Veteran guard Dalton Risner is re-signing with the Minnesota Vikings on a one-year deal, a supply advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday.
The Vikings had re-signed backup offensive line Blake Brandel to a three-year contract that can pay him $3.25 million in 2024, indicating that he would get an opportunity to compete for the beginning left guard place. Brandel labored with the primary staff throughout early OTAs, however now Risner has returned to the combination.
Risner made 11 begins for the Vikings final season after signing with the staff in September, impressing them together with his go blocking and likewise his vitality within the run recreation.
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A second-round decide of the Broncos in 2019, Risner spent 4 seasons as a starter in Denver earlier than hitting free company after the 2022 season. Thought-about one of many high guards in the marketplace, Risner didn’t get a suggestion he needed to signal and determined as an alternative to await curiosity from a staff that wanted assist as soon as seeing their depth on the sphere in coaching camp.
Risner, 28, visited the Vikings in August and the edges saved in contact till one other staff expressed curiosity in mid-September. That put into movement a collection of occasions that led him to signing a one-year, $4 million cope with the Vikings on Sept. 18.
He participated in particular groups throughout his first three weeks in Minnesota earlier than beginning left guard Ezra Cleveland suffered a foot damage. That elevated Risner into the beginning lineup, and the Vikings determined to half methods with Cleveland, dealing him to the Jacksonville Jaguars on the Oct. 31 commerce deadline.
Risner has appeared in 77 video games (73 begins) in his profession.
