Big Ten Blog released their “All Century Team” for Minnesota. What is an All Century Team you ask? It’s simple.

These are the top lineups each team could field consisting of players who have played since 2000. Next up is Minnesota.

Here is the list they came up with (please click through and read the whole piece to get their reasons for each player).

OFFENSE

QB Adam Weber

RB Laurence Maroney

RB Marion Barber III

WR Eric Decker

WR Ron Johnson

TE Matt Spaeth

OL Greg Eslinger

OL Mark Setterstrom

OL Zac Epping

OL Rian Melander

OL Joe Quinn

DEFENSE

DL Willie VanDeSteeg

DL Ra’Shede Hageman

DL Karon Riley

DL Theiren Cockran

LB Lee Campbell

LB Damien Wilson

LB De’Vondre Campbell

DB Eric Murray

DB Briean Boddy-Calhoun

DB Willie Middlebrooks

DB Brock Vereen

SPECIAL TEAMS

K Dan Nystrom

P Peter Mortell

KR/PR Troy Stoudermire

Thoughts

• It’s a solid list and I’m hard pressed to disagree strongly with any choice on there. I’m not saying there aren’t differing options available, just that on first glance it feels good.
• Gopher Nation would like all of you to admit that Adam Weber is the best and that he was always right about this.

What would your Gophers All Century Team look like?

• Would you make any big changes to what ESPN came up with?
• Who do you think got snubbed?
• Who shouldn’t have been added to the list?