# 2025 Minnesota Vikings season

The 2025 season will be the Minnesota Vikings' 65th in the National Football League (NFL), their 10th playing their home games at U.S. Bank Stadium, their 21st under the ownership of Zygi Wilf and their fourth under the head coach/general manager tandem of Kevin O'Connell and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah.

## Offseason
### Futures contracts

| Position | Player | Date signed |
| OL | Trevor Reid | January 9 |
| DT | Travis Bell | January 15 |
| DB | Kahlef Hailassie | January 15 |
| T | Marcellus Johnson | January 15 |
| DB | Reddy Stewart | January 15 |
| QB | Brett Rypien | January 15 |
| RB | Zavier Scott | January 15 |
| LB | Max Tooley | January 15 |
| LB | Gabriel Murphy | January 15 |
| G | Henry Byrd | January 15 |
| T | Leroy Watson | January 15 |
| WR | Lucky Jackson | January 15 |
| DE | Jonathan Harris | January 15 |
| WR | Thayer Thomas | January 15 |
| CB | Ambry Thomas | January 16 |
| CB | Nahshon Wright | January 17 |
| WR | Jeshaun Jones | January 17 |

### Free agents

| Position | Player | Free agency tag | 2025 team | Date signed | Notes |
| RB | Cam Akers | UFA | | | |
| DE | Jonathan Bullard | UFA | | | |
| S | Camryn Bynum | UFA | Indianapolis Colts | March 12 | 4 years, $60 million |
| QB | Sam Darnold | UFA | Seattle Seahawks | March 13 | 3 years, $100.5 million |
| C | Dan Feeney | UFA | | | |
| CB | Stephon Gilmore | UFA | | | |
| CB | Shaquill Griffin | UFA | | | |
| LB | Kamu Grugier-Hill | UFA | | | |
| S | Theo Jackson | RFA | Minnesota Vikings | March 7 | 3 years, $9.3 million |
| RB | Aaron Jones | UFA | Minnesota Vikings | March 11 | 2 years, $20 million |
| QB | Daniel Jones | UFA | Indianapolis Colts | March 12 | 1 year, $14 million |
| OLB | Patrick Jones II | UFA | Carolina Panthers | March 10 | 2 years, $20 million |
| CB | Fabian Moreau | UFA | | | |
| QB | Nick Mullens | UFA | Jacksonville Jaguars | March 12 | 2 years, $4.5 million |
| TE | Johnny Mundt | UFA | Jacksonville Jaguars | March 12 | 2 years, $5.5 million |
| CB | Byron Murphy | UFA | Minnesota Vikings | March 12 | 3 years, $54 million |
| WR | Brandon Powell | UFA | | | |
| T | David Quessenberry | UFA | | | |
| DL | Jalen Redmond | ERFA | Minnesota Vikings | January 16 | 1 year, $960,000 |
| G | Dalton Risner | UFA | | | |
| T | Cam Robinson | UFA | | | |
| WR | Trent Sherfield | UFA | Denver Broncos | March 13 | 2 years, $6 million |
| DE | Jerry Tillery | UFA | | | |
| OLB | Jihad Ward | UFA | | | |
| P | Ryan Wright | RFA | Minnesota Vikings | March 11 | 1 year, $1.75 million |

### Signings

| Position | Player | Free agency tag | Former team | Date signed | Notes |
| DL | Jonathan Allen | UFA | Washington Commanders | March 12 | 3 years, $51 million |
| S | Bubba Bolden | UFA | Birmingham Stallions (UFL) | March 10 | |
| G | Will Fries | UFA | Indianapolis Colts | March 13 | 5 years, $87.7 million |
| DL | Javon Hargrave | UFA | San Francisco 49ers | March 13 | 2 years, $30 million |
| C | Ryan Kelly | UFA | Indianapolis Colts | March 12 | 2 years, $18 million |
| CB | Isaiah Rodgers | UFA | Philadelphia Eagles | March 13 | 2 years |
| T | Justin Skule | UFA | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | March 13 | |
| DB | Tavierre Thomas | UFA | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | March 13 | 1 year, $2 million |
| LB | Eric Wilson | UFA | Green Bay Packers | March 14 | |

