Minnesota Vikings 53-man Roster

The Minnesota Vikings made the short trip to Chicago this weekend for a Monday Night date with the Bears. Through 14 weeks, the Vikings have bumbled their way to a 6-7 record. Their highs have been very high. Their lows have been fairly low. Despite some wildly inconsistent play, they have played well enough to be about 11-2. They have also played poorly enough to be about 1-12. So, 6-7 feels about right. Despite the uneven play, the playoffs are within reach but the Vikings must win their remaining four games. It starts tonight with the Bears. 

A week of COVID issues forced some roster shuffling. That can happen when a team has a vaccination rate as poor as the Vikings. Prior to last week’s league-wide explosion of positive cases, the Vikings had paced the league in number of players spending time on the COVID reserve list. They managed to make it through the explosion better than some teams. Currently, three players have been removed from the active roster due to positive tests. Three more players have been removed from the practice squad roster. Saturday’s surprising release of an apparently combative Bashaud Breeland threw a different sort of tweak into the roster. With only 49 players currently on the active roster, the Vikings are four short of the roster maximum. That opens the door for some pre-game promotions from the practice squad. Here’s the Vikings roster in advance of the Bears game. 

Minnesota Vikings Roster

Offense (23 Players)

Quarterbacks (3)

  8 Kirk Cousins

14 Sean Mannion

11 Kellen Mond

Running Backs (3)

33 Dalvin Cook

26 Kene Nwangwu

31 Wayne Gallman

Fullbacks (1)

30 C.J. Ham

Receivers (4)
19 Adam Thielen
18 Justin Jefferson

17 K.J. Osborn

15 Ihmir Smith-Marsette 

Tight Ends (3)
83 Tyler Conklin

89 Chris Herndon

35 Luke Stocker

Offensive Tackles (4)
75 Brian O'Neill

71 Christian Darrisaw
69 Rashod Hill

64 Blake Brandel

Guards (4)

72 Ezra Cleveland

52 Mason Cole

74 Oli Udoh

51 Wyatt Davis

Centers (1)

56 Garrett Bradbury

Defense (24 Players)

Defensive Ends (3)

98 D.J. Wonnum

93 Patrick Jones II

73 Tashawn Bower

Defensive Tackles (5)

94 Dalvin Tomlinson

58 Michael Pierce

90 Sheldon Richardson

96 Armon Watts
92 James Lynch

Linebackers (6)
55 Anthony Barr

54 Eric Kendricks
59 Nick Vigil

45 Troy Dye

48 Blake Lynch

41 Chazz Surratt

Cornerbacks (6)

 7 Patrick Peterson

27 Cameron Dantzler

24 Mackensie Alexander

29 Kris Boyd

20 Harrison Hand

Safeties (4)

22 Harrison Smith
23 Xavier Woods

43 Camryn Bynum

44 Josh Metellus 

Special Teams (3 Players)

Kicker

  1 Greg Joseph

Punter
 3 Jordan Berry

Long Snapper
42 Andrew DePaola

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Practice Squad

34 Jake Bargas, FB

47 Tuf Borland, LB

40 Zach Davidson, TE

86 Brandon Dillon, TE

46 Myles Dorn, S

78 Dakota Dozier, OG

91 T.Y. McGill, DT

87 Myron Mitchell, WR

39 Parry Nickerson, CB

61 Timon Parris, OT

16 Damion Ratley, WR

  2 Darrius Shepherd, WR

50 T.J. Smith, DT

  5 Tye Smith, CB

79 Kenny Willekes, DE

66 Eddie Yaryrough, DE

Reserve/Injured

12 Chad Beebe

57 Ryan Connelly

82 Ben Ellefson

99 Danielle Hunter

81 Olabisi Johnson

13 Blake Proehl

95 Janarius Robinson

66 Jordon Scott

84 Irv Smith Jr.

14 Nate Stanley

Reserve/COVID

25 Alexander Mattison

12 Dede Westbrook

85 Dan Chisena 

Practice Squad/COVID

68 Kyle Hinton, OG

  9 Trishton Jackson, WR

36 A.J. Rose, Jr., RB

Reserve/Non-Football Injury

76 Jaylen Twyman

Reserve/Non-Football Illness

97 Everson Griffen