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2021 vikings preseason week two

Saturday, August 21, 2021 U.S. Bank Stadium (66,467) | 7 p.m. CT | FOX 9

2021 record vikings vs colts The Minnesota Vikings will host the Indianapolis PRESEASON...... 0-1 Colts on Saturday, Aug. 21, for its final home OVERALL...... 0-0 preseason game of 2021. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. NFC NORTH...... 0-0 CT at U.S. Bank Stadium and the game will be HOME...... 0-0 broadcast on FOX 9 as well as simulcast on KFAN AWAY...... 0-0 100.3 FM. The broadcast team features Paul Allen and Pete Bercich in the booth with Greg Coleman 2021 schedule and Ben Leber on the sideline. PRESEASON A.J. Rose, Jr. was a bright spot for the Vikings Date Opponent Time (CT) TV/Results against the Broncos rushing the ball 25 times 8/14 (Sat.) DENVER 3 p.m. L, 33-6 for 100 yards, becoming the ninth player in team 8/21 (Sat.) INDIANAPOLIS 7 p.m. FOX 9 8/27 (Fri.) at Kansas City 7 p.m. FOX 9/ NFLN history to gain 100 yards rushing in a preseason REGULAR SEASON game. Rose’s 25 carries were the most in an NFL Week) Date Opponent Time (CT) TV preseason game since Jarveon Williams had 27 1) 9/12 (Sun.) at Cincinnati Noon FOX for the Bengals on August 31, 2017. 2) 9/19 (Sun.) at Arizona 3:05 p.m. FOX 3) 9/26 (Sun.) SEATTLE 3:25 p.m. FOX 4) 10/3 (Sun.) CLEVELAND Noon CBS QUICK HITS 5) 10/10 (Sun.) DETROIT Noon FOX 6) 10/17 (Sun.) at Carolina Noon FOX The last time the Vikings and Colts battled each 7) 10/24 (Sun.) BYE WEEK other in the preseason was in 2009, when the club 8) 10/31 (Sun.) DALLAS 7:20 p.m. NBC beat Indianapolis 13-3. 9) 11/7 (Sun.) at Baltimore Noon FOX 10) 11/14 (Sun.) at Los Angeles (LAC) 3:05 p.m. FOX 11) 11/21 (Sun.) GREEN BAY Noon FOX Under ’s leadership, the Vikings have 12) 11/28 (Sun.) at San Francisco 3:25 p.m. FOX never lost back-to-back preseason games and have 13) 12/5 (Sun.) at Detroit Noon CBS only lost two preseason games in a single season 14) 12/9 (Thur.) PITTSBURGH 7:20 p.m. FOX/NFLN one time (2017). 15) 12/20 (Mon.) at 7:15 p.m. ESPN 16) 12/26 (Sun.) LOS ANGELES (LAR) Noon FOX 17) 1/2 (Sun.) at Green Bay 7:20 p.m. NBC preseason week 2 broadcast 18) 1/9 (Sun.) CHICAGO Noon FOX Home games capitalized TV BROADCAST/STREAM: *All game times are CT and subject to change FOX 9 (Channel 9 in Minneapolis/St. Paul) Paul Allen (PxP) | Pete Bercich (Analyst) | stat of the week Greg Coleman/Ben Leber (Sideline)

EVERY ROSE HAS ITS A.J. RADIO BROADCAST/STREAM: Vikings rookie running KFAN-FM 100.3/KTLK-AM 1130 back A.J. Rose, Jr. set a Paul Allen (PxP) | Pete Bercich (Analyst) | team record for the most Greg Coleman/Ben Leber (Sideline) rushing attempts (25) in a preseason game. His 100 PRE-GAME SHOW: yards on the ground is the Mike Mussman – 5 p.m. CT most in a preseason game KFAN and KTLK serve as the flagship by a Viking since 2014. stations for the 63-station, 5-state Vikings Radio Network.

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weekly media schedule RETURNERS Starters Returning: 15 (9 offense, 6 defense) Monday, Aug. 16 Starters Lost: 7 (Harris, Johnson, Odenigbo, Reiff, Rudolph, Stephen, Wilson) 12:15 - Ryan Ficken, Andre Patterson and select players Leading Returners Player (Total) 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Pratice Passing Yards Tuesday, Aug. 17 (4,265) Rushing Yards 11:30 a.m. – Mike Zimmer and select players available (1,557) 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Pratice Rushing TDs Wednesday, Aug. 18 Dalvin Cook (16) Receiving Yards 12:15 - Klint Kubiak, Adam Zimmer and Kirk Cousins (1,400) 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Pratice Receiving TDs Thursday, Aug. 19 (14) Tackles 12:15 p.m. - Mike Zimmer and select players Eric Wilson (122) 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Pratice Sacks Friday, Aug. 20 Yannick Ngakoue (5.0) No media access Harrison Smith (5) Saturday, Aug. 21 Punt 7:00 p.m Game vs Colts at U.S. Bank Stadium (42) Kick Return Yards

Sunday, Aug. 22 (352) No mdia access ROSTER NOTES *Filming is allowed for a portion of practice Oldest Viking Player (36, born 3/20/85) communications staff Youngest Viking Player Ihmir Smith-Marsette (21, born 8/29/99) Bob Hagan 612.327.7069 Most Seasons as a Viking VP of Football & Media Communications Harrison Smith (10) Most NFL Seasons Jeff Anderson 612.247.4482 Britton Colquitt (12) VP of Strategic & Corporate Communications College with the most Vikings Tom West 612.327.7075 Alabama, LSU, North Carolina, Ohio State, Pitt (3) Director, Alumni & Youth Football Communications Home state with the most Vikings (11) Jon Ekstom 612.418.6265 Conference with the most Vikings Director, Communications SEC (15 players on roster) Largest Viking Sam Newton 612.965.4712 , , Brian O’Neill (Height: 6-7) Senior Manager, Football Communications Michael Pierce (Weight: 340 lbs) Carly Bonk 612.718.4093 Smallest Viking Communications Coordinator Ameer Abdullah (Height: 5-9) Amari Henderson and Ihmir Smith-Marsette (Weight: 180 lbs) Taylor Garner 651.600.1683 Communications Associate Tim Wiemann 651.350.8201 1st-Round Draft Picks (7) Pro Bowlers (9) Communications Associate [5] (2011) Anthony Barr (4x) [9] Anthony Barr (2014) Dalvin Cook (2x) vikings media site [13] (2013) Kirk Cousins (2x) All media members are encouraged to utilize the [18] (2019) C.J. Ham (1x) Vikings’ media site (vikings.1rmg.com) to assist in [22] Justin Jefferson (2020) (2x) their coverage of the team. Materials provided by the [23] (2021) Justin Jefferson (1x) communications department are available to view (1x) [29] Harrison Smith (2012) and download at the site, including media schedules, Patrick Peterson-ARI (8x) press releases, clips, quotes, photos, media guides, Sheldon Richardson-NYJ (1x) rosters, depth charts, etc. Harrison Smith (5x) Adam Thielen (2x)

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key dates pronunciation guide

August 31 PLAYERS PRONUNCIATION Clubs must reduce rosters to a Ameer Abdullah uh-meer ab-dool-uh maximum of 53 players on the Cohl Cabral cuh-BRAWL Active/Inactive List cha-SEN-a September 9, 12-13 Britton Colquitt COLE-kwit Kickoff Weekend 2021 Andrew DePaola dee-PAUL-uh October 12-13 DOUGH-jher Fall League Meeting, TBD JAY-lyn November 2, 3:00 p.m. CT Danielle Hunter duh-KNEEL Trade Deadline BEE-see January 15-16, 2022 Evin Ksiezarczyk Ki-ZARR-zak Wild Card Playoff Games Hercules Mata’afa MAH-Tah-AH-FAH January 22-23, 2022 kuh-NAY Wong-woo Divisional Playoff Games juh-narr-iss January 20, 2022 sah-MEE-uh AFC and NFC Championship Games Ihmir Smith-Marsette ah-MEER smith MARR-sett Olisaemeka Udoh OH-lee-suh-MEE-kah OO-doe February 6, 2022 NFL , Allegiant Stadium, DEE-dee Las Vegas, Nevada Xavier Woods ECK-zay-vee-er

February 13, 2022 LVI, SoFi Stadium, COACHING STAFF Inglewood, Imarjaye Albury im-MAR-jay AL-berry Andrew Janocko juh-NO-coe Klint Kubiak koo-bee-ack Keenan McCardell mih-car-DELL Brian Pariani PEAR-ee-ah-nee Sam Siefkes seef-kiss

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STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE

League-wide strength of schedules in 2021 based on opponents’ 2020 record.

Rank Team ...... Combined W-L ...... Pct. 1...... ...... 155-115-2...... 0.574 2...... ...... 152-118-2...... 0.563 u.s. bank stadium 3...... ...... 149-122-1...... 0.55 4...... ...... 147-124-1...... 0.542 HOME OF THE VIKINGS 5...... Minnesota Vikings...... 144-127-1...... 0.531 U.S. Bank Stadium opened on July 22, 6...... ...... 143-127-2...... 0.529 2016, with a two-day, public open house 6...... ...... 144-128-0...... 0.529 welcoming over 190,000 Minnesotans 8...... ...... 142-128-2...... 0.526 through its doors. 9...... ...... 140-130-2...... 0.518 10........... 140-132-0...... 0.515 • The Vikings earned the first win in 11...... ...... 139-133-0...... 0.511 their new home against then-San 11...... ...... 138-132-2...... 0.511 Diego Chargers in the first pre- 13........... 138-134-0...... 0.507 season game in the stadium on 13........... 138-134-0...... 0.507 August 28, 2016, winning 23-10. 15........... 137-135-0...... 0.504 The Purple and Gold continued 15.........136-134-2...... 0.504 the streak, taking away their first 17........... 133-137-2...... 0.493 regular season win in the stadium 18........... 133-138-1...... 0.491 against the Green Bay Packers on 19........... 132-138-2...... 0.489 September 18, 2016, winning 17-14. 19........... 132-138-2...... 0.489 19.....New England Patriots.....133-139-0...... 0.489 • On February 4, 2018, U.S. Bank 22..... Saints...... 131-140-1...... 0.483 Stadium hosted its first Super 23........... 130-142-0...... 0.478 Bowl, the second for the city of 23........... 130-142-0...... 0.478 Minneapolis. It also became the 25........... 128-142-2...... 0.474 home of the first “Zero Waste” Super 26........... 128-143-1...... 0.472 Bowl, with 91% of trash recycled. 27........... 127-143-2...... 0.471 • U.S. Bank Stadium hosted the NCAA 27........... 128-144-0...... 0.471 Men’s Final Four in April of 2019 and 29........126-145-1...... 0.465 welcomed a record-setting sporting 30.......... 123-148-1...... 0.454 event attendance of 72,711 guests. 31........... 122-148-2...... 0.452 • A LEED Gold certified stadium, U.S. 32........... 117-155-0...... 0.43 Bank Stadium aims to become a zero-waste facility, where 90% of all waste is either compostable, EctotaeFourThree Minnesota porpore, Minnesota nativessition natives cusda are are cus, on recyclable, reused, or donated. optiaon thethe conseque 90-man85-man sItataeroster: C.J. Ryanvendit Ham, oUm 12943num,Connelly,Adam Omnime ThielenC.J. Ham, cumet and Adam untBrandon eosam ThielenZylstra. and Shane Zylstra.

