Karter Menz
Minnesota Golden Gophers
85
Great

Karter Menz

Minnesota Golden GophersAverage
RUSHDefenseGreat
2nd String / Backup

Is Karter Menz starting?

Karter Menz is listed 2nd string at RUSH for Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Redshirt junior · #11 · 6'5", 240 lbs

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Depth at RUSH · Minnesota Golden Gophers

  1. 1391TJ Bush Jr.Starter
  2. 21185Karter MenzYou
  3. 39863Adam Kissayi
  4. 44857Aaden Aytch

Minnesota Starting Lineup

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Top defensive linemen in the Big Ten

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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 West Fargo, ranked #810 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 32 tackles, 9 TFL, 6.5 sacks. That's 8% of the team's production at his spot and 96th-percentile production nationally — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #810 NatlTeam Share8%Percentile96th
Horace, ND
Jersey
#11
Class
RS JR
Height
6'5"
Weight
240 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20253296.5

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
0.8714
National Rank
#810
High School
West Fargo
Hometown
West Fargo, ND

Why this rating?

On a 85-rated defense; 96th-percentile production (×0.94 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
85
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 96% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role; −6 depth penalty

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 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 23-16 OT

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

Final W 13-10

Oct 11LPURTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-13

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

Final W 27-24

Sep 19WAKRTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-7

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

Final L 38-13

Sep 4WEIUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-7

Karter Menz's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

32 tkl · 9 TFL · 6.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement57%
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