Vikings Draft Notre Dame CB Blanton In 5th Round
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have drafted Notre Dame cornerback Robert Blanton with the 139th overall selection in the fifth round. The Vikings traded their other fifth round...
View ArticleVikings Take Kicker Blair Walsh In 6th Round
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have selected Georgia kicker Blair Walsh in the sixth round of the NFL draft. Walsh made 21 of 35 field goals for the Bulldogs last season. Veteran...
View ArticleVikings Draft NC State LB Cole In 7th Round
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings selected North Carolina State linebacker Audie Cole with their first pick of the seventh round. Cole had 107 tackles and two sacks last season for the...
View ArticleVikings Take 2 Arkansas WRs In 4th Round
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Rhett Ellison wasn’t even watching the NFL draft on Saturday afternoon when the Minnesota Vikings came on the clock for the second time in the fourth round. He’d grown tired...
View ArticleVikings Rookies Childs, Wright Still Teaming up
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — After all these years, Greg Childs and Jarius Wright are still playing the same position for the same team. They met as third-graders in the tiny town of Warren, Ark.,...
View ArticleVikings’ Childs Has Surgery On Torn Knee Tendons
MANKATO, Minn. (WCCO/AP) — The Minnesota Vikings are hoping wide receiver Greg Childs can recover fully from his freak injury, a ruptured patella tendon in both of his knees that ended his rookie...
View ArticleVikings’ Childs Says Dual Injury Isn’t Deterrent
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Greg Childs happily walked through Minnesota’s locker room. It was a stiff stroll, but the wide receiver walked without assistance, proudly updating his progress and...
View ArticleIn-Season Peek At The Minnesota Vikings’ Offseason Outlook
By Joseph Gunther The Minnesota Vikings players, coaching staff and fans are thinking about the playoffs, but the scouting department is always thinking about the offseason. The Vikings have 14 players...
View ArticleVikings WR Greg Childs Starts Camp On PUP List
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have placed wide receiver Greg Childs on the physically unable to perform list to start training camp. The first practice was Friday. Childs did conditioning...
View ArticleVikings QB Christian Ponder Not Cleared To Return To Practice, Cassel To Start
By Joseph Gunther (Credit, Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) The Minnesota Vikings quarterback carousel continues to turn as Christian Ponder has not passed the NFL’s concussion protocol. He has yet to...
View ArticleVikings WR Jarius Wright ‘Carrying The Torch’ For Friend
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Jarius Wright has entered the final year of his rookie contract with the Minnesota Vikings, with three productive seasons on his resume as a fourth-round draft pick. There’s more...
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