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OPPONENTS BY THE NUMBERS

Team...... ‘20 Record...... Off. Rank.... Def. Rank Cincinnati ...... 4-11-1...... 29th...... 26th Arizona...... 8-8...... 6th...... 13th Seattle...... 12-4...... 17th...... 22nd Cleveland...... 11-5...... 16th...... 17th Detroit...... 5-11...... 20th...... 32nd Carolina...... 5-11...... 21th...... 18th Dallas...... 6-10...... 14th...... 23rd tco performance Baltimore...... 11-5...... 19th...... 7th Los Angeles Chargers.... 7-9...... 9th...... 10th center Green Bay...... 13-3...... 5th...... 9th San Francisco...... 6-10...... 15th...... 5th Pittsburgh...... 12-4...... 24th...... 3rd Chicago...... 8-8...... 26th...... 11th WELCOME TO OUR HOUSE Los Angeles Rams..... 10-6...... 11th...... 1st The Vikings’ 40-acre headquarters officially Minnesota...... 7-9...... 4th...... 27th opened on March 5, 2018, with a ribbon- *Denotes 2021 playoff team cutting ceremony held on June 15, 2018.

• The Minnesota Vikings have hosted joint practice at TCO Performance 2021 VIKINGS COACHING STAFF Center with the Jaguars in 2018 and Head Coach: Mike Zimmer most recently the Broncos in 2021. • It includes five outdoor football Coordinators: Klint Kubiak (Offensive Coordinator), fields (including the 6,500-seat TCO Andre Patterson (Assistant Head Coach/Co- stadium), indoor synthetic turf field, Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line), Adam and outdoor training areas. Zimmer (Co-Defensive Coordinators/), The facility also features player Ryan Ficken (Special Teams Coordinator) • position meeting rooms and team auditorium, expanded locker room, Assistants: Imarjaye Albury** (Assistant Defensive Line), weight room and equipment facilities. Roy Anderson** (Assistant Defensive Backs), (Senior Offensive Advisor), Paul Guenther** (Senior Defensive • State of the art cardiovascular Assistant), Josh Hingst (Head Strength and Conditioning), and specialized speed rooms, a Andrew Janocko** (), Marquis Johnson hydrotherapy room, and post- (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Christian Jones** workout recovery rooms can be (Offensive Quality Control/Assistant Wide Receivers), Derik found in the training wing. Keyes (Assistant Strength & Conditioning), Keenan McCardell • The space also includes a (Wide Receivers), Brian Pariani (Tight Ends), AC Patterson** broadcast studio, media center (Offensive Quality Control/Assistant Running Backs), and administrative offices for Kennedy Polamalu (Running Backs), Phil Rauscher (Offensive Vikings staff. Line), Karl Scott (Defensive Backs), Sam Siefkes** (Defensive Quality Control/Assistant Linebackers), Ben Steele** • The facility sits within a 200-acre (Assistant Offensive Line), Robert Steeples (Assistant Special mixed-use development for Teams), Joshua Woods (Assistant Strength and Conditioning/ residential, retail, and dining spaces Sports Science).of Competition Development), Adam Zimmer as well as Omni Viking Lakes Hotel, (Linebackers) which opened in September 2020.

** Denotes coaches in the booth

Entering training camp, the average A total of 36 players are experiencing age of the players on the 2021 their first season with the Vikings in Vikings’ 90-man roster is 26.4 years 2021. 26.4 old, which is the second-youngest in 36 the NFL behind the Rams.

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2021 preseason stats

Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack Lost Rating K.Mond 16 6 53 37.5% 3.3 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 18 0/ 0 47.1 J.Browning 10 5 31 50.0% 3.1 0 0.0% 1 10.0% 11 1/ 5 17.1 Vikings 26 11 84 42.3% 3.2 0 0.0% 1 3.8% 18 1/ 5 34.8 Opponents 22 14 249 63.6% 11.3 3 13.6% 0 0.0% 80t 0/ 0 141.9

RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD /LOST A.Rose 25 100 4.0 16 0 Fumbles Lost: 0 A.Abdullah 5 29 5.8 12 0 Total: 0 K.Mond 5 25 5.0 10 0 I.Smith-Marsette 1 2 2.0 2 0 FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Team 36 156 4.3 16 0 G.Joseph 0/ 0 1/ 1 1/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 0 Opponents 35 138 3.9 18 0 Team 0/ 0 1/ 1 1/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 0 Opponents 0/ 0 0/ 0 1/ 1 0/ 0 0/ 0 RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD K.Osborn 2 15 7.5 11 0 SCORING 2-PT. CONVERSIONS I.Smith-Marsette 2 12 6.0 9 0 N/A A.Abdullah 2 12 6.0 7 0 J.Bargas 2 11 5.5 9 0 SACKS A.Rose 1 18 18.0 18 0 N/A B.Dillon 1 13 13.0 13 0 M.Mitchell 1 3 3.0 3 0 W.Philyor 0 0 0.0 0 0 Z.Davidson 0 0 0.0 0 0 D.Chisena 0 0 0.0 0 0 Team 11 84 7.6 18 0 Opponents 14 249 17.8 80t 3

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Opponents 1 30 30.0 30t 1

PUNTINGG NNo. Yds Avg Net TB In20 Lg B B.Colquitt 4 162 40.5 40.5 0 1 48 0 Team 4 162 40.5 40.5 0 1 48 0 Opponents 2 85 42.5 38.5 0 1 46 0

PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD A.Abdullah 1 1 8 8.0 8 0 Team 1 1 8 8.0 8 0 Opponents 1 2 0 0.0 0 0

KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD K.Osborn 2 51 25.5 31 0 I.Smith-Marsette 2 42 21.0 30 0 K.Nwangwu 1 18 18.0 18 0 Team 5 111 22.2 31 0 Opponents 3 95 31.7 62 0

SCORING TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG 2Pt Pts G.Joseph 0 0 0 0 0/0 2/2 0 6 Team 0 0 0 0 0/0 2/2 0 6 Opponents 4 0 3 1 4/4 1/1 0 33

preseason week 1 starters vs. broncos

OFFENSE DEFENSE WR K.J. Osborn CB Kris Boyd LT Blake Brandel LB Cameron Smith LG Dru Samia LB C LB RG Dakota Dozier CB RT Blake Brandel S TE Brandon Dillon S Myles Dorn WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette DE D.J. Wonnum QB DT RB Ameer Abdullah DT James Lynch FB DE

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2021 vikings preseason statistics

defensive stats

TKL AST COMB TFL SACK QBH FF FR INT PD Camryn Bynum 3 4 7 ------Troy Dye 5 1 6 1 ------Kris Boyd 5 0 5 ------1 Myles Dorn 5 0 5 - - 1 - - - - Ryan Connelly 3 0 3 ------Janarius Robinson 2 1 3 1 - - - - - 1 Patrick Jones 2 1 3 1 ------ 2 1 3 ------Christian Elliss 2 0 2 ------ 2 0 2 ------Luther Kirk 1 1 2 1 ------D.J. Wonnum 1 1 2 ------Cameron Dantzler 1 0 1 ------ 1 0 1 ------Hercules Mata’afa 1 0 1 ------Jordan Scott 1 0 1 ------ 0 1 1 ------ 0 1 1 ------Cameron Smith 0 1 1 ------Totals 37 13 50 4 0 1 0 0 0 2

special teams stats interceptions

SOLO AST COMB FF FR BL No. Yds Avg Long TD N/A Troy Dye 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - TOTALS 3 - - - - -

sacks

SACKS YDS N/A

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final 2020 season stats

Won 7, Lost 9 9/13 L, 34-43 vs. Green Bay 9/20 L, 11-28 at Indianapolis 9/27 L, 30-31 vs. Tennessee 10/4 W, 31-23 at Houston 10/11 L, 26-27 at Seattle 10/18 L, 23-40 vs. Atlanta 11/1 W, 28-22 at Green Bay 11/8 W, 34-20 vs. Detroit 11/16 W, 19-13 at Chicago 11/22 L, 28-31 vs. Dallas 11/29 W, 28-27 vs. Carolina 12/6 W, 27-24 vs. Jacksonville 12/13 L, 14-26 at Tampa Bay 12/20 L, 27-33 vs. Chicago 12/25 L, 33-52 at New Orleans 1/3 W, 37-35 at Detroit

Minnesota Opponent Minnesota Opponent Total First Downs 383 366 Gross Yards 4265 4267 Rushing 139 136 Attempts/Completions 516/349 541/358 Passing 212 208 Completion Pct. 67.6% 66.2% Penalty 32 22 Had Intercepted 13 15 3rd Down: Made/Att 74/181 73/185 Punts/Average 56/43.5 42/45.9 3rd Down Pct. 40.9% 39.5% Net Punting Avg. 36.7 42.4 4th Down: Made/Att 13/23 17/24 Penalties/Yards 82/650 83/723 4th Down Pct. 56.5% 70.8% Fumbles/Ball Lost 22/10 17/7 Possession Avg. 29:47 30:13 55 53 Total Net Yards 6292 6292 Rushing 20 19 Avg. Per Game 393.3 393.3 Passing 35 30 Total Plays 1023 1036 Returns 0 4 Avg. Per Play 6.2 6.1 Net Yards Rushing 2283 2151 SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Avg. Per Game 142.7 134.4 Pts Total Rushes 468 472 Vikings 93 82 115 137 3 430 Net Yards Passing 4009 4141 Opponents 74 137 128 136 0 475 Avg. Per Game 250.6 258.8 Sacked/Yards Lost 39/256 23/126

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final 2020 season stats

PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Yards Rating K.Cousins 516 349 4265 67.6% 8.3 35 6.8% 13 2.5% 71t 39/256 105.0 Vikings 516 349 4265 67.6% 8.3 35 6.8% 13 2.5% 71t 39/256 105.0 Opponents 541 358 4267 66.2% 7.9 30 5.5% 15 2.8% 61 23/126 97.0

RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD D.Cook 312 1557 5.0 70t 16 C.Beebe 9 5 42 4.7 13 0 A.Mattison 96 434 4.5 25 2 K.Osborn 7 6 27 3.9 8 0 K.Cousins 32 156 4.9 16 1 Vikings 16 11 69 4.3 13 0 M.Boone 11 59 5.4 19 1 Opponents 33 11 321 9.7 32 0 A.Abdullah 8 42 5.3 13 0 C.Ham 5 18 3.6 10 0 KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD A.Thielen 3 15 5.0 8 0 A.Abdullah 15 352 23.5 33 0 J.Jefferson 1 2 2.0 2 0 K.Osborn 14 303 21.6 38 0 Vikings 468 2283 4.9 70t 20 C.Ham 2 31 15.5 20 0 Opponents 472 2151 4.6 42t 19 C.Beebe 1 19 19.0 19 0 M.Boone 1 17 17.0 17 0 RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD Vikings 33 722 21.9 38 0 J.Jefferson 88 1400 15.9 71t 7 Opponents 27 670 24.8 104t 1 A.Thielen 74 925 12.5 51 14 D.Cook 44 361 8.2 50t 1 FUMBLES/LOST I.Smith 30 365 12.2 36 5 K.Cousins 9/5 K.Rudolph 28 334 11.9 25 1 D.Cook 5/3 C.Beebe 20 201 10.1 40t 2 C.Beebe 2/1 T.Conklin 19 194 10.2 30 1 K.Rudolph 1/1 O.Johnson 14 189 13.5 29 0 K.Osborn 2/0 A.Mattison 13 125 9.6 28t 1 G.Bradbury 1/0 C.Ham 8 97 12.1 30 1 J.Jefferson 1/0 A.Abdullah 8 58 7.3 22t 2 T.Conklin 1/0 M.Boone 2 10 5.0 6 0 Vikings 22/10 B.Dillon 1 6 6.0 6 0 Opponents 17/7 Vikings 349 4265 12.2 71t 35 Opponents 358 4267 11.9 61 30 Opponent Recoveries: E.Wilson - 2 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD J.Brailford - 1 H.Smith 5 33 6.6 16 0 D.Chasina - 1 E.Wilson 3 23 7.7 16 0 C.Dantzler - 1 E.Kendricks 3 0 0.0 0 0 J.Metellus - 1 C.Dantzler 2 0 0.0 0 0 A.DePaola - 1 H.Nickerson 1 5 5.0 5 0 Total: 7 H.Hand 1 4 4.0 4 0 Vikings 15 65 4.3 16 0 FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Opponents 13 177 13.6 43t 1 D.Bailey 0/ 0 6/ 6 3/ 4 4/ 7 2/ 5 Vikings 0/ 0 6/ 6 3/ 4 4/ 7 2/ 5 PUNTINGG NNo. Yds Avg Net TB In20 Lg B Opponents 2/ 2 8/ 9 8/ 8 11/ 12 6/ 8 B.Colquitt 54 2435 45.1 36.7 3 11 59 2 Vikings 56 2435 43.5 36.7 3 11 59 2 Opponents 42 1929 45.9 42.4 4 18 61 0

