Complete 53 man Minnesota Vikings roster following final cuts

The 53 man roster for the Minnesota Vikings has been set…for now.

One of the craziest times of the NFL season is when teams are forced to trim their rosters to 53 players in anticipation of the upcoming NFL season. Those cuts sometimes include well-established veterans or players who haven’t yet proven themselves, leaving fans wondering what happened to some individuals they have been watching during the preseason or rooted for in previous seasons.

This year will be a bit different when it comes to making cuts. Teams have no preseason contests to evaluate players and COVID-19 has limited what players can do this year and it will be tough for coaches and team staff to make the hard decisions on who to keep for the 2020 NFL season and who to let go.

Recently, the Minnesota Vikings officially released their list of the 53 active players who made the active roster. Here are those individuals:

Quarterbacks (2)

• Kirk Cousins
• Sean Mannion

Running backs (5)

• Ameer Abdullah
• Mike Boone
• Dalvin Cook
• C.J. Ham
• Alexander Mattison

Wide receivers (7)

• Chad Beebe
• Dan Chisena
• Justin Jefferson
• Bisi Johnson
• K.J. Osborn
• Tajae Sharpe
• Adam Thielen

Tight ends (3)

• Tyler Conklin
• Kyle Rudolph
• Irv Smith, Jr.

Offensive line (9)

• Garrett Bradbury
• Ezra Cleveland
• Dakota Dozier
• Pat Elflein
• Rashod Hill
• Brian O’Neill
• Riley Reiff
• Dru Samia
• Oli Udoh

Defensive line (11)

• Jalyn Holmes
• Danielle Hunter
• Jaleel Johnson
• James Lynch
• Hercules Mata’afa
• Yannick Ngakoue
• Ifeadi Odenigbo
• Shamar Stephen
• Armon Watts
• D.J. Wonnum
• Eddie Yarbrough

Linebackers (5)

• Anthony Barr
• Troy Dye
• Eric Kendricks
• Hardy Nickerson Jr.
• Eric Wilson
• Ben Gedeon (exempt-PUP)

Defensive backs (8)

• Kris Boyd
• Cameron Dantzler
• Jeff Gladney
• Harrison Hand
• Anthony Harris
• Holton Hill
• Mike Hughes
• Harrison Smith

Special Teams (3)

• Dan Bailey
• Britton Colquitt
• Austin Cutting

Congratulations to all the players who were named to the 53 man roster of the Minnesota Vikings. Of course, this roster list is not final and several adjustments will likely be made before the team takes the field in Week 1.