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Minnesota Football: Rashod Bateman opts out of the 2020 season

The reigning Big Ten Wide Receiver of the Year has played his last game in maroon and gold

By Blake Ruane
Minnesota v Northwestern Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images

Minnesota Golden Gophers wide receiver Rashod Bateman announced that he will be opting out of the 2020 football season to begin preparing for the 2021 NFL Draft.

Bateman had a spectacular sophomore season at Minnesota, recording 60 receptions for 1,219 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns. He was named All-Big Ten First Team and awarded the distinction of the Big Ten’s Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year. Bateman holds the program’s single-season sophomore records for receiving yards (1,219) and receiving touchdowns (11), and the single-season freshman records for receptions (51) and receiving yards (704).

He is expected to be a first round draft pick next year.

Head coach P.J. Fleck also issued a statement regarding Bateman’s decision:

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