SCORING TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG 2Pt Pts SCORING 2-PT. CONVERSIONS D.Cook 17 16 1 0 0/0 0/0 3 108 Vikings: 8/12 A.Thielen 14 0 14 0 0/0 0/0 1 86 Opponents: 3/7 D.Bailey 0 0 0 0 37/43 15/22 0 82 J.Jefferson 7 0 7 0 0/0 0/0 2 46 SACKS I.Smith 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 1 32 Y.Ngakoue 5.0, I.Odenigbo 3.5, D.Wonnum 3.0, E.Wilson 3.0, A.Mattison 3 2 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 18 H.Mata'afa 2.5, J.Johnson 1.5, T.Davis 1.0, J.Lynch 1.0, H.Hill 1.0, A.Abdullah 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12 H.Smith 0.5, S.Stephen 0.5, A.Watts 0.5 C.Beebe 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12 Vikings: 23.0 M.Boone 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6 Opponents: 39.0 T.Conklin 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6 C.Ham 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6 FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS K.Cousins 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6 D. Bailey (35G), (21G), (41G, 49), (31G, 55) (52G, 46G), (37G, 43G), K.Rudolph 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6 (53G, 25G), (48G, 51, 23G), (36, 54, 46), (24G, 22G), O.Johnson 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 2 (46, 23G) I.Odenigbo 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 2 Vikings 55 20 35 0 37/43 15/22 8 430 Vikings (35G), (21G), (41G, 49), (31G, 55), (52GG, 46G), (37G, 43G), Opponents 53 19 30 4 42/46 35/39 3 475 (53G, 25G), (48G, 51, 23G), (36, 54, 46), (24G, 22G), (46, 23G)

Opponents (31G, 43G), (28G, 38G, 38G, 44G), (39G, 31G, 30G, 51G, 54G, 55G), (50G, 28G, 25), (50G, 21G, 47G, 43G) (46, 23G, 45G), (23G, 42G), (19G), (28, 40G, 21G, 54), (22G, 62), (18G, 48G), (42G, 35G, 48G, 42G), (30G), (54G)

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schedule notes

Minnesota will play the season opener on the road for the first time at Cincinnatti since 2016. The contest also marks the first time in franchise history the Vikings have played Cincinnati to open the schedule. Minnesota WK 1 7-6 last played at Cincinnati in 2013 when Vikings Head Coach Mike 9/12/21 (1-6) A Zimmer served as defensive coordinator for the Bengals. Overall, Minnesota is 5-2 in season-opening games during the Mike Zimmer era (2014-present) and is 4-1 in the past five season openers.

The Vikings look to continue their winning streak against the at Arizona Cardinals in Week 2 after having won the previous two meetings in WK 2 17-11 Minnesota. The meeting marks the fifth game played in Arizona 9/19/21 (6-7) A between the two clubs since the Cardinals relocated from St. Louis in 1988.

Minnesota hosts Seattle in the home-opener at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis Week 3, marking the first time since the 2015 season the Vikings will play WK 3 5-13 the Seahawks at home after the two clubs have met in Seattle each of 9/26/21 (3-4) H the last three seasons. The Vikings look to pick up their first win against the Seahawks since a 35-9 victory at home in 2009, which would snap a seven-game losing streak versus Seattle.

The Vikings welcome Cleveland in Week 4 for the teams’ first meeting Minneapolis since playing in London at in 2017. It also marks WK 4 12-4 the first matchup between Head Coach Mike Zimmer and Kevin 10/3/21 (7-2) H Stefanski who served on the Vikings coaching staff for 14 seasons before becoming the Browns head coach in 2020.

Minnesota chases a fourth consecutive victory over Detroit at U.S. Bank Minneapolis Stadium after dropping the first two contests between the teams since WK 5 the venue opened in 2016. In the Week 9 home victory over Detroit in 78-39-2 2020, Vikings RB Dalvin Cook had his first career 200-yard outing and 10/10/21 (42-16-1) H scored two touchdowns to become the sixth player in league history with a rushing in each of his first seven games of a season.

The Vikings head to Charlotte, North Carolina, to take on the Panthers at Carolina in Week 6 for the first time since 2017. Last season, Minnesota beat WK 6 9-6 Carolina 28-27 at home in Week 12. In the contest, WR Chad Beebe 10/17/21 (2-3) A caught a 10-yard pass from QB Kirk Cousins with 46 seconds left to cap a comeback win after trailing 24-13 in the fourth quarter.

The Vikings play the Cowboys for the third consecutive season and third in Minneapolis prime time since facing Dallas on Thursday Night Football on Dec. 1, 2016. WK 8 15-17 Minnesota last hosted Dallas on a Sunday night in Week 3 of the 1995 10/31/21 (7-11) H season, a 23-17 Cowboys OT victory. Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer previously spent 13 seasons on the Cowboys coaching staff, serving as a defensive backs coach (1994-99) and defensive coordinator (2000-06).

Minnesota looks to record its first victory on the road at Baltimore since the teams’ first meeting in 1998 when the Vikings came away at Baltimore with a 38-28 win. A back-and-forth fourth quarter in Minnesota’s WK 9 last game at Baltimore in Week 14 of the 2013 season saw six 3-3 lead changes with the Vikings scoring a 79-yard touchdown with 45 seconds to play before the Ravens took a 29-26 lead with four 11/7/21 (1-3) A seconds to go in the game. Week 9 marks NT Michael Pierce’s first game against his former team since signing with the Vikings as a free agent in 2020.

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Minnesota is set to play the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium for at Los Angeles the first time since its opening. The Vikings have won the previous WK 10 two contests against the Chargers, most recently claiming a 39-10 7-6 victory on the road in 2019. In that game, Minnesota scored 30 11/14/21 (2-3) A unanswered points in the game’s final 35 minutes. Overall, Week 10 will feature two of the best offensive rookies of 2020 in Vikings WR Justin Jefferson and Chargers QB .

In the first game with Green Bay of the season, the Vikings look to Minneapolis even their home series record against the Packers after dropping the WK 11 55-63-3 2020 home opener 43-34. In the last outing at U.S. Bank Stadium 11/21/21 (29-30) H between the clubs, WR Adam Thielen tied a career high with two receiving touchdowns and RB Dalvin Cook had two rushing scores.

Minnesota visits San Francisco for a regular season game for the at San Francisco first time since a 2015 contest saw the 49ers take a 20-3 victory. The WK 12 23-24-1 Vikings own a 1-1 record against the 49ers under Mike Zimmer in the 11/28/21 (8-15-1) A regular season and last met in the 2019 NFC Divisional Playoff game that was held in San Francisco.

The Vikings own a four-game winning streak on the road at Detroit at Detroit and have beaten the Lions in the previous seven games, dating back WK 13 to Week 12 of the 2017 season. In the last outing between the clubs 78-39-2 (in the 2020 season finale), Vikings WR Justin Jefferson recorded 12/5/21 (36-23-1) A 133 receiving yards to set the Super Bowl-era rookie record for most receiving yards (1,400) and set multiple Vikings records.

Minnesota welcomes Pittsburgh to U.S. Bank Stadium for the first Minneapolis time since the venue opened in 2016 as the teams will square off WK 14 on Thursday Night Football. The Vikings are 7-11 in Thursday night 9-9 contests and the franchises are meeting on TNF for the first time. 12/9/21 (4-2) H The Vikings last played Pittsburgh at home in 2005 and the Week 14 game will be Steelers Head Coach ’s first game back in Minnesota since serving as the Vikings defensive coordinator in 2006.

Minnesota meets Chicago on for the 16th time at Chicago in franchise history, the most of any opponent, and leads the series WK 15 8-7. A victory in Week 15 would give the Vikings a win at Soldier Field 61-57-2 and on Monday Night Football for the second straight season after 12/20/21 (24-33-2) A defeating the Bears, 19-13, in Week 10 of the 2020 season. Overall, it’s the fourth meeting on MNF between the two clubs in the last six seasons (2016-17, 2020-21).

Minnesota and the Los Angeles Rams square off at U.S. Bank Minneapolis Stadium for the second time since the venue opened in 2016. Under WK 16 Mike Zimmer, the Vikings own a 3-1 record against the Rams after 27-17-2 falling to Los Angeles 38-31 in the 2018 matchup on the road and are 12/26/21 (16-3-2) H 2-0 at home since 2014. The Vikings last battled two Los Angeles franchises in the same season in 1987 when Minnesota played at the L.A. Rams (9/20/87)and hosted the L.A. Raiders (11/8/87).

Minnesota is looking to come away with consecutive wins on the at Green Bay road at Green Bay for the first time since the 2004-05 seasons after WK 17 55-63-3 defeating the Packers 28-22 in the second meeting of 2020 in Week 8. 1/2/22 (26-33-3) A In that game, RB Dalvin Cook became the first player to surpass 200 yards from scrimmage and score four touchdowns at , giving the Vikings their first win in Green Bay since 2017.

Minnesota has finished the regular season at home vs. Chicago five Minneapolis of the past six seasons (2016-19, 2021). The Jan. 9 game is the latest WK 18 61-57-2 regular-season contest in team history. Previously, the latest game 1/9/22 (37-24) H of the season fell on Jan. 7 after Week 2 games were postponed in 2001. The 17-game slate in 2021 marks the first expansion of the NFL regular-season structure since 1978.

