MINNESOTA VIKINGS

 
QUARTERBACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
15 QB Joshua Dobbs 6-3 216 Tennessee
12 QB Nick Mullens 6-1 210 Southern Mississippi
16 QB Jaren Hall 6-0 207 Brigham Young
 
RUNNING BACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
2 RB Alexander Mattison 5-11 215 Boise State
32 RB Ty Chandler 5-11 204 North Carolina
30 FB C.J. Ham 5-11 250 Augustana, S.D.
26 RB Kene Nwangwu 6-1 210 Iowa State
 
RECEIVERS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
34 TE Nick Muse 6-5 252 South Carolina
18 WR Justin Jefferson 6-1 195 Louisiana State
17 RS K.J. Osborn 5-11 203 Miami
3 WR Jordan Addison 6-0 175 Southern Cal
84 TE Josh Oliver 6-5 259 San Jose State
19 WR Brandon Powell 5-8 181 Florida
81 WR Lucky Jackson 6-1 191 Western Kentucky
86 TE Johnny Mundt 6-4 233 Oregon
 
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
64 OT Blake Brandel 6-7 315 Oregon State
62 OG Chris Reed 6-3 314 Minnesota State-Mankato
71 OT Christian Darrisaw 6-5 315 Virginia Tech
67 OG Ed Ingram 6-3 307 Louisiana State
75 OT Brian O'Neill 6-7 310 Pittsburgh
66 OG Dalton Risner 6-5 312 Kansas State
65 OG Austin Schlottmann 6-6 300 Texas Christian
78 OT Hakeem Adeniji 6-4 315 Kansas
56 C Garrett Bradbury 6-3 300 North Carolina State
76 OT David Quessenberry 6-5 310 San Jose State
 
LINEBACKERS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
57 OLB Andre Carter II 6-6 256 Army
59 OLB Nick Vigil 6-2 230 Utah State
54 OLB Anthony Barr 6-5 257 UCLA
99 OLB Danielle Hunter 6-5 263 Louisiana State
91 OLB Patrick Jones II 6-4 264 Pittsburgh
40 I Ivan Pace Jr. 5-10 231 Cincinnati
33 I Brian Asamoah II 6-0 226 Oklahoma
58 I Jordan Hicks 6-1 236 Texas
 
DEFENSIVE BACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
11 CB Mekhi Blackmon 5-11 178 Southern Cal
44 S Josh Metellus 5-11 207 Michigan
22 S Harrison Smith 6-2 211 Notre Dame
11 CB NaJee Thompson 5-11 205 Georgia Southern
20 S Jay Ward 6-1 188 Louisiana State
23 CB Andrew Booth Jr. 6-0 194 Clemson
24 CB Camryn Bynum 6-0 200 California
6 S Lewis Cine 6-2 199 Georgia
21 CB Akayleb Evans 6-2 198 Missouri
7 CB Byron Murphy Jr. 5-11 190 Washington
25 S Theo Jackson 6-1 198 Tennessee
 
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
97 DT Harrison Phillips 6-3 307 Stanford
93 DE Jonathan Bullard 6-3 290 Florida
78 DT Jaquelin Roy 6-3 305 Louisiana State
50 DT T.J. Smith Jr. 6-3 300 Arkansas
95 DT Khyiris Tonga 6-4 338 Brigham Young
52 DT Sheldon Day 6-1 294 Notre Dame
 
SPECIALISTS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
14 P Ryan Wright 6-3 245 Tulane
42 LS Andrew DePaola 6-1 229 Rutgers
1 K Greg Joseph 6-0 206 Florida Atlantic
 
RESERVE/NON-FOOTBALL INJURY
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
81 WR Malik Knowles 6-2 196 Kansas State
 
RESERVE/INJURED
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
31 RB Cam Akers 5-10 217 Florida State
8 QB Kirk Cousins 6-3 205 Michigan State
47 ILB William Kwenkeu 6-1 235 Temple
94 DE Dean Lowry 6-6 296 Northwestern
98 OLB D.J. Wonnum 6-5 258 South Carolina
45 ILB Troy Dye 6-3 225 Oregon
0 OLB Marcus Davenport 6-6 265 Texas-San Antonio
87 TE T.J. Hockenson 6-5 248 Iowa
74 T Olisaemeka Udoh 6-6 320 Elon
92 DT James Lynch 6-4 295 Baylor
83 WR Jalen Nailor 6-0 190 Michigan State
 

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