2022 LB Maverick Baranowski flips from Air Force to Minnesota

Port Orange (Fla.) Spruce Creek linebacker Maverick Baranowski flipped from Air Force to Minnesota on Sunday.

He visited the Golden Gophers this weekend despite heavy snow in the Twin Cities.

1000% COMMITTED to the UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA‼️‼️ Thank you to everyone who has been with me through this entire process. Huge thank you to @JoeS_Rossi, @Coach_Fleck, and the entire @GopherFootball staff for believing in me. #RTB #SkiUMah Go Gophers!! @CoachMikeKlein pic.twitter.com/XMTE0EHHQx

— Maverick 5 Baranowski (@Maverick_b5) December 12, 2021

He is the 18th commit in the Golden Gophers recruiting class, and second pledge to announce his commitment Sunday after Choctaw (Okla.) three-star offensive lineman Cade McConnell.

McConnell is the No. 639 prospect in the country, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average.

Minnesota has the No. 48 class in the On3 Consensus Team Recruiting Ranking.

McConnell is the third-highest recruit in the Golden Gophers’ class after Shippensburg (Pa.) Shippensburg Area four-star defensive lineman Anthony Smith and Lakewood (Ohio) St. Edward four-star defensive lineman Trey Bixby.