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NO. NAME POS HT WT AGE EXP COLLEGE HOMETOWN ACQUIRED 1 K 6-0 206 27 4 Florida Atlantic Boca Raton, FL FA ‘21 2 Britton Colquitt P 6-3 195 36 12 Tennessee Knoxville, TN FA ‘19 3 Jake Browning QB 6-2 210 25 2 Washington Folsom, CA UDFA ‘19 5 Tye Smith CB 6-0 195 28 6 Towson Raleigh, NC FA ‘21 6(O) Danny Etling QB 6-3 230 27 4 LSU Terre Haute, IN W (SEA) ‘21 7 Patrick Peterson CB 6-1 198 31 11 LSU Fort Lauderdale, FL FA ‘21 8 Kirk Cousins QB 6-3 205 32 10 Michigan State Holland, MI FA ‘18 9 Sheldon Richardson DT 6-3 290 30 9 St. Louis, MO FA ‘21 11 QB 6-3 212 22 R Texas A&M San Antonio, TX D3A ‘21 12 Chad Beebe WR 5-10 187 27 4 Northern Illinois Aurora, IL UDFA ‘18 14 QB 6-4 233 23 1 Iowa Menomonie, WI D7b ‘20 15 Ihmir Smith-Marsette WR 6-1 185 21 R Iowa Newark, NJ D5a ‘21 16 WR 5-11 182 23 R Indiana Tampa, FL UDFA ‘21 17 K.J. Osborn WR 5-11 203 24 2 Miami Ypsilanti, MI D5b ‘20 18 Justin Jefferson WR 6-1 195 22 2 Louisiana State St. Rose, LA D1a ‘20 19 Adam Thielen WR 6-2 200 30 8 Minnesota State Detroit Lakes, MN UDFA ‘13 20 Warren Jackson WR 6-6 219 22 R Colorado State Mission Hills, CA FA ‘21 21 CB 5-11 195 29 8 Clemson Allendale, SC FA ‘21 22 Harrison Smith S 6-2 211 32 10 Notre Dame Knoxville, TN D1b ‘12 23 Xavier Woods S 5-11 212 26 5 Louisiana Tech West Monroe, LA FA ‘21 24 CB 5-10 192 27 6 Clemson Immokalee, FL FA ‘21 25 RB 5-11 215 23 3 Boise State San Bernadino, CA D3 ‘19 26 Kene Nwangwu RB 6-1 210 23 R Iowa State Frisco, TX D4a ‘21 27 Cameron Dantzler CB 6-2 190 22 2 Mississippi State Hammond, LA D3a ‘20 29 Kris Boyd CB 5-11 195 24 3 Texas Gilmer, TX D7a ‘19 30 C.J. Ham FB 5-11 250 28 6 Augustana Duluth, MN UDFA ‘16 31 Ameer Abdullah RB 5-9 196 28 7 Nebraska Homewood, AL W (DET) ‘18 32 Cameron Smith LB 6-2 232 24 3 Southern California Granite Bay, CA D5 ‘19 33 Dalvin Cook RB 5-10 210 25 5 Florida State Miami, FL D2 ‘17 34 Jake Bargas FB 6-2 245 24 2 North Carolina Boca Raton, FL UDFA ‘20 35 Luther Kirk S 6-2 197 24 2 Illinois State Garland, TX PS ‘20 36(O) A.J. Rose Jr. RB 6-1 212 23 R Kentucky Cleveland, OH UDFA ‘21 37 Dylan Mabin CB 6-1 190 23 2 Fordham Macedonia, OH PS (LV) ‘20 38 Harrison Hand CB 5-11 185 22 2 Temple Cherry Hill, NJ D5a ‘20 39 CB 5-10 179 26 4 Tulane Algiers, LA FA ‘21 40 Zach Davidson TE 6-7 251 23 R Central Missouri Webb City, MO D5b ‘21 41 Chazz Surratt LB 6-2 233 24 R North Carolina Denver, NC D3b ‘21 42 Andrew DePaola LS 6-1 229 34 7 Rutgers Parkton, MD FA ‘20 43 Camryn Bynum S 6-0 200 23 R California Corona, CA D4b ‘21 44 Josh Metellus S 5-11 207 23 2 Michigan Pembroke Pines, FL D6b ‘20 45 Troy Dye LB 6-3 225 24 2 Oregon Norco, CA D4c ‘20 46 Myles Dorn S 6-2 210 23 2 North Carolina Charlotte, NC UDFA ‘20 47 Tuf Borland LB 6-1 233 23 R Ohio State Bolingbrook, IL UDFA ‘21 48 LB 6-3 233 24 2 Baylor Gilmer, TX UDFA ‘20 49 Christian Elliss LB 6-3 236 22 R Idaho Highlands Ranch, CO UDFA ‘21 50 Hercules Mata’afa DE 6-2 256 25 4 Washington State Lahaina, HI UDFA ‘18 51 G 6-4 315 22 R Ohio State Bellflower, CA D3c ‘21 52 Mason Cole OL 6-5 298 25 4 Michigan Tarpon Springs, FL T (ARZ) ‘21 54 Eric Kendricks LB 6-0 232 29 7 UCLA Fresno, CA D2 ‘15 55 Anthony Barr LB 6-5 257 29 8 UCLA San Pedro, CA D1a ‘14 56 Garrett Bradbury C 6-3 300 26 3 North Carolina State Charlotte, NC D1 ‘19 57 Ryan Connelly LB 6-2 234 25 3 Wisconsin Eden Prairie, MN W ‘20 59 LB 6-2 230 27 6 Utah State Plain City, UT FA ‘21 61 Evin Ksiezarczyk T 6-6 315 24 1 Buffalo West Seneca, NY UDFA ‘21 62 Zeandae Johnson DT 6-4 292 24 R California Fresno, CA UDFA ‘21 63 Cohl Cabral C 6-5 302 23 1 Arizona State Rancho Cucamonga, CA W (HOU) ‘21 64 Blake Brandel T 6-7 315 24 1 Oregon State Milwaukie, OR D6a ‘20 65 Zack Bailey OL 6-5 315 25 3 South Carolina Summerville, SC PS ‘20 66 Jordon Scott DT 6-1 326 22 R Oregon Largo, FL UDFA ‘21 68 G 6-2 315 23 2 Washburn Peoria, AZ D7d ‘20 69 T 6-6 310 29 6 Southern Mississippi Jacksonville, FL PS (JAX) ‘16 71 Christian Darrisaw T 6-5 315 22 R Virginia Tech Upper Marlboro, MD D1 ‘21 72 G 6-6 312 23 2 Boise State Spanaway, WA D2 ‘20 73 Dru Samia G 6-5 314 23 3 Oklahoma West Sacramento, CA D4 ‘19 74 Olisaemeka Udoh T 6-6 320 24 3 Elon Fayetteville, NC D6c ‘19 75 Brian O’Neill T 6-7 310 25 4 Pittsburgh Wilmington, DE D2 ‘18 78 Dakota Dozier G 6-4 305 30 8 Furman West Columbia, SC FA ‘19 79 Kenny Willekes DE 6-3 264 24 2 Michigan State Rockford, MI D7a ‘20 82 Shane Zylstra TE 6-4 237 24 R Minnesota State Spicer, MN FA ‘21 83 TE 6-3 248 26 4 Central Michigan Chesterfield, MI D5a ‘18 84 Irv Smith Jr. TE 6-2 240 22 3 Alabama New Orleans, LA D2 ‘19 85 Dan Chisena WR 6-3 203 24 2 Penn State Downington, PA UDFA ‘20 86 Brandon Dillon TE 6-5 250 24 2 Marian Flora, IN UDFA ‘19 87 Myron Mitchell WR 6-1 185 23 R UAB Jasper, AL UDFA ‘21 89 Dede Westbrook WR 6-0 178 27 5 Oklahoma Cameron, TX FA ‘21 90 Jalyn Holmes DE 6-5 277 25 4 Ohio State Norfolk, VA D4 ‘18 91 Stephen Weatherly DE 6-5 262 27 6 Vanderbilt Snellville, GA FA ‘21 92 James Lynch DT 6-4 295 22 2 Baylor Round Rock, TX D4b ‘20 93 Patrick Jones II DE 6-4 264 22 R Pittsburgh Chesapeake, VA D3d ‘21 94 DT 6-3 325 27 5 Alabama McDonough, GA FA ‘21 95 Janarius Robinson DE 6-5 258 23 R Florida State Panama City, FL D4c ‘21 96 Armon Watts DT 6-5 307 25 3 Arkansas St. Louis, MO D6a ‘19 97 Michael Pierce DT 6-0 340 28 6 Samford Daphne, AL FA ‘20 98 D.J. Wonnum DE 6-5 258 23 2 South Carolina Stone Mountain, GA D4a ‘20 99 Danielle Hunter DE 6-5 263 26 7 Louisiana State Katy, TX D3 ‘15 RESERVE/NON-FOOTBALL INJURY 76 DT 6-2 285 22 R Pittsburgh Washington, D.C. D6a ‘21 RESERVE/FOOTBALL INJURY 81 Bisi Johnson WR 6-0 210 24 3 Colorado State Lakewood, CO D7c ‘19

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NAME POS HT WT AGE EXP COLLEGE HOMETOWN ACQUIRED 31 Abdullah, Ameer RB 5-9 196 28 7 Nebraska Homewood, AL W (DET) ‘18 24 Alexander, Mackensie CB 5-10 192 27 6 Clemson Immokalee, FL FA ‘21 65 Bailey, Zack OL 6-5 315 25 3 South Carolina Summerville, SC PS ‘20 34 Bargas, Jake FB 6-2 245 24 2 North Carolina Boca Raton, FL UDFA ‘20 55 Barr, Anthony LB 6-5 257 29 8 UCLA San Pedro, CA D1a ‘14 12 Beebe, Chad WR 5-10 187 27 4 Northern Illinois Aurora, IL UDFA ‘18 47 Borland, Tuf LB 6-1 233 23 R Ohio State Bolingbrook, IL UDFA ‘21 29 Boyd, Kris CB 5-11 195 24 3 Texas Gilmer, TX D7a ‘19 56 Bradbury, Garrett C 6-3 300 26 3 North Carolina State Charlotte, NC D1 ‘19 64 Brandel, Blake T 6-7 315 24 1 Oregon State Milwaukie, OR D6a ‘20 21 Breeland, Bashaud CB 5-11 195 29 8 Clemson Allendale, SC FA ‘21 3 Browning, Jake QB 6-2 210 25 2 Washington Folsom, CA UDFA ‘19 43 Bynum, Camryn S 6-0 200 23 R California Corona, CA D4b ‘21 63 Cabral, Cohl C 6-5 302 23 1 Arizona State Rancho Cucamonga, CA W (HOU) ‘21 85 Chisena, Dan WR 6-3 203 24 2 Penn State Downington, PA UDFA ‘20 72 Cleveland, Ezra G 6-6 312 23 2 Boise State Spanaway, WA D2 ‘20 52 Cole, Mason OL 6-5 298 25 4 Michigan Tarpon Springs, FL T (ARZ) ‘21 2 Colquitt, Britton P 6-3 195 36 12 Tennessee Knoxville, TN FA ‘19 83 Conklin, Tyler TE 6-3 248 26 4 Central Michigan Chesterfield, MI D5a ‘18 57 Connelly, Ryan LB 6-2 234 25 3 Wisconsin Eden Prairie, MN W ‘20 33 Cook, Dalvin RB 5-10 210 25 5 Florida State Miami, FL D2 ‘17 8 Cousins, Kirk QB 6-3 205 32 10 Michigan State Holland, MI FA ‘18 27 Dantzler, Cameron CB 6-2 190 22 2 Mississippi State Hammond, LA D3a ‘20 71 Darrisaw, Christian T 6-5 315 22 R Virginia Tech Upper Marlboro, MD D1 ‘21 40 Davidson, Zach TE 6-7 251 23 R Central Missouri Webb City, MO D5b ‘21 51 Davis, Wyatt G 6-4 315 22 R Ohio State Bellflower, CA D3c ‘21 42 DePaola, Andrew LS 6-1 229 34 7 Rutgers Parkton, MD FA ‘20 86 Dillon, Brandon TE 6-5 250 24 2 Marian Flora, IN UDFA ‘19 46 Dorn, Myles S 6-2 210 23 2 North Carolina Charlotte, NC UDFA ‘20 78 Dozier, Dakota G 6-4 305 30 8 Furman West Columbia, SC FA ‘19 45 Dye, Troy LB 6-3 225 24 2 Oregon Norco, CA D4c ‘20 49 Elliss, Christian LB 6-3 236 22 R Idaho Highlands Ranch, CO UDFA ‘21 6(O) Etling, Danny QB 6-3 230 27 4 LSU Terre Haute, IN W (SEA) ‘21 30 Ham, C.J. FB 5-11 250 28 6 Augustana Duluth, MN UDFA ‘16 38 Hand, Harrison CB 5-11 185 22 2 Temple Cherry Hill, NJ D5a ‘20 69 Hill, Rashod T 6-6 310 29 6 Southern Mississippi Jacksonville, FL PS (JAX) ‘16 68 Hinton, Kyle G 6-2 315 23 2 Washburn Peoria, AZ D7d ‘20 90 Holmes, Jalyn DE 6-5 277 25 4 Ohio State Norfolk, VA D4 ‘18 99 Hunter, Danielle DE 6-5 263 26 7 Louisiana State Katy, TX D3 ‘15 20 Jackson, Warren WR 6-6 219 22 R Colorado State Mission Hills, CA FA ‘2 18 Jefferson, Justin WR 6-1 195 22 2 Louisiana State St. Rose, LA D1a ‘20 62 Johnson, Zeandae DT 6-4 292 24 R California Fresno, CA UDFA ‘21 93 Jones II, Patrick DE 6-4 264 22 R Pittsburgh Chesapeake, VA D3d ‘21 1 Joseph, Greg K 6-0 206 27 4 Florida Atlantic Boca Raton, FL FA ‘21 54 Kendricks, Eric LB 6-0 232 29 7 UCLA Fresno, CA D2 ‘15 35 Kirk, Luther S 6-2 197 24 2 Illinois State Garland, TX PS ‘20 61 Ksiezarczyk, Evin T 6-6 315 24 1 Buffalo West Seneca, NY UDFA ‘21 48 Lynch, Blake LB 6-3 233 24 2 Baylor Gilmer, TX UDFA ‘20 92 Lynch, James DT 6-4 295 22 2 Baylor Round Rock, TX D4b ‘20 37 Mabin, Dylan CB 6-1 190 23 2 Fordham Macedonia, OH PS (LV) ‘20 50 Mata’afa, Hercules DE 6-2 256 25 4 Washington State Lahaina, HI UDFA ‘18 25 Mattison, Alexander RB 5-11 215 23 3 Boise State San Bernadino, CA D3 ‘19 44 Metellus, Josh S 5-11 207 23 2 Michigan Pembroke Pines, FL D6b ‘20 87 Mitchell, Myron WR 6-1 185 23 R UAB Jasper, AL UDFA ‘21 39 Nickerson, Parry CB 5-10 179 26 4 Tulane Algiers, LA FA ‘21 11 Mond, Kellen QB 6-3 212 22 R Texas A&M San Antonio, TX D3a ‘21 26 Nwangwu, Kene RB 6-1 210 23 R Iowa State Frisco, TX D4a ‘21 75 O’Neill, Brian T 6-7 310 25 4 Pittsburgh Wilmington, DE D2 ‘18 17 Osborn, K.J. WR 5-11 203 24 2 Miami Ypsilanti, MI D5b ‘20 7 Peterson, Patrick CB 6-1 198 31 11 LSU Fort Lauderdale, FL FA ‘21 16 Philyor, Whop WR 5-11 182 23 R Indiana Tampa, FL UDFA ‘21 97 Pierce, Michael DT 6-0 340 28 6 Samford Daphne, AL FA ‘20 9 Richardson, Sheldon DT 6-3 290 30 9 Missouri St. Louis, MO FA ‘21 95 Robinson, Janarius DE 6-5 258 23 R Florida State Panama City, FL D4c ‘21 36(O) Rose Jr., A.J. RB 6-1 211 23 R Kentucky Cleveland, OH UDFA ‘21 73 Samia, Dru G 6-5 314 23 3 Oklahoma West Sacramento, CA D4 ‘19 66 Scott, Jordon DT 6-1 326 22 R Oregon Largo, FL UDFA ‘21 32 Smith, Cameron LB 6-2 232 24 3 Southern California Granite Bay, CA D5 ‘19 22 Smith, Harrison S 6-2 211 32 10 Notre Dame Knoxville, TN D1b ‘12 84 Smith Jr., Irv TE 6-2 240 22 3 Alabama New Orleans, LA D2 ‘19 15 Smith-Marsette, Ihmir WR 6-1 185 21 R Iowa Newark, NJ D5a ‘21 5(D) Smith, Tye CB 6-0 190 28 6 Towson Raleigh, NC FA ‘21 14 Stanley, Nate QB 6-4 233 23 1 Iowa Menomonie, WI D7b ‘20 41 Surratt, Chazz LB 6-2 233 24 R North Carolina Denver, NC D3b ‘21 19 Thielen, Adam WR 6-2 200 30 8 Minnesota State Detroit Lakes, MN UDFA ‘13 94 Tomlinson, Dalvin DT 6-3 325 27 5 Alabama McDonough, GA FA ‘21 74 Udoh, Olisaemeka T 6-6 320 24 3 Elon Fayetteville, NC D6c ‘19 59 Vigil, Nick LB 6-2 230 27 6 Utah State Plain City, UT FA ‘21 96 Watts, Armon DT 6-5 307 25 3 Arkansas St. Louis, MO D6a ‘19 91 Weatherly, Stephen DE 6-5 262 27 6 Vanderbilt Snellville, GA FA ‘21 89 Westbrook, Dede WR 6-0 178 27 5 Oklahoma Cameron, TX FA ‘21 79 Willekes, Kenny DE 6-3 264 24 2 Michigan State Rockford, MI D7a ‘20 98 Wonnum, D.J. DE 6-5 258 23 2 South Carolina Stone Mountain, GA D4a ‘20 23 Woods, Xavier S 5-11 204 26 5 Louisiana Tech West Monroe, LA FA ‘21 82 Zylstra, Shane TE 6-4 237 24 R Minnesota State Spicer, MN FA ‘21 RESERVE/NON-FOOTBALL INJURY 76 Twyman, Jaylen DT 6-2 285 22 R Pittsburgh Washington, D.C. D6a ‘21 RESERVE/FOOTBALL INJURY 81 Johnson, Bisi WR 6-0 210 24 3 Colorado State Lakewood, CO D7c ‘19

