Minnesota Vikings 84-Man Roster

The Minnesota Vikings trimmed their roster by five players since the first preseason game. After that sad showing, a few players were probably fortunate that the cutdown only called for five players. In the cut from 90 to 85 players, the following players were let go.

Jordan Brailford, DE

Turner Bernard, LS

Blake Proehl, WR

Riley Patterson, K

Amari Henderson, CB

Proehl and Patterson were released with injury designations. Both went unclaimed on waivers and could be added to the Vikings injured reserve. 

The Vikings roster was at 85 players. 

Then linebacker Cameron Smith announced his retirement. He had missed the entire 2020 season as he recovered from open hear surgery. You don’t see that on a football injury report very often. It was remarkable for Smith to even return to football activities less than a year after such an invasive and serious surgery. After suffering a concussion in last Saturday’s preseason game, Smith decided that it was time to get on to the next stage of his life. His body has been through enough. Smith doing what’s best for him is a good thing. The Vikings no longer having a player on the roster from USC is also a good thing.

The Vikings roster is now at 84 players. 

Another five players have to be trimmed from the roster by Tuesday. That makes tonight’s game against the Indianapolis Colts a very important opportunity for several players. 

Here’s the Minnesota Vikings 84-Man Roster in advance of their second preseason game. 

Minnesota Vikings Roster

Offense (40 Players)

Quarterbacks (5)

  8 Kirk Cousins

  3 Jake Browning

11 Kellen Mond

14 Nate Stanley

  6 Danny Etling

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 (8)
19 Adam Thielen
18 Justin Jefferson

89 DeDe Westbrook

17 KJ Osborn

15 Ihmir Smith-Marsette 
12 Chad Beebe

85 Dan Chisena

16 Whop Philyor

20 Warren Jackson

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

40 Zach Robinson

86 Brandon Dillon

82 Shane Zylstra

Offensive Tackles (5)
75 Brian O'Neill

71 Christian Darrisaw
69 Rashod Hill

64 Blake Brandel

61 Evin Ksiezarczyk 

Guards (8)

72 Ezra Cleveland

74 Oli Udoh

51 Wyatt Davis

52 Mason Cole

78 Dakota Dozier

73 Dru Samia

68 Kyle Hinton

65 Zack Bailey 

Centers (2)

56 Garrett Bradbury

63 Cohl Cabral

Defense (39 Players)

Defensive Ends (8)
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

Defensive Tackles (7)

94 Dalvin Tomlinson

97 Michael Pierce

9? Sheldon Richardson
96 Armon Watts
92 James Lynch

62 Zeandae Johnson

66 Jordan Scott

Linebackers (9)
55 Anthony Barr

54 Eric Kendricks
59 Nick Vigil

45 Troy Dye

41 Chazz Surratt

57 Ryan Connelly

48 Blake Lynch 

47 Tuf Borland

49 Christian Elliss

Cornerbacks (9)

  7 Patrick Peterson

24 Mackensie Alexander

21 Bashaud Breeland

27 Cameron Dantzler

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 (3 Players)

Kicker

  1 Greg Joseph

Punter
 2 Britton Colquitt

Long Snapper
42 Andrew DePaola

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NFI/Reserve

76 Jaylen Twyman

Injured/Reserve

81 Olabisi Johnson