Minnesota football welcomes No. 4 Penn State Saturday at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis in what is likely the biggest home game of the season, but it also could be the final home game for 23 different players.

The Gophers have not officially announced which players will be finished playing college football after this season, but they did release a Senior Day graphic on X, formerly Twitter, featuring 23 different players. Veterans like Cody Lindenberg and Jah Joyner technically have another season of eligibility, but they were on the chart.

Senior Day has a different meaning than it once did, but this Gophers class is flooded with veteran players who have spent their entire careers in Minneapolis. Daniel Jackson, Aireontae Ersery, Justin Walley, Quinn Carroll, Tyler Cooper, Dragan Kesich, Danny Striggow, Nick Kallerup, Mark Crawford, Jack Henderson, Lindenberg and Joyner were all multi-year starters.

We’ve seen players participate in Senior Day festivities and later decide to return for another season, but that’s usually a pretty strong sign as to who will be leaving college football after the year.

The class has a chance to leave a huge mark on the program if they can take down the Nittany Lions on Saturday afternoon. There are still three games left this season, but Minnesota could have a busy offseason, replacing as many as 15 different starters.