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OFFENSE (42): Klint Kubiak Quarterbacks (5): Andrew Janocko 3 Browning, Jake QB 6-2 210 25 2 Washington Folsom, CA UDFA ‘19 8 Cousins, Kirk QB 6-3 205 32 10 Michigan State Holland, MI FA ‘18 6(O) Etling, Danny QB 6-3 230 27 4 LSU Terre Haute, IN W (SEA) ‘21 11 Mond, Kellen QB 6-3 212 22 R Texas A&M San Antonio, TX D3a ‘21 14 Stanley, Nate QB 6-4 233 23 1 Iowa Menomonie, WI D7b ‘20

Running Backs (7): Kennedy Polamalu/AC Patterson 31 Abdullah, Ameer RB 5-9 196 28 7 Nebraska Homewood, AL W (DET) ‘18 34 Bargas, Jake FB 6-2 245 24 2 North Carolina Boca Raton, FL UDFA ‘20 33 Cook, Dalvin RB 5-10 210 25 5 Florida State Miami, FL D2 ‘17 30 Ham, C.J. FB 5-11 250 28 6 Augustana Duluth, MN UDFA ‘16 25 Mattison, Alexander RB 5-11 215 23 3 Boise State San Bernadino, CA D3 ‘19 26 Nwangwu, Kene RB 6-1 210 23 R Iowa State Frisco, TX D4a ‘21 36(O) Rose Jr., A.J. RB 6-1 211 23 R Kentucky Cleveland, OH UDFA ‘21

Wide Receivers (10): Keenan McCardell/Christian Jones 12 Beebe, Chad WR 5-10 187 27 4 Northern Illinois Aurora, IL UDFA ‘18 85 Chisena, Dan WR 6-3 203 24 2 Penn State Downington, PA UDFA ‘20 20 Jackson, Warren WR 6-6 219 22 R Colorado State Mission Hills, CA FA ‘21 18 Jefferson, Justin WR 6-1 195 22 2 Louisiana State St. Rose, LA D1a ‘20 87 Mitchell, Myron WR 6-1 185 23 R UAB Jasper, AL UDFA ‘21 17 Osborn, K.J. WR 5-11 203 24 2 Miami Ypsilanti, MI D5b ‘20 16 Philyor, Whop WR 5-11 182 23 R Indiana Tampa, FL UDFA ‘21 15 Smith-Marsette, Ihmir WR 6-1 185 21 R Iowa Newark, NJ D5a ‘21 19 Thielen, Adam WR 6-2 200 30 8 Minnesota State Detroit Lakes, MN UDFA ‘13 89 Westbrook, Dede WR 6-0 178 27 5 Oklahoma Cameron, TX FA ‘21

Tight Ends (5): Brian Pariani 83 Conklin, Tyler TE 6-3 248 26 4 Central Michigan Chesterfield, MI D5a ‘18 40 Davidson, Zach TE 6-7 251 23 R Central Missouri Webb City, MO D5b ‘21 86 Dillon, Brandon TE 6-5 250 24 2 Marian Flora, IN UDFA ‘19 84 Smith Jr., Irv TE 6-2 240 22 3 Alabama New Orleans, LA D2 ‘19 82 Zylstra, Shane TE 6-4 237 24 R Minnesota State Spicer, MN FA ‘21

Offensive Line (15): Phil Rauscher/Ben Steele 65 Bailey, Zack OL 6-5 315 25 3 South Carolina Summerville, SC PS ‘20 56 Bradbury, Garrett C 6-3 300 26 3 North Carolina State Charlotte, NC D1 ‘19 64 Brandel, Blake T 6-7 315 24 1 Oregon State Milwaukie, OR D6a ‘20 63 Cabral, Cohl C 6-5 302 23 1 Arizona State Rancho Cucamonga, CA W (HOU) ‘21 72 Cleveland, Ezra G 6-6 312 23 2 Boise State Spanaway, WA D2 ‘20 52 Cole, Mason OL 6-5 298 25 4 Michigan Tarpon Springs, FL T (ARZ) ‘21 71 Darrisaw, Christian T 6-5 315 22 R Virginia Tech Upper Marlboro, MD D1 ‘21 51 Davis, Wyatt G 6-4 315 22 R Ohio State Bellflower, CA D3c ‘21 78 Dozier, Dakota G 6-4 305 30 8 Furman West Columbia, SC FA ‘19 69 Hill, Rashod T 6-6 310 29 6 Southern Mississippi Jacksonville, FL PS (JAX) ‘16 68 Hinton, Kyle G 6-2 315 23 2 Washburn Peoria, AZ D7d ‘20 61 Ksiezarczyk, Evin T 6-6 315 24 1 Buffalo West Seneca, NY UDFA ‘21 75 O’Neill, Brian T 6-7 310 25 4 Pittsburgh Wilmington, DE D2 ‘18 73 Samia, Dru G 6-5 314 23 3 Oklahoma West Sacramento, CA D4 ‘19 74 Udoh, Olisaemeka T 6-6 320 24 3 Elon Fayetteville, NC D6c ‘19

DEFENSE (47): Andre Patterson/Adam Zimmer

depth chart UPDATED 08/16/21 *COMPILED BY THE VIKINGS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

OFFENSE WR 18 Justin JEFFERSON 17 K.J. Osborn 89 Dede Westrbrook 85 Dan Chisena 87 Myron Mitchell LT 69 Rashod HILL 71 Christian Darrisaw 61 Evin Ksiezarczyk LG 72 Ezra CLEVELAND 73 Dru Samia 68 Kyle Hinton C 56 Garrett BRADBURY 52 Mason Cole 63 Cohl Cabral RG 74 Olisaemeka UDOH 78 Dakota Dozier 51 Wyatt Davis RT 75 Brian O’NEILL 64 Blake Brandel 65 Zach Bailey TE 84 Irv SMITH, JR. 83 Tyler Conklin 86 Brandon Dillion 40 Zach Davidson 82 Shane Zylstra WR 19 Adam THIELEN 12 Chad Beebe 15 Ihmir Smith-Marsette 16 Whop Philyor 20 Warren Jackson QB 8 Kirk COUSINS 3 Jake Browning 14 Nate Stanley 11 Kellen Mond 6 Danny Etling HB 33 Dalvin COOK 25 Alexander Mattison 31 Ameer Abdullah 26 Kene Nwangwu 36 A.J. Rose, Jr. FB 30 C.J. HAM 34 Jake Bargas

