Minnesota cornerback Tyler Bride enters the NCAA Transfer Portal

Minnesota cornerback Tyler Bride has entered the transfer portal. Bride spent three seasons at Georgia Southern before transferring to Minnesota ahead of the 2023 season. Now, he will enter the portal again, this time as a graduate transfer.

In his lone season with the Golden Gophers, Bride made nine appearances. He finished the season with five tackles. In his three seasons at Georgia Southern, Bride appeared in 30 games with 15 starts, playing nearly 1,200 snaps on defense and special teams.

He finished his time in the program with 82 tackles, 9.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, two interceptions, 16 pass breakups.

Tyler Bride played high school football at Greater Atlanta Christian School (GA), where he was a three-star prospect. He was the No. 1,658 overall recruit in the 2020 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

He is the 10th player from Minnesota to enter the transfer portal. The Golden Gophers have also added nine pieces in the portal. Minnesota is currently ranked No. 42 in On3’s Transfer Portal Team Rankings.

More on Minnesota’s 2023 campaign

Minnesota finished the 2023 campaign with a 6-7 record. The Golden Gophers won their final game of the season with a 30-24 triumph over Bowling Green in the Quick Lane Bowl. After the game, head coach PJ Fleck talked about the season and his hopes for Minnesota moving forward.

“We played a lot of other guys tonight that hadn’t played a lot of football for us. We had to rely on a lot of them,” Fleck said. “A lot of the reps our guys are going to get are going to springboard them into 2024. And I thought special teams were big tonight and had some big plays for us which really helped springboard us and gave us a lift when we really needed it.

“That’s five out of six bowl games and then five wins in a row and that’s seven in a row as a program. That’s a huge step forward, springboards us into 2024 and had a lot of our recruits here as well. A lot of our transfers have joined us, which is really good.

“Just proud of our football team for the resolve and their stick-to-it-iveness to get us to where we are. And it was good enough to be 1-0 tonight, and that’s all we wanted to become, and they did that.”