The Minnesota Vikings Ring Of Honor Has A New Member

The Minnesota Vikings brought Jared Allen back to a training camp to give a “talk” to the team. It was much more than than that. The “talk” was a ruse. Zygi and Mark Wilf were on hand to surprise and welcome Allen as the 27th member of the Vikings Ring of Honor. 

The Vikings beat Canton to post-career honors for a player that terrorized quarterbacks during a 13-year career. The best and most important of those 13 years were the six that he played in Minnesota. He  made the Pro Bowl four times during those six years. It should’ve been all six. He was named All-Pro three times. He was runner-up for the Defensive Player of the Year award in 2011. He should’ve won the award as his 22 sacks topped all of the wonderful things that Terrell Suggs did that year. Allen was fifth in the voting for the award in 2009. His 22 sacks in 2011 were an agonizing half-sack short of the NFL record. 

His yearly sack totals for the Vikings

2008: 14.5

2009: 14.5

2010: 11

2011: 22

2012: 12

2013: 11.5

His four career safeties is an NFL record. He’s tied with three players. The Vikings got the better of the trade with the Kansas City Chiefs. By far. 

Allen was a fantastic football player. It was only part of what he was for the Vikings and his community. He is now the 27th member of the Vikings Ring of Honor. He follows the defensive tackle that he lined up next to for all of his six years in Minnesota. Kevin Williams.  

Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor

Fran Tarkenton, Quarterback (1998)

Alan Page, Defensive Tackle (1998)

Jim Finks, General Manager (1998)

Bud Grant, Head Coach (1998)

Paul Krause, Safety (1998)

Fred Zamberletti, Athletic Trainer (1998)

Jim Marshall, Defensive End (1999)

Ron Yary, Offensive Tackle (2001)

Korey Stringer, Offensive Tackle (2001)

Mick Tingelhoff, Center (2001)

Carl Eller, Defensive End (2002)

Cris Carter, Wide Receiver (2003)

Bill Brown, Fullback (2004)

Jerry Burns, Offensive Coordinator/Head Coach (2005)

Randall McDaniel, Guard (2006)

Chuck Foreman, Running Back (2007)

John Randle, Defensive Tackle (2008)

Scott Studwell, Linebacker (2009)

Chris Doleman, Defensive End (2011)

Matt Blair, Linebacker (2012)

Joey Browner, Safety (2013)

Randy Moss, Wide Receiver (2017)

Ahmad Rashad, Wide Receiver (2017)

Dennis Green, Head Coach (2018)

Steve Jordan, Tight End (2019)

Kevin Williams, Defensive Tackle (2021)

Jared Allen, Defensive End (2022)

Allen will be inducted into the Vikings Ring of Honor at a ceremony on Oct. 30, at halftime of their game against the Arizona Cardinals. 

Congratulations Jared Allen!

Next stop: Canton. He and Kevin Williams should one day be teammates there as well.