Vikings Roster Cuts Tracker: Road to 53
Sean Borman
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After a busy offseason for the Minnesota Vikings that included moving into a new team headquarters, landing two of the most prolific free agents in team history, losing a starting offensive lineman to a season-ending injury, losing a coach, trading for a center, dishing out extensions and going 3-1 in the preseason, it’s finally time to set the regular season roster.
Due to a loaded roster primed with quality players and ample competition, there were undoubtedly some very difficult decisions for the coaches and front office staff to make. Following Thursday’s fourth and final preseason game, the Vikings started bringing some clarity to the much-anticipated solution.
The allocation of players onto the regular season roster as well as the 10-man practice squad began Friday. Here’s who was cut by the team, who will make up the practice squad and players that will ultimately make the Vikings 53-man roster. Please note things may change as the team places waivers on players that were released around the league this weekend. These lists will update as news breaks.
Waived
- WR Korey Robertson (per Darren Wolfson of KSTP)
- WR Tavarres King (per Darren Wolfson of KSTP)
- WR Cayleb Jones (per team)
- WR Jake Wieneke (per team)
- G Kareem Are (per team)
- G Kaleb Johnson (per team)
- T Dieugot Joseph (per team)
- CB Trevon Mathis (per team)
- RB Kobe McCrary (per team)
- FB Luke McNitt (per team)
- LB Mike Needham (per team)
- LB Brett Taylor (per team)
- LB Antwione Wiliams (per team)
- QB Peter Pujals (per team)
- C J.P. Quinn (per team)
- DB Tray Matthews (per Chris Tomasson)
- DT Curtis Cothran (per Chris Tomasson)
- DE Brian Robison (per Adam Schefter)
- TE Blake Bell (per Chris Tomasson)
- G Josh Andrews (per Jason La Canfora)
- WR Chad Beebe (per Tom Pelissero)
- DE Ifeadi Odenigbo (per his Twitter account)
- LB Reshard Cliett (per Darren Wolfson)
- WR Jeff Badet (per Darren Wolfson)
- G Colby Gossett (per Chris Tomasson)
- CB Craig James (per Chris Tomasson)
- LB Garret Dooley (per Ben Goessling)
- TE Tyler Hoppes (per Chris Tomasson)
- DB Jack Tocho (per Vikings Territory)
- WR Kendall Wright (per Tom Pelissero)
- RB Mack Brown (per team)
- OT Storm Norton (per team)
- CB Horace Richardson (per team)
- C Cornelius Edison (per team)
- DE Jonathan Wynn (per team)
Retired
- CB Terence Newman (per team)
90-Man roster (will be 53 by Saturday at 3pm)
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Fullbacks
Wide receivers
Tight ends
Offensive line
- Riley Reiff
- Tom Compton
- Pat Elflein
- Mike Remmers
- Rashod Hill
- Brian O’Neill
- Danny Isidora
- Aviante Collins
- Brett Jones
Defensive line
- Everson Griffen
- Danielle Hunter
- Linval Joseph
- Sheldon Richardson
- Tashawn Bower
- Jaleel Johnson
- Stephen Weatherly
- Jalyn Holmes
- David Parry
Linebackers
Secondary
- Xavier Rhodes
- Trae Waynes
- Mackensie Alexander
- Mike Hughes
- Holton Hill
- Marcus Sherels
- Harrison Smith
- Andrew Sendejo
- George Iloka
- Anthony Harris
- Jayron Kearse
Specialists
Injured Reserve
- TBD
Suspended
- LB Kentrell Brothers (4 games for PED violation)
The Vikings open the regular season at home against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, September 9th at noon (CST).