Louisville Football Receives Crystal Ball for Minnesota CB Beanie Bishop

Minnesota Transfer Beanie Bishop Projected to Come to Louisville

The University of Louisville football team has received a crystal ball for Minnesota cornerback and Louisville native Shannon “Beanie” Bishop. The prediction came from 247Sports journalist and Louisville Insider Michael McCammon on Friday, March 10th.

Beanie Bishop grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and graduated from Pleasure Ridge Park (PRP) High School in 2018. He played at Western Kentucky from 2018-2021 and earned a Conference USA All-Conference first-team selection in 2021, finishing the season with 41 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, and three interceptions.

In December 2021, Beanie Bishop announced that he would be transferring to the University of Minnesota. During the 2022 season, he appeared in all 13 games for the Golden Gophers and totaled 29 tackles, one sack, and one pass breakup.

Bishop announced his decision to enter the portal as a graduate transfer on February 23rd via Twitter.

Less than a week later, the hometown kid received an offer from the University of Louisville.

The 5-foot-10, 185-pound defensive back also holds offers from Purdue, West Virginia, Charlotte, Kent State, and Western Kentucky. The 2023 season will be Bishop’s final year of eligibility.

Jeff Brohm’s Early Recruiting Success in the State of Kentucky

Like Beanie Bishop, UofL Head football Coach Jeff Brohm was born and raised in Louisville. He graduated from Trinity High School in 1989 and went on to play quarterback for the University of Louisville. Since taking over the program in December 2022, Brohm and his staff have done a fantastic job utilizing his ties to the community in order to land some of the top talent from the city of Louisville and the state of Kentucky.

In fact, the first commitment Jeff Brohm landed as head coach of the UofL football team was Micah Carter, a 3-star defensive lineman from Louisville’s St. Xavier High School and the state of Kentucky’s No. 1 overall recruit for the class of 2023, according to 247Sports. Carter had previously been set to play in the Big Ten Conference with Purdue for the upcoming season, but flipped his commitment and decided to stay home after Brohm accepted the job with the Cards.

On December 11th, just one day after Carter’s decision, class of 2023 3-star defensive lineman and fellow Purdue commit Saadiq Clements decommitted from the Boilermakers, and announced he would be joining Jeff Brohm at the University of Louisville. Clements attended Henderson County High School in Henderson, Kentucky and is ranked as the No. 4 overall recruit in the state from his class.

The Cards also received a commitment from 3-star defensive tackle William “Woo” Spencer in early February. Spencer previously attended Louisville Male High School and was the No. 1 player in the state for the class of 2023 before transferring over to New Albany High School in Indiana for his senior season. Coach Brohm managed to win the recruiting battle despite serious interest from Kentucky and Michigan State.

Jeff Brohm and his staff also landed two more players from the state of Kentucky in the 2023 transfer portal: Stanford defensive end Stephen Herron Jr. and Baylor cornerback Devin Neal Jr. Stephen Herron Jr. was a 4-star prospect and No. 2 overall in Kentucky for the class of 2019, and he graduated from Trinity High School, Brohm’s alma mater. Meanwhile, Devin Neal Jr. was a 3-star prospect and No. 8 overall in the state for the class of 2020, and he graduated from Frederick Douglass High School in Lexington, Kentucky.

The Louisville football team has also received commitments from a number of local prospects who intend to join the program as preferred walk-ons. This includes Bullitt East quarterback Travis Egan, St. Xavier linebacker Jaxon Panariello, DeSales offensive tackle James Glover-Tyson, Ballard defensive back Jaden Minkins, Trinity punter Carter Schwartz, and Eastern offensive tackle Quintez Thomas.

Brohm’s early recruiting success in his home state is a great sign for the Louisville football program. In recent years, the Cards have been unable to land plenty of high-quality players from their own city and state (Rondale Moore, Milton Wright, Michael Mayer, Wan’Dale Robinson, etc.).

However, with Jeff Brohm at the helm, the days of UofL football constantly missing out on elite talent from the city of Louisville and the state of Kentucky appear to be over.