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Defensive Line (15): Andre Patterson/Imarjaye Albury 90 Holmes, Jalyn DE 6-5 277 25 4 Ohio State Norfolk, VA D4 ‘18 99 Hunter, Danielle DE 6-5 263 26 7 Louisiana State Katy, TX D3 ‘15 62 Johnson, Zeandae DT 6-4 292 23 R California Fresno, CA UDFA ‘21 93 Jones II, Patrick DE 6-4 264 22 R Pittsburgh Chesapeake, VA D3d ‘21 92 Lynch, James DT 6-4 295 22 2 Baylor Round Rock, TX D4b ‘20 50 Mata’afa, Hercules DE 6-2 256 25 4 Washington State Lahaina, HI UDFA ‘18 97 Pierce, Michael DT 6-0 340 28 6 Samford Daphne, AL FA ‘20 9 Richardson, Sheldon DT 6-3 290 30 9 Missouri St. Louis, MO FA ‘21 95 Robinson, Janarius DE 6-5 258 23 R Florida State Panama City, FL D4c ‘21 66 Scott, Jordon DT 6-1 326 22 R Oregon Largo, FL UDFA ‘21 94 Tomlinson, Dalvin DT 6-3 325 27 5 Alabama McDonough, GA FA ‘21 96 Watts, Armon DT 6-5 307 25 3 Arkansas St. Louis, MO D6a ‘19 91 Weatherly, Stephen DE 6-5 262 27 6 Vanderbilt Snellville, GA FA ‘21 79 Willekes, Kenny DE 6-3 264 24 2 Michigan State Rockford, MI D7a ‘20 98 Wonnum, D.J. DE 6-5 258 23 2 South Carolina Stone Mountain, GA D4a ‘20

Linebackers (10): Adam Zimmer/Sam Siefkes 55 Barr, Anthony LB 6-5 257 29 8 UCLA San Pedro, CA D1a ‘14 57 Connelly, Ryan LB 6-2 234 25 3 Wisconsin Eden Prairie, MN W ‘20 45 Dye, Troy LB 6-3 225 24 2 Oregon Norco, CA D4c ‘20 54 Kendricks, Eric LB 6-0 232 29 7 UCLA Fresno, CA D2 ‘15 48 Lynch, Blake LB 6-3 233 24 2 Baylor Gilmer, TX UDFA ‘20 32 Smith, Cameron LB 6-2 232 24 3 Southern California Granite Bay, CA D5 ‘19 41 Surratt, Chazz LB 6-2 233 24 R North Carolina Denver, NC D3b ‘21 59 Vigil, Nick LB 6-2 230 27 6 Utah State Plain City, UT FA ‘21 47 Borland, Tuf LB 6-1 233 23 R Ohio State Bolingbrook, IL UDFA ‘21 49 Elliss, Christian LB 6-3 236 22 R Idaho Highlands Ranch, CO UDFA ‘21

Defensive Backs (15): Karl Scott/Roy Anderson 24 Alexander, Mackensie CB 5-10 192 27 6 Clemson Immokalee, FL FA ‘21 29 Boyd, Kris CB 5-11 195 24 3 Texas Gilmer, TX D7a ‘19 21 Breeland, Bashaud CB 5-11 195 29 8 Clemson Allendale, SC FA ‘21 43 Bynum, Camryn S 6-0 200 23 R California Corona, CA D4b ‘21 27 Dantzler, Cameron CB 6-2 190 22 2 Mississippi State Hammond, LA D3a ‘20 46 Dorn, Myles S 6-2 210 23 2 North Carolina Charlotte, NC UDFA ‘20 38 Hand, Harrison CB 5-11 185 22 2 Temple Cherry Hill, NJ D5a ‘20 35 Kirk, Luther S 6-2 197 24 2 Illinois State Garland, TX PS ‘20 37 Mabin, Dylan CB 6-1 190 23 2 Fordham Macedonia, OH PS (LV) ‘20 44 Metellus, Josh S 5-11 207 23 2 Michigan Pembroke Pines, FL D6b ‘20 39 Nickerson, Parry CB 5-10 179 26 4 Tulane Algiers, LA FA ‘21 7 Peterson, Patrick CB 6-1 195 31 11 LSU Fort Lauderdale, FL FA ‘21 22 Smith, Harrison S 6-2 214 32 10 Notre Dame Knoxville, TN D1b ‘12 5 Smith, Tye CB 6-0 190 28 6 Towson Raleigh, NC FA ‘21 23 Woods, Xavier S 5-11 212 26 5 Louisiana Tech West Monroe, LA FA ‘21

SPECIAL TEAMS (3): Ryan Ficken 2 Colquitt, Britton P 6-3 195 36 12 Tennessee Knoxville, TN FA ‘19 42 DePaola, Andrew LS 6-1 229 34 7 Rutgers Parkton, MD FA ‘20 1 Joseph, Greg K 6-0 206 27 4 Florida Atlantic Boca Raton, FL FA ‘21

depth chart UPDATED 08/16/21 *COMPILED BY THE VIKINGS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF DEFENSE LE 99 Danielle HUNTER 90 Jalyn Holmes 50 Hercules Mata’afa 95 Janarius Robinson NT 97 Michael PIERCE 96 Armon Watts 92 James Lynch 66 Jordon Scott DT 94 Dalvin TOMLINSON 9 Sheldon Richardson 62 Zeandae Johnson RE 91 Stephen WEATHERLY 98 D.J. Wonnum 79 Kenny Willekes 93 Patrick Jones II SLB 55 Anthony BARR 48 Blake Lynch 57 Ryan Connelly 49 Christian Elliss MLB 54 Eric KENDRICKS 45 Troy Dye 47 Tuf Borland WLB 59 Nick VIGIL 32 Cameron Smith 41 Chazz Surratt LCB 7 Patrick PETERSON 24 Mackensie Alexander 38 Harrison Hand 37 Dylan Mabin 5 Tye Smith RCB 21 Bashaud BREELAND 27 Cameron Dantzler 29 Kris Boyd 39 Parry Nickerson SS 22 Harrison SMITH 46 Myles Dorn 44 Josh Metellus FS 23 Xavier WOODS 43 Camryn Bynum 35 Luther Kirk SPECIAL TEAMS K 1 Greg JOSEPH P/H 2 Britton COLQUITT LS 42 Andrew DePAOLA PR 31 Ameer ABDULLAH 17 K.J. Osborn 12 Chad Beebe 15 Ihmir Smith-Marsette KR 31 Ameer Abdullah 26 Kene Nwangwu

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POSITION: Kicker HIGH SCHOOL: American Heritage HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-0/210 COLLEGE: Florida Atlantic DOB: 8/4/94 ACQUIRED: FA ‘21 HOMETOWN: Boca Raton, FL NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: 4/1

2020 GP/GS Career GP/GS Playoffs GP/GS 0/0- TB (PS) 16/0 (CLE-14/0, TEN- 2/0) 3/0 (TEN-3/0) • Spent 2020 season on Tampa Bay practice squad as the team won 3 road playoff games en route to being the 1st NFL team to play in the Super Bowl and win it in its home stadium. • Set Browns rookie records in 2018 for points (76) and FGs (17), playing in 14 games. Hit an OT game-winner vs. Baltimore (10/7/18) in his 3rd career game.

91 STEPHEN WEATHERLY

POSITION: Defensive End HIGH SCHOOL: Shiloh HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-5/265 COLLEGE: Vanderbilt DOB: 3-19-94 ACQUIRED: FA (CAR) 2021 HOMETOWN: Snellville, GA NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: 6/5

2020 GP/GS Career GP/GS Playoffs GP/GS 9/9 - CAR 58/16 (49/7-MIN, 9/9-CAR) 4/0 • Returns to Minnesota after spending 2020 in Carolina as a free agent, where he started a career-best 8 games before going on injured reserve. • Middle name, Dian, is a tribute to his grandmother, a Harvard and MIT graduate. • Only 2nd Vanderbilt player drafted by the Vikings.

94 DALVIN TOMLINSON

POSITION: Defensive HIGH SCHOOL: Henry County HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-3/319 COLLEGE: Alabama DOB: 8-20-93 ACQUIRED: FA (NYG) 2021 HOMETOWN: McDonough, GA NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: 5/1

2020 GP/GS Career GP/GS Playoffs GP/GS 16/16 (NYG) 64/64 - NYG 0/0 • Joined Vikings as a free agent from the NY Giants for 2021 after starting all 64 games with the club. • Since 2017, is tied with Grady Jarrett for the NFL lead in run stuffs (tackles on a run play that result in no gain or a loss of yardage) with 64 according to NextGen Stats. • Named team captain in 2020 for the first time in his career.

59 NICK VIGIL

POSITION: HIGH SCHOOL: Fremont HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-2/235 COLLEGE: Utah State DOB: 8-20-93 ACQUIRED: FA (LAC) 2021 HOMETOWN: Plain City, UT NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: 6/1

2020 GP/GS Career GP/GS Playoffs GP/GS 15/2 (LAC) 69/39 (15/2-LAC, 54/37-CIN) 0/0 • Joined Vikings as a free agent from the LA Chargers for 2021. • Has started 39 career games, including all 16 for Cincinnati in 2019, posting career-high 111 tackles that season. • Brother, , also starred at Utah State and went on to play LB in the NFL with Miami and Washington from 2015-18.

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7 PATRICK PETERSON

POSITION: HIGH SCHOOL: Blanche Ely HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-1/203 COLLEGE: LSU DOB: 7-11-90 ACQUIRED: FA (ARI) 2021 HOMETOWN: Fort Lauderdale, FL NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: 11/1

2020 GP/GS Career GP/GS Playoffs GP/GS 16/16 (ARI) 154/154 - ARI 3/3 - ARI • Joined Vikings as a free agent in 2021 after spending 10 seasons in Arizona. • Started all 16 games in 9 of 10 seasons and started 10/10 games in 2019 after being activated. • Earned 3 1st-Team All-Pro honors, an 8-time Pro Bowler and left Arizona with 29 career regular-season INTs, 6th most all-time in Cardinals history. • Was a 5-time team captain (2013, 2015-18) and started all 154 games he played in Arizona.

52 MASON COLE

POSITION: Offensive Line HIGH SCHOOL: Tarpon Springs HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-5/292 COLLEGE: Michigan DOB: 3-28-96 ACQUIRED: T (ARI) 2021 HOMETOWN: Tarpon Springs, FL NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: 4/1

2020 GP/GS Career GP/GS Playoffs GP/GS 14/14 (ARI) 46/32 (46/32-ARI) 0/0 • Joined Vikings via trade with Arizona in 2021. • Started 32 of 46 career games with Cardinals. • Set UM record for linemen by starting all 51 games in his tenure with the Wolverines, 38 at LT and 13 at C. 23 XAVIER WOODS

POSITION: Safety HIGH SCHOOL: West Monroe HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5-11/212 COLLEGE: Louisiana Tech DOB: 7-26-95 ACQUIRED: FA (DAL) 2021 HOMETOWN: Monroe, LA NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: 5/1

2020 GP/GS Career GP/GS Playoffs GP/GS 15/15 (DAL) 60/48 (60/48-DAL) 2/2 • Joined Vikings as a free agent from Dallas for 2021. • Has started 48 of his 60 career games and both playoff games in 2018. 24 MACKENSIE ALEXANDER

POSITION: Cornerback HIGH SCHOOL: Immokalee HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5-10/192 COLLEGE: Clemson DOB: 11-12-93 ACQUIRED: FA (CIN) 2021 HOMETOWN: Immokalee, FL NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: 6/5

2020 GP/GS Career GP/GS Playoffs GP/GS 13/10 (CIN) 68/20 (55/10-MIN, 13/10-CIN) 2/0 - MIN • Re-joined Vikings as a free agent from the Bengals for 2021 where he started a career-high 10 games in 2020. • Registered 4.0 sacks in 2018 to lead all NFL CBs and tied Robert Griffith for the most in a single season by a Vikings DB. • Selected by Minnesota in the 2nd round with the 54th overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.

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2021 FREE AGENT SIGNINGS/TRADE ACQUISTIONS | LISTED BY DATE ACQUIRED 82 SHANE ZYLSTRA

POSITION: Tight End HIGH SCHOOL: New London-Spicer HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-4/230 COLLEGE: Minnesota State DOB: 11-16-96 ACQUIRED: UDFA 2021 HOMETOWN: Spicer, MN NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• Ended Minnesota State career as the Maverick’s leader in receptions (227), receiving yards (4,297) and receiving TDs (54), transitioning from collegiate WR to TE with the Vikings. • Scored 330 points in his career, the 3rd-best in MSU history. • In 2019, set MSU season records for catches (81), receiving yards (1,676) and TDs (18).

