88 days until kickoff: Every Minnesota Vikings player to wear 88ing News
With 88 days until the Minnesota Vikings kick off the 2024 season, here is every player to wear the number 88, including Alan Page. The Minnesota Vikings are entering their final season of football, with the 2024 season set to begin. The team is currently being managed by General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and head coach Kevin O'Connell, who are also entering their third seasons in charge of the team. With 88 days until kickoff, here's a look at every player to wear No. 88 with the Vikings. Players such as Maye, Page, Rhymes, and McDole, Reisner, and Page, who were inducted into the Hall of Fame after their performances, are considered key figures in their future.
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The Minnesota Vikings are entering their own version of the Final Countdown.
The 2024 season is upon us and the excitement is palpable. As we get through the offseason, everyone wants to see quarterback J.J. McCarthy in a Vikings uniform. It will signal a new era in Vikings football for many reasons.
General manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and head coach Kevin O'Connell are entering their third seasons in control of the Vikings and it's crunch time. They now have the team shaped in their image and it's going to be pivotal for their future to be successful in the next two seasons.
With 88 days until kickoff, here’s a look at every player to wear No. 88 with the Vikings (via Pro Football Reference):
Every Minnesota Vikings player to wear No. 88
Maye was a replacement player for the Vikings and he caught one pass for 22 yards in three starts.
Rhymes played in 20 games for the Vikings and averaged 25.1 yards per kick return.
The dad of quarterbacks Matt and Tim, Don spent nine years in the NFL and just one season with the Vikings, his second to last in the NFL. He caught just one pass for 10 yards as a Viking.
The Vikings selected McDole in the second round of the 1981 NFL Draft and he played all three of his seasons with the Vikings. He didn't catch any passes but he did return 12 kicks for 196 yards.
Page became a Hall of Fame player with the Vikings. He was a dominant force and was a game-wrecker on the defensive line. Pro Football Reference has him projected with 148.5 sacks. Page was a five-time first-team All-Pro, nine-time Pro Bowler and the 1971 MVP and Defensive Player of the Year. The Vikings retired his number in 1998 after it hadn't been worn for 10 years.
Reisner spent two seasons with the Vikings and wore a different number in both. During his season wearing number 89, he caught one pass for five yards.
A second-round pick of the Green Bay Packers, he is one of many former players to come to the Vikings. He spent just two seasons with the Vikings and 2008 was his final year in the NFL.
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