2025 Minnesota Vikings season

2025 Minnesota Vikings season
OwnerZygi Wilf
General managerKwesi Adofo-Mensah
Head coachKevin O'Connell
Home fieldU.S. Bank Stadium

The 2025 season will be the Minnesota Vikings' 65th in the National Football League (NFL), their 10th playing their home games at U.S. Bank Stadium, their 21st under the ownership of Zygi Wilf and their fourth under the head coach/general manager tandem of Kevin O'Connell and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah.

Draft

Main article: 2025 NFL draft
2025 Minnesota Vikings Draft
Round Selection Player Position College Contract Notes
1 TBD
2 TBD Traded to the Houston Texans[A]
3 TBD Traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars[B]
4 TBD Traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars[B]
5 TBD
TBD From Browns[C]
6 TBD Traded to the Cleveland Browns[C]
7 TBD Traded to the Cleveland Browns[C]

Draft trades

  1. ^ The Vikings traded a second-round selection, and 2024 second- and sixth-round selections to the Houston Texans in exchange for 2024 first- and seventh-round selections.[1]
  2. ^ a b The Vikings traded third- and fourth-round selections, and 2024 first- and fifth-round selections (23rd and 167th overall) to the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for a 2024 first-round selection (17th).[2]
  3. ^ a b c The Vikings traded sixth- and seventh-round selections, and DE Za'Darius Smith to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a fifth-round selection and a 2024 fifth-round selection.[3]

Notes

  • Exact numbers of the selections from rounds 4–7 will be determined when compensatory selections are awarded at the NFL's annual spring owners' meetings.

Staff

Minnesota Vikings staff
Front office
  • Owner/chairman – Zygi Wilf
  • Owner/vice chairman – Leonard Wilf
  • Owner/president – Mark Wilf
  • Chief operating officer – Andrew Miller
  • General manager – Kwesi Adofo-Mensah
  • Executive vice president of football operations – Rob Brzezinski
  • Senior vice president of player personnel – Ryan Grigson
  • Vice president of football operations – Demitrius Washington
  • Director of player personnel – Ryan Monnens
  • Assistant director of player personnel – Chisom Opara
  • Director of pro personnel – Sam DeLuca
  • Director of college scouting – Mike Sholiton
  • Assistant director of college scouting – Pat Roberts
  • Senior personnel executive – Jamaal Stephenson
Head coaches
  • Head coach – Kevin O'Connell
  • Assistant head coach/outside linebackers – Mike Pettine
  • Assistant to the head coach – Henry Schneider IV
Offensive coaches
  • Offensive coordinator – Wes Phillips
  • Assistant offensive coordinator/assistant quarterbacks – Grant Udinski
  • Quarterbacks – Josh McCown
  • Running game coordinator/running backs – Curtis Modkins
  • Wide receivers – Keenan McCardell
  • Assistant wide receivers – Tony Sorrentino
  • Passing game coordinator/tight ends – Brian Angelichio
  • Offensive line – Chris Kuper
  • Assistant offensive line – Shaun Sarrett
  • Pass game specialist/game management coordinator – Ryan Cordell
  • Senior offensive assistant – Chris O'Hara
  • Quality control/offense – Derron Montgomery
  • Offensive assistant – Ben Ellefson
  
Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator – Brian Flores
  • Defensive line – Marcus Dixon
  • Assistant defensive line – Patrick Hill
  • Inside linebackers – Mike Siravo
  • Assistant inside linebackers – Thad Bogardus
  • Passing game coordinator/defensive backs – Daronte Jones
  • Safeties – Michael Hutchings
  • Quality control/defense – Lance Bennett
  • Defensive assistant – Imarjaye Albury
Special teams coaches
  • Special teams coordinator – Matt Daniels
  • Assistant special teams – Dalmin Gibson
Strength and conditioning
  • Director of player performance – Josh Hingst
  • Director of football development/Assistant performance coach – Derik Keyes
  • Assistant player performance – Marquis Johnson

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Current roster

Minnesota Vikings roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Practice squad

Reserve


As of January 13, 2025. Rookies in italics.

53 active, 6 reserve, 16 practice squad (+2 exempt)

Preseason

The Vikings' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in May 2025 in conjunction with the regular season schedule.

Regular season

2025 opponents

The Vikings will play eight games at home and nine on the road in 2025. Exact dates and times will be announced in May 2025. In addition to home and away matchups against each of their NFC North divisional rivals, they are also scheduled to play against each of the teams in the NFC East and AFC North, as well as the teams that also finished in second place in each of the NFC South, NFC West and AFC West.[4]

Category Home Away
Division opponents
(NFC North)		 Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Conference opponents
(NFC East)		 Philadelphia Eagles
Washington Commanders		 Dallas Cowboys
New York Giants
Conference opponents
(based on 2024 division placement)		 Atlanta Falcons Seattle Seahawks
Interconference opponents
(AFC North)		 Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals		 Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers
Interconference opponent
(based on 2024 division placement)		 — Los Angeles Chargers

References

  1. ^ "Vikings acquire second 1st-round pick in trade with Texans". MSN.com. March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  2. ^ Young, Lindsey (April 25, 2024). "Vikings Draft Alabama Outside Linebacker Dallas Turner with 17th Pick After Trade with Jaguars". vikings.com. Minnesota Vikings Football. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  3. ^ Poisal, Anthony (May 16, 2023). "Browns acquire Pro Bowl DE Za'Darius Smith in trade with Vikings". clevelandbrowns.com. Cleveland Browns. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "2025 Opponents Determined". NFL Football Operations. January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.