61 EVIN KSIEZARCZK

POSITION: Tackle HIGH SCHOOL: West Seneca East HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-6/311 COLLEGE: Buffalo DOB: 6-8-97 ACQUIRED: FA 2021 HOMETOWN: Seneca, NY NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: 1/1

• Went to training camp with Atlanta in 2020. • Signed with Vikings on 5/14/21 following rookie minicamp which he participated in on a tryout basis. 39 PARRY NICKERSON

POSITION: Cornerback HIGH SCHOOL: West Jefferson HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5-10/182 COLLEGE: Tulane DOB: 10-11-94 ACQUIRED: FA (GB) 2021 HOMETOWN: New Orleans, LA NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: 4/1

2020 GP/GS Career GP/GS Playoffs GP/GS 1/0 - GB 21/3 (16/2- NYJ, 4/1-Jax, 1/0-GB) 0/0 • Played in 1 game for Green Bay in 2020 before going on IR. • A 6th-round pick by NY Jets in 2018, played in every game as a rookie and started 2. • Ended Tulane career with 16 INT, 2nd-best in school history.

63 COHL CABRAL

POSITION: Center HIGH SCHOOL: Los Osos HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-5/300 COLLEGE: Arizona State DOB: 4-11-96 ACQUIRED: W (Hou) 2021 HOMETOWN:Rancho Cucamonga, CA NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: 1/1

2020 GP/GS Career GP/GS Playoffs GP/GS PS (LAR, HOU) 0/0 0/0 • Split time during his rookie season in 2020 on practice squads of LA Rams and Houston. • Team captain at Arizona State as a junior and senior.

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POSITION: Cornerback HIGH SCHOOL: Wakefield HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-0/195 COLLEGE: Towson DOB: 5-3-93 ACQUIRED: FA (Tenn) 2021 HOMETOWN: Raleigh, NC NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: 6/1

2020 GP/GS Career GP/GS Playoffs GP/GS 12/3- Tenn 40/7 6/2 • Free agent acquisition saw playoff action in 2017, 2019 and 2020 with Tennessee, helping 2019 club to the AFC Championship Game. • Has started career-high 3 games each of the past 2 seasons and notched 1st career TD by taking a blocked FG back 63 yards at Indianapolis (12/1/19).

21 BASHAUD BREELAND

POSITION: Cornerback HIGH SCHOOL: Allendale-Fairfax HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5-11/195 COLLEGE: Clemson DOB: 1-30-92 ACQUIRED: FA (KC) 2021 HOMETOWN: Allendale, SC NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: 8/1

2020 GP/GS Career GP/GS Playoffs GP/GS 11/11-KC 94/88 (60/57-Was., 7/5-GB, 27/26-KC) 7/7 (1/1-Was., 6/6-KC) • Has started 88 of his 94 career regular-season games with Washington, Green Bay and Kansas City. • Started at CB in Super Bowls LIV and LV for Kansas City, snaring an INT in Super Bowl LIV win over San Francisco. • Is 1 of 5 players in NFL history to have a FR TD of 100+ yards, taking back a 100-yarder at Detroit (9/29/19) and ranks as the longest FR TD in Chiefs history.

9 SHELDON RICHARDSON

POSITION: Defensive Tackle COLLEGE: Gateway Tech HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-3/294 COLLEGE: Missouri DOB: 11-29-90 ACQUIRED: FA 2021 HOMETOWN: St. Louis, MO. NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: 9/2

2020 GP/GS Career GP/GS Playoffs GP/GS 16/16-CLE 121/118 2/2- CLE • The #13 pick in 2013, went on to earn 2013 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year with NY Jets and went Pro Bowl in 2014. • Saw 1st career playoff action with Cleveland in 2020, starting the Wild Card and Divisional Round games. • Returns to Minnesota in 2021, where he had a career-high in tackles in 2018. • Has a pair of rushing TDs to his credit, both coming as a rookie in 2013.

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POSITION: Tackle HIGH SCHOOL: Riverdale Baptist HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-5/323 COLLEGE: Virginia Tech DOB: 6-2-99 ACQUIRED: D1 (#23) 2021 HOMETOWN: Upper Marlboro, MD NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• The 7th OT drafted by the Vikings in the 1st round in Vikings history and the 5th-highest at #23. • Vikings traded back from #14 in the 1st round with the NY Jets to acquire the #23 selection and draft Darrisaw. • The 4th of 4 OTs drafted in the 1st Round in 2021. • Only Virginia Tech player drafted in 1st round in Vikings history.

11 KELLON MOND

POSITION: HIGH SCHOOL: IMG Academy HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-3/211 COLLEGE: Texas A&M DOB: 6-22-99 ACQUIRED: D3a (#66) 2021 HOMETOWN: San Antonio, TX NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• Finished his Texas A&M career as the school’s all-time leader in total offense (11,269), passing yards (9,661), passing TDs (71), completions (801) and passing attempts (1,358). • Has a program-best 3-0 record as a starting QB in bowl games in his career. • Earned Reese’s MVP award, leading the National team (coached by the Miami Dolphins staff) to a 27-24 win after throwing for 173 yards, 2 TDs and 0 INTs on 13-of-25 passing.

41 CHAZZ SURRATT

POSITION: Linebacker HIGH SCHOOL: East Lincoln HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-2/230 COLLEGE: North Carolina DOB: 2-16-97 ACQUIRED: D3b (#78) 2021 HOMETOWN: Denver, NC NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• Two-time 1st-Team All-ACC choice in 2019 and 2020. • Moved from QB to LB for the 2019 season and led UNC in tackles in 2019 and 2020. • Named a Parade All-America, Parade National Player of the Year and Gatorade state player of the year as a senior at East Lincoln High, north of Charlotte. • Brother, Sage, played WR at Wake Forest and was signed by Detroit as a rookie free agent after the 2021 Draft. Both brothers were 1st-Team All-ACC in 2019.

51 WYATT DAVIS

POSITION: Guard HIGH SCHOOL: St. John Bosco HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-4/326 COLLEGE: Ohio State DOB: 2-17-99 ACQUIRED: D3c (#78) 2021 HOMETOWN: Bellflower, CA NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• 2020 Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year, the first G in Ohio State history to win the award. • Two-time All-American and Two-time All-Big Ten Conference honoree in 2019 and 2020. • Named to the ’s All-Decade team for the 2010s.

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93 PATRICK JONES II

POSITION: Defensive End HIGH SCHOOL: Grassfield HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-4/262 COLLEGE: Pittsburgh DOB: 9-29-98 ACQUIRED: D3d (#90) 2020 HOMETOWN: Chesapeake, VA NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• Earned 2020 consensus All-America status and selected 1st-Team All-America by Sporting News and Walter Camp and 2nd- Team All-America-from the AFCA and Associated Press. • Semifinalist for the Bednarik Award and Lott Impact Trophy, awarded to the national defensive player of the year. • Led the ACC and ranked 5th in the nation in sacks to finish his career with 22.0, 12th all-time at Pitt. • Voted a Pitt captain by his teammates his final season in 2020

26 KENE NWANGWU

POSITION: HIGH SCHOOL: Heritage HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-1/213 COLLEGE: Iowa State DOB: 2-9-98 ACQUIRED: D4a (#119) 2021 HOMETOWN: Frisco, TX NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• Named Co-Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the year for 2020 after earning Academic All-Big 12 on 3 occasions during his career. • Did not miss a game (38) over his final 3 seasons at Iowa State. • Established himself as one of the top KO returners in the nation as a true freshman in 2016, averaging 26.4 yards per return.

43 CAMRYN BYNUM

POSITION: Safety HIGH SCHOOL: Centennial HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-0/200 COLLEGE: California DOB: 7-19-98 ACQUIRED: D4b (#125) 2021 HOMETOWN: Corona, CA NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• Only Cal player to start all 42 games from 2017-20, all at CB. • A 2-time team captain as a 2019 junior and 2020 senior. • Posted career totals of 188 tackles, 8.0 TFLs, 0.5 sacks, 6 INTs and 29 PBUs, tied for 4th in Cal history. • Led Cal in PBU and PD each season from 2017-19.

95 JANARIUS ROBINSON

POSITION: Defensive End HIGH SCHOOL: Bay HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-5/260 COLLEGE: Florida State DOB: 5-4-98 ACQUIRED: D4c (#134) 2021 HOMETOWN: Panama City, FL NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• Hurricane Michael destroyed his family’s home in Panama City in 2018 and his family’s new home was finished in 2020. • Name is pronounced Ja-NAR-us.

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15 IHMIR SMITH-MARSETTE

POSITION: HIGH SCHOOL: Weequahic HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-1/180 COLLEGE: Iowa DOB: 8-29-99 ACQUIRED: D5a (#157) 2020 HOMETOWN: Newark, NJ NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• Named Big Ten’s Rodgers-Dwight Return Specialist of the Year in 2018 and 1st-Team All-Big Ten return specialist by media. • Scored on 98 and 95-yard KORs during his Iowa career.

40 ZACH DAVIDSON

POSITION: Tight End HIGH SCHOOL: Webb City HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-7/243 COLLEGE: Central Missouri DOB: 7-15-98 ACQUIRED: D5b (#168) 2021 HOMETOWN: Webb City, MO NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• One of best TEs in Division II in 2019 was a consensus 1st-Team All-America, but 2020 season was cancelled due to Covid-19. • Earned 3 straight All-MIAA honors as a from 2017-19. • Holds top spots among TEs in the Mules record book for TD catches in a game (4), TD catches in a season (15), receiving yards in a game (225) and highest season punting average (44.3). • As a punter, had 137 punts for a 42.4 avg. with 48 inside the 20 and 29 of 50+ yards without a blocked punt in his career.

76 JALEN TYWMAN

POSITION: Defensive Tackle HIGH SCHOOL: H.D. Woodson HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-2/293 COLLEGE: Pittsburgh DOB: 7-19-99 ACQUIRED: D6 (#199) 2021 HOMETOWN: Washington, DC NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• Named 2nd-Team All-America and 1st-Team All-ACC for 2019 sophomore campaign. • Opted out of his 2020 college season at Pitt. • In 2019, became the 1st DT to lead Pitt in sacks (10.5) since in 2013.

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47 TUF BORLAND

POSITION: Linebacker HIGH SCHOOL: Bolingbrook HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-1/230 COLLEGE: Ohio State DOB: 3-23-98 ACQUIRED: UDFA 2021 HOMETOWN: Bolingbrook, IL NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• Started 31 of the 49 career games he played at Ohio State, joining only J.T. Barrett in Buckeye history as a 3-time captain. • Teammate with fellow 2021 Vikings rookie Wyatt Davis at OSU. • Named Honorable Mention All-Big Ten his final 3 seasons (2017-20), by league coaches and media.

49 CHRISTIAN ELLISS

POSITION: Linebacker HIGH SCHOOL: Valor Christian HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-3/231 COLLEGE: Idaho DOB: 1-2-99 ACQUIRED: UDFA 2021 HOMETOWN: Highlands Ranch, CO NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• Earned 1st-Team All-Big Sky as a junior and senior, playing in 5 of Idaho’s 6 games in the spring of 2021 after the 2020 season was postponed due to Covid-19. • Full-time starter at LB for Vandals his final 3 seasons, earning 3rd-Team All-Big Sky as a sophomore in 2018 when he led team in tackles with 81 tackles.

62 ZEANDAE JOHNSON

POSITION: Defensive Tackle HIGH SCHOOL: Central HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-4/278 COLLEGE: California DOB: 6-15-97 ACQUIRED: UDFA 2021 HOMETOWN: Fresno, CA NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• Played in 41 games during Cal career, including playing in all 30 games with 18 starts from 2018-20. • Started the 4 games of the COVID-shortened 2020 season, his 6th season at Cal after being granted an extra season of eligibility after losing the 2017 campaign to injury.

