Update: 53-Man Roster Announced + Practice Squad
By Dan Zinski
The finalized 2008 53-man roster was just released on Vikings.com (in PDF format for some screwed up reason). Here it is all sorted by position (don’t say I don’t work hard for you) followed by the final cut list:
Offense
Quarterback
Tarvaris Jackson
Gus Frerotte
John David Booty
Running Back
Adrian Peterson
Chester Taylor
Maurice Hicks
Fullback
Thomas Tapeh
Jeff Dugan
Naufahu Tahi
Tackle
Ryan Cook
Bryant McKinnie
Marcus Johnson
Drew Radovich
Guard
Steve Hutchinson
Anthony Herrera
Artis Hicks
Center
Matt Birk
John Sullivan
Tight End
Visanthe Shiancoe
Jim Kleinsasser
Garrett Mills
Wide Receiver
Bernard Berrian
Bobby Wade
Sidney Rice
Robert Ferguson
Aundrae Allison
Defense/Special Teams
Defensive End
Jared Allen
Ray Edwards
Brian Robison
Otis Grigsby
Defensive Tackle
Kevin Williams
Pat Williams
Fred Evans
Ellis Wyms
Letroy Guiron
Linebacker
E.J. Henderson
Ben Leber
Chad Greenway
Vinny Ciurciu
Erin Henderson
David Herron
Cornerback
Antoine Winfield
Cedric Griffin
Charles Gordon
Marcus McCauley
Benny Sapp
Safety
Darren Sharper
Madieu Williams
Tyrell Johnson
Eric Frampton
Husain Abdullah
Kicker
Ryan Longwell
Punter
Chris Kluwe
Long Snapper
Cullen Loeffler
Note that, contrary to earlier reports, David Herron did indeed make the squad. What went wrong there? The Star-Trib guys seldom miss one of those. Anyway, these were the final cuts:
#3 Steve Hauschka – K – Rookie – North Carolina State
#9 Brooks Bollinger – QB – 6th Year – Wisconsin
#11 Jaymar Johnson – WR – Rookie – Jackson State
#13 Nate Jones – WR – Rookie – Texas
#15 Martin Nance – WR – 1st Year – Miami (OH)
#24 Marcus Walker – CB – Rookie – Oklahoma
#32 Dee McCann – CB – 1st Year – West Virginia
#33 Brandon Sumrall – CB – Rookie – Southern Mississippi
#34 Albert Young – RB – Rookie – Iowa
#47 Braden Jones – TE – 1st Year – Southern Illinois
#55 J Leman – LB – Rookie – Illinois
#57 Rufus Alexander – LB – 1st Year – Oklahoma
#61 Martail Burnett – DE – 1st Year – Utah
#63 Brian Daniels – G – 1st Year – Colorado
#66 Chris Norwell – DE – Rookie – Illinois
#67 Dan Mozes – C – 1st Year – West Virginia
#68 Tim Mattran – C – Rookie – Stanford
#75 Chase Johnson – T – 2nd Year – Wyoming
#82 Darius Reynaud – WR – Rookie – West Virginia
#99 Leger Douzable – DT – Rookie – Central Florida
Conspicuous by his absence from either list is S Michael Boulware. Turns out he was placed on IR. He probably would’ve made the team ahead of Husain Abdullah. Abdullah, Radovich and Herron must’ve been the last guys to make the team. The cut players will have the opportunity to go on waivers and, if they remain unclaimed, return to the 8-man practice squad.
Update: The practice squad was finalized on Sunday. All 8 players were guys who were cut by the Vikings over the weekend:
- DE Martail Burnett
- G Brian Daniels
- DT Leger Douzable
- WR Jaymar Johnson
- C Tim Mattran
- WR Darius Reynaud
- CB Marcus Walker
- RB Albert Young