Jackson County Central's Roman Voss, center, takes in last year's Gophers-Iowa game at Huntington Bank Stadium with other recruits. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Score a big one for Ski-U-Mah over Roll Tide.
Roman Voss, the top-ranked football player in the state of Minnesota in the 2026 recruiting class, announced Monday at Jackson County Central High School that he has picked the Gophers over Alabama as his collegiate destination.
“All Glory To God. Home,” Voss wrote in a post on the X social media platform.
For more on Voss, click here to read this story on startribune.com.
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