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87 MYRON MITCHELL

POSITION: Wide Receiver HIGH SCHOOL: Jasper HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-1/180 COLLEGE: UAB DOB: 6-17-98 ACQUIRED: UDFA 2021 HOMETOWN: Jasper, AL NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• Earned Honorable Mention All-Conference USA as a junior and senior, garnering honors as a WR and KR in 2020. • Transferred to UAB in 2018 after spending 2016-17 at Butler Community College in Kansas.

16 WHOP PHILYOR

POSITION: Wide Receiver HIGH SCHOOL: Plant HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5-11/181 COLLEGE: Indiana DOB: 7-31-98 ACQUIRED: UDFA 2021 HOMETOWN: Tampa, FL NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• Started 22 of his 38 career games for the Hoosiers, leaving IU ranked #4 in catches (180), #4 in 100+ games (7), #9 in receiving yards (2,067) and 16th in receiving TDs (12). • Key to Hoosiers 6-2 record in COVID-shortened season, notching wins over ranked opponents Penn State (#8), Michigan (#23) and Wisconsin (#16), only losing to eventual national champ runner-up Ohio State and Mississippi in Outback Bowl.

36 A.J. ROSE, JR.

POSITION: Running Back HIGH SCHOOL: Garfield Heights HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-1/212 COLLEGE: Kentucky DOB: 10-14-97 ACQUIRED: UDFA 2021 HOMETOWN: Cleveland, OH NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• Started 24 straight games to end Wildcat career and played in 44, leaving UK ranked #10 in career rushing with 1,971 yards and ranks #3 with a 5.8 ypc average. • Broke the 100-yard rushing mark 7 times in his career, including 3 as a senior in 2020 with a career-best 148 against NC State in the Gator Bowl en route to game MVP honors.

66 JORDON SCOTT

POSITION: Defensive Tackle HIGH SCHOOL: Pinellas Park HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-1/318 COLLEGE: Oregon DOB: 12-25-98 ACQUIRED: UDFA 2021 HOMETOWN: Largo, FL NFL/VIKINGS SEASON: R

• Started 42 of his 47 career games at Oregon, including starting 5 of 7 games in Covid-shortened 2020 season. • Ended Ducks career with 109 tackles, 4.0 sacks and 13 TFLs, notching career-high 34 tackles and 2.0 sacks as a true freshman in 2017.

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how the 2021 vikings were built

YEAR DRAFT FREE AGENCY/WAIVERs 2012 S Harrison Smith (1) 2013 WR Adam Thielen* 2014 LB Anthony Barr (1) 2015 LB Eric Kendricks (2) DE Danielle Hunter (3) 2016 FB C.J. Ham* 2017 RB Dalvin Cook (2) 2018 TE Tyler Conklin (5) QB Kirk Cousins** T Brian O’Neill (2) RB Ameer Abdullah** DT Jalyn Holmes (4) WR Chad Beebe* DE Hercules Mata’afa* 2019 RB Alexander Mattison (3) QB Jake Browning* WR Bisi Johnson (7) G Dakota Dozier** TE Irv Smith Jr. (2) C Garrett Bradbury (1) G Dru Samia (4) T Olisaemeka Udoh (6) CB Kris Boyd (7) DT Armon Watts (6) LB Cameron Smith (5) 2020 QB Nate Stanley (7) FB Jake Bargas* WR Justin Jefferson (1) WR Dan Chisena* WR K.J. Osborn (5) OL Zach Bailey* G Kyle Hinton (7) DT Michael Pierce** T Blake Brandel (6) LB Ryan Connelly** DE Kenny Willekes (7) LB Blake Lynch* DE D.J. Wonnum (4 S Myles Dorn* DT James Lynch (4) S Luther Kirk* LB Troy Dye (4) CB Dylan Mabin* CB Cameron Dantzler (3) LS Andrew DePaola** CB Harrison Hand (5) S Josh Metellus (6) 2021 QB Kellen Mond (3) RB A.J. Rose, Jr.* RB Kene Nwangwu (4) WR Myron Mitcherll* WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette (5) WR Whop Philyor* TE Zach Davidson (5) TE Shane Zylstra** T Christian Darrisaw (1) C Cohl Cabral** G Wyatt Davis (3) OL Mason Cole** DE Patrick Jones II (3) T Evin Ksiezarczyk* DE Janarius Robinson (4) DT Zeandae Johnson* DT Jaylen Twyman (6) DT Sheldon Richardson** LB Chazz Surratt (3) DT Jordan Scott* S Camryn Bynum (4) DT Dalvin Tomlinson** DE Stephen Weatherly LB Tuf Borland* LB Christian Elliss* CB Mackensie Alexander** CB Bashaud Breeland** CB Parry Nickerson** CB Patrick Peterson** CB Tye Smith** S Xavier Woods** K Greg Joseph** K *

* Rookie free agent prior to joining Vikings ** NFL veteran or had been in other NFL camps prior to joining Vikings

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route to the nfl

1ST ROUND (7) [119] Kene Nwangwu (2021) UNDRAFTED (30) [5] Patrick Peterson (2011-ARI) [125] Camryn Bynum (2021) Britton Colquitt (2012-DEN) [9] Anthony Barr (2014) [130] James Lynch (2020) Andrew Depaola (2012-TB) [13] Sheldon Richardson (2013-NYJ) [132] Troy Dye (2020) Adam Thielen (2013) [18] Garrett Bradbury (2019) [134] Janarius Robinson (2021) C.J. Ham (2016) [22] Justin Jefferson (2020) [137] Dakota Dozier (2014-NYJ) Rashod Hill (2016-JAX) [23] Christian Darrisaw (2021) Michael Pierce (2016-BAL) [29] Harrison Smith (2012) 5TH ROUND (8) Chad Beebe (2018) [143] Ryan Connelly (2019-NYG) Greg Joseph (2018-MIA) 2ND ROUND (8) [157] Tyler Conklin (2018) Hercules Mata’afa (2018) [41] Dalvin Cook (2017) [157] Ihmir Smith-Marsette (2021) Zach Bailey (2019-TB) [45] Eric Kendricks (2015) [162] Cameron Smith (2019) Jake Browning (2019) [50] Irv Smith Jr. (2019) [168] Zach Davidson (2021) Brandon Dillon (2019) [54] Ameer Abdullah (2015-DEN) [169] Harrison Hand (2020) Jake Bargas (2020) [54] Mackensie Alexander (2016) [170] Tye Smith (2015-SEA) Cohl Cabral (2020-HOU) [55] Dalvin Tomlinson (2017-NYG) [176] K.J. Osborn (2020) Dan Chisena (2020) [58] Ezra Cleveland (2020) Myles Dorn (2020) [62] Brian O’Neill (2018) 6TH ROUND (6) Luther Kirk (2020) [179] Parry Nickerson (2018-NYJ) Blake Lynch (2020) 3RD ROUND (9) [190] Armon Watts (2019) Dylan Mabin (2020-LV) [66] Kellen Mond (2021) [191] Xavier Woods (2017-DAL) Tuf Borland (2021) [78] Chazz Surratt (2021) [193] Olisaemeka Udoh (2019) Christian Elliss (2021) [86] Wyatt Davis (2021) [203] Blake Brandel (2020) Warren Jackson (2021) [87] Nick Vigil (2016-CIN) [205] Josh Metellus (2020) Zeandae Johnson (2021) [88] Danielle Hunter (2015) Evin Ksiezarczyk (2021) [89] Cameron Dantzler (2020) 7TH ROUND (6) Myron Mitchell (2021) [90] Patrick Jones II (2021) [217] Kris Boyd (2019) Riley Patterson (2021) [97] Mason Cole (2018-ARI) [219] Danny Etling (2018-NE) Whop Philyor (2021) [102] Alexander Mattison (2019) [225] Kenny Willekes (2020) A.J. Rose, Jr. (2021) [227] Stephen Weatherly (2016) Jordan Scott (2021) 4TH ROUND (11) [244] Nate Stanley (2020) Shane Zylstra (2021) [102] Bashaud Breeland (2014-WAS) [253] Kyle Hinton (2020) [102] Kirk Cousins (2012-WAS) [102] Jalyn Holmes (2018) [114] Dru Samia (2019) [117] D.J. Wonnum (2020)

nfl experience

12th Year (1) 6th Year (6) Garrett Bradbury K.J. Osborn Janarius Robinson Britton Colquitt Mackensie Alexander Kenny Willekes A.J. Rose Jr. C.J. Ham Ryan Connelly D.J. Wonnum Jordon Scott 11th Year (1) Rashod Hill Bisi Johnson Ihmir Smith-Marsette Patrick Peterson Michael Pierce Alexander Mattison 1st Year (4) Chazz Surratt Tye Smith Dru Samia Blake Brandel Jaylen Twyman 10th Year (2) Nick Vigil Irv Smith Jr. Cohl Cabral Shane Zylstra Kirk Cousins Olisaemeka Udoh Evin Ksiezarczyk Harrison Smith 5th Year (2) Nate Stanley Dalvin Cook 2nd Year (20) 9th Year (1) Dalvin Tomlinson Jake Bargas Rookies (22) Sheldon Richardson Jake Browning Turner Bernard 4th year (9) Dan Chisena Tuf Borland 8th Year (4) Chad Beebe Ezra Cleveland Camryn Bynum Anthony Barr Mason Cole Cameron Dantzler Christian Darrisaw Bashaud Breeland Tyler Conklin Brandon Dillon Zach Davidson Dakota Dozier Danny Etling Myles Dorn Wyatt Davis Adam Thielen Jalyn Holmes Troy Dye Christian Elliss Greg Joseph Harrison Hand Warren Jackson 7th Year (4) Hercules Mata’afa Kyle Hinton Zeandae Johnson Ameer Abdullah Parry Nickerson Justin Jefferson Patrick Jones II Andrew DePaola Brian O’Neill Luther Kirk Myron Mitchell Danielle Hunter Blake Lynch Kellen Mond Eric Kendricks 3rd Year (10) James Lynch Kene Nwangwu Zack Bailey Dylan Mabin Riley Patterson Kris Boyd Josh Metellus Whop Philyor

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2021 communication staff

JEFF ANDERSON BOB HAGAN VP of Strategic/ VP of Football/Media Corporate Comms. Comms. 612-247-4482 612-327-7069 [email protected] [email protected]

JON EKSTROM TOM WEST Director, Comms. Dir., Alumni & Youth Football Comms. 612-418-6265 612-327-7075 [email protected] [email protected]

SAM NEWTON CARLY BONK Sr. Manager Football Comms. Comms. Coordinator 612-965-4712 612-718-4093 [email protected] [email protected]

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2020 walter payton man of the year nominee

Eric Kendricks was the Minnesota Vikings nominee for the 2020 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. Kendricks is an outgoing force in the community working with Every Meal, helping young people in the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center and building relationships through All Sqaure, a nonprofit who helps formerly incarcerated adults earn a second chance on life.

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The Minnesota Vikings Foundation, in partnership programs, youth enrichment centers and with Xcel Energy, introduced Vikings Table, a custom- other locations where childhood food built food truck with the mission of serving healthy insecurity is prevalent. meals and nutritional education to youth across the • Funds will be raised by selling a separate full Minneapolis-St. Paul community. menu of food truck entrees twice a week at • The 38-foot, Winnebago truck is a zero-waste local food truck festivals, Vikings home games, vehicle with energy star rated appliances and training camp and other team events, as well as built-in solar panels. to the lunch crowd in downtown Minneapolis; 100 percent of the profits will go back to • The kitchen is designed to hold 10 food distributing healthy meals to youth. preparation professionals, while the rear portion of the vehicle features an experiential • A full schedule can be found online at the room showcasing an 80-inch monitor that Minnesota Vikings Foundation website or via can display educational videos and nutritional the Twitter handle @VikingsTable. information. • Viking Table will be maintained and operated • Meals will be served from June to December on by Tony and Haley Fritz a biweekly basis at schools, summer education

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