NFL Draft 2023: Gophers' Tanner Morgan signs with Steelers, Mo Ibrahim with Lions
While they weren't picked up Rounds 1-7, long-serving Minnesota Golden Gophers Tanner Morgan and Mo Ibrahim found themselves teams after the NFL Draft ended.
NFL.com's Tom Pelissero is reporting that Morgan, the Gophers' starting quarterback between 2018-22, is signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Meanwhile running back Ibrahim, whose name was mentioned in Heisman conversations in 2022 as he racked up more than 1,600 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns, is joining the backfield of the Detroit Lions.
Pelissero notes that Ibrahim's deal comes with $100,000 guaranteed money, which he says is "basically the same money as being a seventh-round pick, with the ability to renegotiate sooner."
Former Minnesota QB Tanner Morgan is signing with the #Steelers, per source.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) April 29, 2023
He'll now join a much-changed running back corps at Detroit, with the Lions drafting Jahmyr Gibbs in the first round and on Saturday traded last year's starter D'Andre Swift to the Philadelphia Eagles.
The three Gophers taken in the draft were center John Michael Schmitz by the New York Giants in the second round, and defensive backs Jordan Howden and Terell Smith, who were taken by the Saints and Bears respectively in the fifth round.
Raised on the Isle of Man, Adam has 15 years experience as a reporter and editor at regional and national level in the U.K. and the U.S. He moved to Minnesota in 2014 and became a writer for Bring Me The News. He is now the co-owner and editor of Bring Me The News and Bring Me The Sports, mixing in some occasional sports writing with his other editorial duties. He lists his three great loves as his family, Liverpool F.C. and baked beans (the British kind).