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2012 Minnesota Vikings
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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 2nd in NFC North Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 379 points (23.7/g), 14th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 348 points (21.8/g), 14th.
Differential of 31 points (1.9/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 8.8-7.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 17th.
Simple Rating System: Total 3.4, Offense: 1.6, Defense: 1.8, SoS: 1.4, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Leslie Frazier
Offensive Coordinator: Bill Musgrave
Defensive Coordinator: Alan Williams
Training Camp: Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Christian Ponder | 24 | 1 | 16 | 300 for 483, 2,935 yards, 18 td, 12 int, & 60 rushes for 253 yards and 2 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 12th pick / 2011 |
| RB | Adrian Peterson*+ | 27 | 5 | 16 | 348 rushes for 2,097 yards, 12 td, & 40 catches for 217 yards and 1 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 7th pick / 2007 |
| WR | Percy Harvin | 24 | 3 | 8 | 62 catches for 677 yards, 3 td, & 22 rushes for 96 yards and 1 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 22nd pick / 2009 |
| WR | Jerome Simpson | 26 | 4 | 10 | 26 catches for 274 yards, 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 46th pick / 2008 |
| TE | Kyle Rudolph | 23 | 1 | 16 | 53 catches for 493 yards, 9 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 43rd pick / 2011 |
| LT | Matt Kalil | 23 | Rook | 16 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 4th pick / 2012 | |
| LG | Charlie Johnson | 28 | 6 | 16 | Indianapolis Colts / 6th / 199th pick / 2006 | |
| C | John Sullivan | 27 | 4 | 16 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 187th pick / 2008 | |
| RG | Brandon Fusco | 24 | 1 | 16 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 172nd pick / 2011 | |
| RT | Phil Loadholt | 26 | 3 | 16 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 54th pick / 2009 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Brian Robison | 29 | 5 | 15 | 8.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 102nd pick / 2007 |
| NT | Letroy Guion | 25 | 4 | 15 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 152nd pick / 2008 |
| RDE | Jared Allen* | 30 | 8 | 16 | 12.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 126th pick / 2004 |
| SLB | Chad Greenway* | 29 | 5 | 16 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 17th pick / 2006 | |
| MLB | Jasper Brinkley | 27 | 3 | 15 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 150th pick / 2009 | |
| WLB | Erin Henderson | 26 | 4 | 10 | ||
| LCB | Antoine Winfield | 35 | 13 | 15 | 0.5 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 23rd pick / 1999 |
| RCB | Chris Cook | 25 | 2 | 10 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 34th pick / 2010 |
| SS | Jamarca Sanford | 27 | 3 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 231st pick / 2009 |
| FS | Harrison Smith | 23 | Rook | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 29th pick / 2012 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | Jared Allen* | 30 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 265 | 6-6 | Idaho St. | 4/3/1982 | 8 | 10 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 126th pick / 2004 |
| 19 | Devin Aromashodu | 28 | 15 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | Auburn | 5/23/1984 | 5 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 233rd pick / 2006 | |
| 48 | Matt Asiata | 25 | 14 | 0 | 220 | 5-11 | Snow CC; Utah | 7/24/1987 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 99 | Christian Ballard | 23 | 15 | 0 | 283 | 6-4 | Iowa | 1/3/1989 | 1 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 106th pick / 2011 | |
| 61 | Joe Berger | 30 | 16 | 0 | 303 | 6-5 | Michigan Tech | 5/25/1982 | 7 | 1 | Carolina Panthers / 6th / 207th pick / 2005 | |
| 36 | Robert Blanton | 23 | 12 | 0 | 208 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 9/7/1989 | Rook | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 139th pick / 2012 | |
| 54 | Jasper Brinkley | 27 | MLB | 16 | 15 | 275 | 6-2 | South Carolina | 7/12/1985 | 3 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 150th pick / 2009 |
| 27 | Brandon Burton | 23 | 4 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Southern Utah | 7/31/1989 | 1 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 139th pick / 2011 | |
| 11 | Stephen Burton | 23 | wr | 12 | 1 | 221 | 6-1 | Long Beach CC,West Texas A&M | 12/11/1989 | 1 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 236th pick / 2011 |
| 89 | John Carlson | 28 | te | 14 | 6 | 256 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 5/12/1984 | 4 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 38th pick / 2008 |
| 57 | Audie Cole | 23 | 5 | 0 | 246 | 6-4 | North Carolina St. | 6/1/1989 | Rook | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 210th pick / 2012 | |
| 20 | Chris Cook | 25 | RCB | 10 | 10 | 169 | 5-8 | Virginia | 2/5/1987 | 2 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 34th pick / 2010 |
| 51 | Larry Dean | 24 | 15 | 0 | 216 | 6-0 | 8/7/1988 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 40 | Rhett Ellison | 24 | fb | 15 | 7 | 251 | 6-5 | USC | 10/3/1988 | Rook | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 128th pick / 2012 |
| 90 | Fred Evans | 29 | nt | 16 | 1 | 307 | 6-5 | Texas St. | 11/6/1983 | 6 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 212th pick / 2006 |
| 42 | Jerome Felton* | 26 | wr | 16 | 7 | 246 | 6-0 | Furman | 7/3/1986 | 4 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 146th pick / 2008 |
