Aidan Gousby
Minnesota Golden Gophers
81
Good

Aidan Gousby

Minnesota Golden GophersAverage
NBDefenseGood
Projected Starter

Is Aidan Gousby starting?

Aidan Gousby is the projected starter at NB for Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Redshirt senior · #7 · 6'0", 190 lbs

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Depth at NB · Minnesota Golden Gophers

  1. 1781Aidan GousbyStarter
  2. 22073Parker Knutson

Minnesota Starting Lineup

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Up next for Minnesota

Minnesota plays UCLA at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Lehigh Senior, ranked #951 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 27 tackles, 0 INT, 0 PBU. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 81 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #951 Natl3-Yr Total59 tacklesTeam Share3%
Lehigh Acres, FL
Jersey
#7
Class
RS SR
Height
6'0"
Weight
190 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20252700
20242311
2023900

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8622
National Rank
#951
High School
Lehigh Senior
Hometown
Lehigh Acres, FL

Why this rating?

On a 85-rated defense; 60th-percentile production (×0.94 for competition level) put them -4 vs unit starters → 81.

Team defense (SP+)
85
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 60% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
-4 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LIUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 23-16 OT

Oct 24WIOWATKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 13-10

Oct 11LPURTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-13

Sep 27WWASHTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-24

Sep 12LMSSTTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-13

Aidan Gousby's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

27 tkl · 0 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement33%
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Overall ratings blend team strength (SP+), on-field production, and recruiting. Higher = more impactful.