Everson Griffen came to the Minnesota Vikings as the 100^th Overall Draft Pick in 2010 and it was a slow build for him to really find his place in the NFL.  Griffen was mostly used on Special Teams as a rookie and morphed into a pass rushing specialist until 2014 when he became the starting Defensive End. Griffen went to four Pro Bowls over a five-year period, and he had three 10-plus Sack seasons while wearing the horns.  Griffen played for the Vikigs for ten years before he signed with the Dallas Cowboys as a Free Agent.  

Griffen returned in 2021 for another year, bringing his Sack total in Minnesota to 79.5.

As of this writing, Harrison Smith has played all 13 of his seasons in the National Football League, with five straight (2015-19), and a sixth (2021) seeing him go to the Pro Bowl.

While Chuck Foreman was drafted 12^th Overall in 1973, the Minnesota Vikings weren’t certain whether they were going to use him at Full Back or Running Back as he bounced around both positions at the University of Miami (FL).  Foreman was told that he wasn’t going to be able to cut it at Running Back at the NFL by his coaches at Miami, and he was determined to prove them wrong, and did he ever!

February 9 – March 1, 1963

Paul & Paula

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