Minnesota Vikings 53-man Roster

Through two weeks the Minnesota Vikings haven’t had many roster tweaks. That’s a good thing as in-season roster tweaks are often the result of injuries. The tweaks through two weeks have been more of the yo-yo variety. These are the sort of weekly moves that have players being moved back and forth between the active roster and the practice squad. The most frequent moves have involved quarterback Sean Mannion and running back Ameer Abdullah bouncing back and forth resulting in game day elevations. This week, Mannion was promoted to the 53-man roster and Abdullah was released and immediately signed to the practice squad. Last week, it was Abdullah that was signed to the 53-man roster while Mannion remained on the practice squad. 

Cornerback Harrison Hand was placed on the Reserve/COVID list. The Vikings 53-man roster is now down a player. Hopefully Hand’s stay one of this reserve list is one of the short stays. 

The Vikings maintaining a 23:27 offense:defense split through two weeks is a surprise. 

Minnesota Vikings Roster

Offense (23 Players)

Quarterbacks (3)

  8 Kirk Cousins

14 Sean Mannion

11 Kellen Mond

Running Backs (2)

33 Dalvin Cook
25 Alexander Mattison

Fullbacks (1)

30 C.J. Ham

Receivers (5)
19 Adam Thielen
18 Justin Jefferson

12 DeDe Westbrook

17 KJ Osborn

15 Ihmir Smith-Marsette 

Tight Ends (3)
83 Tyler Conklin

89 Chris Herndon

82 Ben Ellefson

Offensive Tackles (4)
75 Brian O'Neill

71 Christian Darrisaw
69 Rashod Hill

64 Blake Brandel

Guards (3)

72 Ezra Cleveland

74 Oli Udoh

51 Wyatt Davis

Centers (2)

56 Garrett Bradbury

52 Mason Cole

Defense (27 Players)

Defensive Ends (5)
99 Danielle Hunter

98 D.J. Wonnum

97 Everson Griffen

91 Stephen Weatherly

93 Patrick Jones II

Defensive Tackles (5)

94 Dalvin Tomlinson

58 Michael Pierce

90 Sheldon Richardson

96 Armon Watts
92 James Lynch

Linebackers (7)
55 Anthony Barr

54 Eric Kendricks
59 Nick Vigil

45 Troy Dye

41 Chazz Surratt

57 Ryan Connelly

48 Blake Lynch 

Cornerbacks (6)

  7 Patrick Peterson

24 Mackensie Alexander

21 Bashaud Breeland

27 Cameron Dantzler

29 Kris Boyd

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

31 Ameer Abdullah, RB

65 Zack Bailey, OL

34 Jake Bargas, FB

47 Tuf Borland, LB

40 Zach Davidson, TE

86 Brandon Dillon, TE

46 Myles Dorn, S

78 Dakota Dozier, OG

68 Kyle Hinton, OG

  9 Trishton Jackson, WR

87 Myron Mitchell, WR

39 Parry Nickerson, CB

16 Whop Philyor, WR

36 A.J Rose Jr., RB

  5 Tye Smith, CB

79 Kenny Willekes, DE

Reserve/Injured

81 Olabisi Johnson

95 Janarius Robinson

13 Blake Proehl

26 Kene Nwangwu

85 Dan Chisena

84 Irv Smith Jr.

66 Jordon Scott

Reserve/Non-Football Injury

76 Jaylen Twyman

Reserve/COVID

20 Harrison Hand