While there were not a lot of individual announcements for us to track, the Minnesota Vikings were signing players to the practice squad on Monday, coming to terms with fifteen players, almost all of whom were with the team during training camp.
Here is the full list of players the team has brought back.
- CB Da’Veawn Armstead
- WR Michael Briscoe
- G Henry Byrd
- C Gavin Gerhardt
- G Joshua Gray
- S Kahlef Hailassie
- LB Bangally Kamara
- TE Marshall Lang
- OT Tristan Leigh
- OT Jack Nelson
- CB Bryce Phillips
- DL Jahvaree Ritzie
- WR Trayvon Rudolph
- OLB Cam’Ron Stewart
- S Tavierre Thomas
There had been a report from NFL reporter Aaron Wilson that the Vikings had signed former Cincinnati Bengals tight end Cam Grandy to the practice squad as well. Whether that report was inaccurate (which
would be odd) or the deal simply was not worked out prior to the NFL’s transaction deadline, Grandy’s name was not on the list of practice squad signings that the team released.
Of the fifteen players the team signed to the practice squad, fourteen of them went through training camp with the Vikings this season. The lone exception is Nelson, who was a seventh-round pick of the Atlanta Falcons in the 2025 NFL Draft out of Wisconsin. He appeared in 10 games for the Falcons last year, almost exclusively on special teams. According to Pro Football Reference, he played only four snaps on offense.
The Vikings might be interested in bringing back either quarterback Max Brosmer or wide receiver Dillon Bell to the practice squad, as both of those players were waived on Monday to make room for the team’s two waiver claims, Nick Samac and Trevor Keegan. If that’s the case, both of those players will have to be on waivers for 24 hours (and go unclaimed, of course) in order for the Vikings to bring them back to the practice squad.
But, as it stands for now, that is your Minnesota Vikings practice squad, folks. What do you think about the players the Vikings brought back?
