Minnesota Vikings Unofficial Depth Chart

In advance of their Saturday preseason game against the Denver Broncos, the Minnesota Vikings released an unofficial depth chart. I'm not sure why it's deemed unofficial. A depth chart released by the team seems pretty official to me. No matter what the team calls this depth chart it's interesting to see how the coaches see the plays through two weeks of training camp.

Minnesota Vikings Unofficial Depth Chart

Offense

Quarterback
  8 Kirk Cousins
  3 Trevor Siemian
  1 Kyle Sloter
  6 Peter Pujals

Halfback
33 Dalvin Cook
25 Latavius Murray
31 Mack Brown
32 Roc Thomas
44 Mike Boone

Fullback
30 C.J. Ham
48 Johnny Stanton

Wide Receiver
19 Adam Thielen
11 Laquon Treadwell
13 Stacy Coley
12 Tavarres King/18 Korey Robertson/9 Jake Weineke

Tight end
82 Kyle Rudolph
89 David Morgan
81 Blake Bell/83 Tyler Conklin
87 Josiah Price/86 Tyler Hoppes

Left Tackle
71 Riley Reiff
76 Aviante Collins
78 Dieugot Joseph

Left Guard
62 Nick Easton
79 Tom Compton
64 Josh Andrews
68 Cedrick Lang

Center
65 Pat Elflein
67 Cornelius Edison
59 J.P. Quinn

Right Guard
74 Mike Remmers
63 Danny Isidora
73 Colby Gossett

Right Tackle
69 Rashod Hill
75 Brian O'Neill
72 Storm Norton

Wide Receiver
14 Stefon Diggs
17 Kendall Wright
15 Brandon Zylstra

16 Cayleb Jones

85 Jeff Badet/84 Chad Beebe

Defense

Left Defensive End
99 Danielle Hunter
96 Brian Robison
61 Ade Aruna
78 Jonathan Wynn

Defensive Tackle
93 Sheldon Richardson
95 Ifeadi Odenigbo
92 Jalyn Holmes

Nose Tackle
98 Linval Joseph
94 Jaleel Johnson
60 David Parry
66 Curtis Cothran

Right Defensive End

97 Everson Griffen
91 Stephen Weatherly/90 Tashawn Bower

Weakside Linebacker
42 Ben Gedeon
50 Eric Wilson
43 Reshard Cliett
49 Michael Needham

Middle Linebacker
54 Eric Kendricks
40 Kentrell Brothers
57 Devante Downs
45 Brett Taylor

Strongside Linebacker
55 Anthony Barr
56 Antwione Williams
58 Garrett Dooley

Left Cornerback
26 Trae Waynes
23 Terence Newman
21 Mike Hughes
24 Horace Richardson
46 Trevon Mathis

Right Cornerback
29 Xavier Rhodes
20 Mackensie Alexander
35 Marcus Sherels
37 Holton Hill
36 Craig James

Strong Safety
34 Andrew Sendejo
27 Jayron Kearse
38 Tray Matthews

Free Safety
22 Harrison Smith
41 Anthony Harris
39 Jack Tocho

Kicker
   2 Kai Forbath/7 Daniel Carlson

Punter
  4 Ryan Quigley

Long snapper
47 Kevin McDermott

Kick Returner
35 Marcus Sherels
21 Mike Hughes
13 Stacy Coley

Punt Returner
35 Marcus Sherels
21 Mike Hughes

13 Stacy Coley

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There aren't many surprises. 

Perhaps seeing Marcus Sherels ahead of Holton Hill at right cornerback is something of a surprise. Hill has been one of the most talked about players through the first two weeks of camp. 

Special teams coordinator Mike Priefer has said on several occasions since the spring that the kicking competition between veteran Kai Forbath and rookie Daniel Carlson is a close one. This "unofficial" depth chart shows that. 

It's interesting to see Ifaedi Odenigbo listed as a defensive tackle. He was drafted out of Northwestern as a defensive end and spent his rookie season last season on the practice squad at the position. Head coach Mike Zimmer mentioned that Odenigbo had been working at tackle so it's hardly surprising to see him listed there. I was just curious if it was more experiment than permanent. It's also interesting to see him listed above fourth round rookie Jalyn Holmes.