Emmanuel Karmo holds the WLB · Backup spot in Minnesota Golden Gophers’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Emmanuel Karmo is a sophomore linebacker for the Minnesota Golden Gophers from Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he attended Robbinsdale Cooper High School. As a senior, he recorded 64 tackles, six tackles for loss, and two sacks on defense while adding 22 receptions for 266 yards and five touchdowns on offense. Karmo enrolled at Minnesota in January 2025 and appeared in all 13 games during his freshman season, accumulating 14 total tackles, one sack, one fumble recovery, and two pass breakups.

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