Where has Fleck found his most success on the recruiting trail?
Fleck and his staff just finished one of the biggest stretches of the 2025 recruiting cycle, so let's look back at some of the most impressive finds he's had as a talent evaluator at the high school level.Hailing from Hopkins High School, Mafe was, notably, the fifth-highest ranked player in Minnesota for the class of 2017, but identifying and developing his talent in the Gophers' system might be one of Fleck and his staff's most impressive stories.
Schmitz was committed to Fleck at Western Michigan, then decided to follow him to Minnesota. Instead of playing in the MAC, he went on to be one of the best offensive linemen in program history, playing nearly 2,500 career snaps and earning first-team All-America honors in 2022. He is now well on his way to a long NFL career after the Giants took him with the No. 57 pick in 2023.Ibrahim was pursued by two other Power Five programs, but he was still outside of the top-1,100 players in his class.
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