| 63 | Brandon Fusco | 24 | RG | 16 | 16 | 316 | 6-4 | Slippery Rock | 7/26/1988 | 1 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 172nd pick / 2011 |
| 32 | Toby Gerhart | 25 | 16 | 0 | 234 | 6-0 | Stanford | 3/28/1987 | 2 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 51st pick / 2010 | |
| 52 | Chad Greenway* | 29 | SLB | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-2 | Iowa | 1/12/1983 | 5 | 12 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 17th pick / 2006 |
| 97 | Everson Griffen | 25 | 16 | 1 | 280 | 6-3 | USC | 12/22/1987 | 2 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 100th pick / 2010 | |
| 98 | Letroy Guion | 25 | NT | 15 | 15 | 295 | 6-4 | Florida St. | 6/21/1987 | 4 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 152nd pick / 2008 |
| 12 | Percy Harvin | 24 | WR | 9 | 8 | 200 | 5-11 | Florida | 5/28/1988 | 3 | 9 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 22nd pick / 2009 |
| 50 | Erin Henderson | 26 | WLB | 14 | 10 | 242 | 6-3 | Maryland | 7/1/1986 | 4 | 5 | |
| 24 | A.J. Jefferson | 24 | rcb | 14 | 7 | 190 | 6-0 | Fresno State | 4/4/1988 | 2 | 3 | |
| 84 | Michael Jenkins | 30 | wr | 16 | 8 | 217 | 6-4 | Ohio St. | 6/18/1982 | 8 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 29th pick / 2004 |
| 74 | Charlie Johnson | 28 | LG | 16 | 16 | 302 | 6-3 | Oklahoma St. | 5/2/1984 | 6 | 7 | Indianapolis Colts / 6th / 199th pick / 2006 |
| 92 | George Johnson | 25 | 2 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Rutgers | 12/11/1987 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 75 | Matt Kalil | 23 | LT | 16 | 16 | 306 | 6-6 | USC | 7/6/1989 | Rook | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 4th pick / 2012 |
| 5 | Chris Kluwe | 31 | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | UCLA | 12/24/1981 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 71 | Phil Loadholt | 26 | RT | 16 | 16 | 343 | 6-8 | Oklahoma | 1/21/1986 | 3 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 54th pick / 2009 |
| 46 | Cullen Loeffler | 31 | 14 | 0 | 241 | 6-5 | Texas | 1/27/1981 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 59 | Tyrone McKenzie | 27 | 16 | 0 | 244 | 6-2 | South Florida | 12/11/1985 | 3 | 1 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 97th pick / 2009 | |
| 55 | Marvin Mitchell | 28 | wlb | 11 | 1 | 249 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 10/21/1984 | 5 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 220th pick / 2007 |
| 28 | Adrian Peterson*+ | 27 | RB | 16 | 16 | 217 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 3/21/1985 | 5 | 19 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 7th pick / 2007 |
| 7 | Christian Ponder | 24 | QB | 16 | 16 | 229 | 6-2 | Florida State | 2/25/1988 | 1 | 11 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 12th pick / 2011 |
| 41 | Mistral Raymond | 25 | ss | 10 | 3 | 196 | 6-1 | South Florida | 9/7/1987 | 1 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 170th pick / 2011 |
| 91 | D'Aundre Reed | 24 | 4 | 0 | 261 | 6-4 | Arizona | 1/1/1988 | 1 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 215th pick / 2011 | |
| 83 | Allen Reisner | 24 | 4 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Iowa | 9/29/1988 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Josh Robinson | 21 | lcb | 16 | 6 | 199 | 5-10 | Central Florida | 1/8/1991 | Rook | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 66th pick / 2012 |
| 96 | Brian Robison | 29 | LDE | 15 | 15 | 258 | 6-2 | Texas | 4/28/1983 | 5 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 102nd pick / 2007 |
| 82 | Kyle Rudolph | 23 | TE | 16 | 16 | 259 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 11/9/1989 | 1 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 43rd pick / 2011 |
| 33 | Jamarca Sanford | 27 | SS | 16 | 13 | 200 | 5-10 | Mississippi | 8/27/1985 | 3 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 231st pick / 2009 |
| 76 | Geoff Schwartz | 26 | 13 | 0 | 331 | 6-6 | Oregon | 7/11/1986 | 4 | 1 | Carolina Panthers / 7th / 241st pick / 2008 | |
| 34 | Andrew Sendejo | 25 | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Rice | 9/9/1987 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 35 | Marcus Sherels | 25 | 16 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | Minnesota | 9/30/1987 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 81 | Jerome Simpson | 26 | WR | 12 | 10 | 193 | 6-1 | Coastal Carolina | 2/4/1986 | 4 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 46th pick / 2008 |
| 22 | Harrison Smith | 23 | FS | 16 | 16 | 213 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 2/2/1989 | Rook | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 29th pick / 2012 |
| 65 | John Sullivan | 27 | C | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 8/8/1985 | 4 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 187th pick / 2008 |
| 3 | Blair Walsh*+ | 22 | 16 | 0 | 187 | 5-9 | Georgia | 1/8/1990 | Rook | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 175th pick / 2012 | |
| 14 | Joe Webb | 26 | 1 | 0 | 220 | 6-4 | Ala-Birmingham | 11/14/1986 | 2 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 199th pick / 2010 | |
| 93 | Kevin Williams | 32 | UT | 16 | 16 | 311 | 6-5 | Oklahoma St. | 8/16/1980 | 9 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 9th pick / 2003 |
| 26 | Antoine Winfield | 35 | LCB | 16 | 15 | 190 | 5-9 | Ohio St. | 6/24/1977 | 13 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 23rd pick / 1999 |
| 17 | Jarius Wright | 23 | 7 | 1 | 182 | 5-10 | Arkansas | 11/25/1989 | Rook | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 118th pick / 2012 | |
| Team Total | 25.5 | 16 | 243.4 | 6-2.4 | 2.6 |
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