The Minnesota Golden Gophers have a new football player in the ranks, and he's a pretty solid prospect to land. On Saturday, Brian Bobek of the Ohio State Buckeyes announced that he would be transferring over to Minnesota.

Bobek is a former four star recruit for the Buckeyes on the offensive line, with his main position being center. As a freshman last season he played an exclusively reserve role for Ohio State and was only able to get the No. 3 position on the depth chart this spring for the Buckeyes despite being one of the favorites to win the starting center job.

From Bobek's statement on joining the Gophers:

"I am excited to announce that I have given my commitment to Coaches Jerry Kill and Matt Limegrover to join the University of Minnesota football program," Bobek said in a statement. "Minnesota was one of the first schools my family and I had contacted when I made the decision to transfer, and the coaches responded as soon as they got permission from Ohio State to contact me."

The 6-foot-2, 275-pound sophomore will lose a year of eligibility because he stayed in the same conference; he will begin eligibility for the Gophers in 2013. At that point, he will join what looks to be a pretty solid offensive line for Minnesota in the next few seasons.

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