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MN high school football recruiting: For Byron’s Colin Hansen, ‘a dream come true’ melds Gophers football and a University of Minnesota education

By Sean Baker, the Minnesota Star Tribune, 12/04/24, 4:00PM CST

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Hansen has two plans for college now that he’s signed with the Gophers: Study kinesiology and gain some weight.

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Colin Hansen, senior defensive lineman at Byron, poses for a photo at his signing ceremony Wednesday at Byron High School. (Provided /Elise Hansen)

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BYRON, Minn. – Colin Hansen officially joined the Gophers football team Wednesday, and he said his decision had something to do with football.

It did not have everything to do with football.

Hansen, a defensive lineman from Byron who is the eighth-ranked recruit in Minnesota and also a near-4.0 student, said school mattered nearly as much as football. He plans to study kinesiology.

For more on Hansen and why he chose to play for the Gophers, click here to read this story on startribune.com.

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