P.J. Fleck signs new contract with University of Minnesota to stay through 2028

University of Minnesota and P.J. Fleck on Wednesday inked a $35 million contract that will keep him as the Gophers football coach through the 2028 season. The Star Tribune has a report on the new seven-year deal, which extends by two years Fleck's contract signed in 2019 and bumps his average salary to $5 million per year, from $4.65 million. That boosts him about five places in the ranks of top-paid college coaches, alongside the likes of Scott Frost in Nebraska and Iowa's Kirk Ferentz, according…