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The Vikings utilized Reserve Lists on their way to reducing their 2024 roster to 53 players by Tuesday's 3 p.m. (CT) deadline.
Minnesota left tight end T.J. Hockenson on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform.
The Vikings placed linebacker Jordan Kunaszyk on Injured Reserve and placed outside linebacker Gabriel Murphy and guard Dalton Risner on Injured Reserve-Designated for Return.
Per NFL policy, teams with players who are categorized as Active/Physically Unable to Perform or Active/Non-Football Injury or Illness "must select one of the following options: place player on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform or Reserve/Non-Football Injury or Illness, whichever is applicable; terminate or request waivers with the designation of Failed Physical or Non- Football Injury or Illness, whichever is applicable; request waivers; terminate contract; trade contract; or continue to count the player on the Active List."
Hockenson will not count against the 53-player limit but is required to sit out the first four games of the 2024 season.
Each team can designate for return a max of two players who are placed on "an applicable Reserve list during the business day of the final roster reduction."
Any players who are designated for return count against a team's maximum of eight players to designate for return throughout the entire season (teams that make the playoffs are allotted a max of 10 players returning), even if those players do not return to practice. Any player placed on the Reserve/PUP list before roster reductions is required to miss the entire season.
The Vikings waived the following players:
S Lewis Cine
RB Kene Nwangwu
CB Nahshon Wright
OLB Andre Carter II
OL Henry Byrd
G Tyrese Robinson
WR Lucky Jackson
WR Jeshaun Jones
WR Thayer Thomas
DL Jaquelin Roy
LB Dallas Gant
OLB Bo Richter
The Vikings terminated the contract of the following players:
TE N'Keal Harry
CB Duke Shelley
RB Myles Gaskin
DB Bobby McCain
DL James Lynch
TE Robert Tonyan
DL Jonah Williams
The Vikings waived the following player with an injury designation:
WR Malik Knowles
The Vikings left the following player on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list:
TE T.J. Hockenson
The Vikings placed the following player on Injured Reserve:
LB Jordan Kunaszyk
The Vikings placed the following players on Injured Reserve-Designated for Return:
OLB Gabriel Murphy
G Dalton Risner – Vikings press release