Minnesota Vikings 89-man Roster

The Minnesota Vikings have edged closer to the offseason roster limit of 90 players. The most recent additions came when they were awarded center Cohl Cabral off waivers from the Houston Texans last week and signed free agent cornerbacks Tye Smith and Bashaud Breeland this week. Cabral was originally signed by the Los Angeles Rams after he went undrafted out of Arizona State in the 2020 NFL Draft. He started last season on the Rams practice squad and finished the season on the Texans practice squad. He signed a futures contract with the Texans after the season. Now he’s on the 89-man roster of the Minnesota Vikings. The Seattle Seahawks selected Smith out of Towson in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He played in four games as a rookie, no starts. He spent the 2016 season on the Washington Football Team’s practice squad. He was with the Tennessee Titans from 2017-20. He appeared in 16 games with seven starts. The addition of Breeland is the most eye-catching of the recent additions. A seven-year veteran, he’s started 88 of the 94 games in which he’s appeared. He was a fourth-round pick out of Clemson by the Washington Football Team in the 2014 NFL Draft. He was an immediate starter and has been a consistent starter even since. He first caught my eye as an aggressive, impressive corner during his four years with Washington. His last two years have been as a dependable starter for the Kansas City Chiefs. Those two years put him in a career’s worth of big games. In Patrick Peterson, Mackensie Alexander, and now Breeland, the Vikings have added a strong veteran presence to what was an achingly young cornerback group. With those additions and the youngsters that they join, the competition for cornerback roster spots might be the most interesting of the summer. 

The addition of Cabral, Smith, and Breeland bring the Minnesota Vikings roster to 89 players. 

Tye Smith joins Patrick Peterson and Cameron Smith as the only Vikings players to take advantage of the league’s new, more open rules on uniform numbers. Tye Smith (#5) and Peterson (#7) are going with the single-digit look. Cameron Smith will wear #32 as a linebacker.

Speaking of numbers, I’ve “assigned” Breeland #21. Partly because it’s available. Mostly because it’s the number that he wore in Kansas City. #21 is available because Mike Hughes was wearing it and he was traded to the Chiefs earlier this offseason. It turned into something of a cornerback-swap between the two teams. 

Minnesota Vikings Roster

Offense (41 Players)

Quarterbacks (4)
  8 Kirk Cousins

11 Kellon Mond

  3 Jake Browning

14 Nate Stanley

Running Backs (5)

33 Dalvin Cook
25 Alexander Mattison

31 Ameer Abdullah

26 Kene Nwangwu

36 A.J. Rose

Fullbacks (2)

30 C.J. Ham

34 Jake Bargas

Receivers (10)
19 Adam Thielen
18 Justin Jefferson
81 Olabisi Johnson
12 Chad Beebe

15 Ihmir Smith-Marsette

17 K.J. Osborn
85 Dan Chisena

13 Blake Proehl

16 Whop Philyor

87 Myron Mitchell

Tight Ends (5)
84 Irv Smith Jr.
83 Tyler Conklin

40 Zach Robinson

86 Brandon Dillon

82 Shane Zylstra

Offensive Tackles (6)
75 Brian O'Neill

71 Christian Darrisaw
69 Rashod Hill
74 Oli Udoh

64 Blake Brandel

61 Evin Ksiezarczyk 

Guards (7)

72 Ezra Cleveland

51 Wyatt Davis

52 Mason Cole

68 Kyle Hinton

78 Dakota Dozier

73 Dru Samia

65 Zack Bailey 

Centers (2)

56 Garrett Bradbury

63 Cohl Cabral

Defense (42 Players)

Defensive Ends (9)
99 Danielle Hunter

98 D.J. Wonnum

91 Stephen Weatherly

93 Patrick Jones II

95 Janarius Robinson

90 Jalyn Holmes

50 Hercules Mata’afa

79 Kenny Willekes

58 Jordan Brailford

Defensive Tackles (7)

94 Dalvin Tomlinson

97 Michael Pierce
96 Armon Watts
92 James Lynch

76 Jaylen Twyman

62 Zeandae Johnson

66 Jordan Scott

Linebackers (10)
55 Anthony Barr

54 Eric Kendricks
59 Nick Vigil

45 Troy Dye

32 Cameron Smith

41 Chazz Surratt

57 Ryan Connelly

48 Blake Lynch 

47 Tuf Borland

49 Christian Elliss

Cornerbacks (10)

27 Cameron Dantzler
  7 Patrick Peterson

20 Jeff Gladney

24 Mackensie Alexander

21 Bashaud Breeland

29 Kris Boyd

38 Harrison Hand

37 Dylan Mabin

39 Parry Nickerson

  5 Tye Smith

Safeties (6)

22 Harrison Smith
23 Xavier Woods

43 Camryn Bynum

44 Josh Metellus

46 Myles Dorn

35 Luther Kirk

Special Teams (6 Players)

Kicker

  1 Greg Joseph

  6 Riley Patterson

Punter
 2 Britton Colquitt

 9 Zach Von Rosenberg

Long Snapper
42 Andrew DePaola

60 Turner Bernard