### Releases

| Position | Player | New team | Date released | Source |
| C | Garrett Bradbury | | March 17 | |

### Extensions

| Position | Player | Date signed | Notes | Source |
| S | Harrison Smith | March 12 | | |

### Trades

| Position | Player | Team | Date traded | Notes | Source |
| G | Ed Ingram | Houston Texans | March 13 | MIN receives: 2026 sixth-round pick HOU receives: Ingram | |
| RB | Jordan Mason | San Francisco 49ers | March 15 | MIN receives: 2025 sixth-round pick, Mason SF receives: 2025 fifth-round pick, 2026 sixth-round pick | |

### Draft

Having been eliminated from the playoffs in the wild card round after a 14–3 regular season in 2024, the Vikings had the 24th pick in each round of the 2025 NFL draft. They are scheduled to go into the draft with four selections, their fewest since making five picks in 2009. As well as their original first-round pick, they were also awarded a third-round pick in compensation for the departure of QB Kirk Cousins during the 2024 offseason, and acquired an additional fifth-round pick in a trade that sent DE Za'Darius Smith to the Cleveland Browns; that same deal sent the Vikings' original sixth- and seventh-round picks to the Browns. Their original second-round pick was sent to the Houston Texans in order to acquire another first-round selection in 2024; that pick was then sent to the Jacksonville Jaguars in a package with their original third- and fourth-round selections in the 2025 draft in order to move up again and select OLB Dallas Turner. They also traded picks with the San Francisco 49ers in order to acquire RB Jordan Mason, giving up their original fifth-round selection and a 2026 sixth-round pick for a 2025 sixth-round selection. The Vikings had been expected to receive an additional seventh-round pick in a trade that sent G Jesse Davis to the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2022, but the conditions of the trade were not met and the pick remained with the Steelers.
2025 Minnesota Vikings draft selections :
| Round | Selection | Player | Position | College | Notes |
| 1 | 24 | | | | |
| 2 | 56 | Traded to the Houston Texans | Traded to the Houston Texans | Traded to the Houston Texans | |
| 3 | 88 | Traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars | Traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars | Traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars | |
| 3 | 97 | | | | Compensatory selection |
| 4 | 126 | Traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars | Traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars | Traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars | |
| 5 | 139 | | | | From Browns |
| 5 | 160 | Traded to the San Francisco 49ers | Traded to the San Francisco 49ers | Traded to the San Francisco 49ers | |
| 6 | 187 | | | | From 49ers |
| 6 | 200 | Traded to the Cleveland Browns | Traded to the Cleveland Browns | Traded to the Cleveland Browns | |
| 7 | 240 | Traded to the Cleveland Browns | Traded to the Cleveland Browns | Traded to the Cleveland Browns | |
Draft trades
* ↑ The Vikings traded a second-round selection, and 2024 second- and sixth-round selections to the Houston Texans in exchange for 2024 first- and seventh-round selections.
* 1 2 The Vikings traded third- and fourth-round selections, and 2024 first- and fifth-round selections (23rd and 167th overall) to the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for a 2024 first-round selection (17th).
* 1 2 3 The Vikings traded sixth- and seventh-round selections, and DE Za'Darius Smith to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a fifth-round selection and a 2024 fifth-round selection.
* 1 2 The Vikings traded a fifth-round selection (160th overall) and a 2026 sixth-round selection to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for a sixth-round selection (187th overall) and RB Jordan Mason.

## Preseason

The Vikings' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in May, in conjunction with the release of the regular season schedule.

## Regular season
### 2025 opponents

The Vikings will play eight games at home and nine on the road in 2025. Exact dates and times will be announced in May. In addition to home and away matchups against each of their NFC North divisional rivals, they are also scheduled to play against each of the teams in the NFC East and AFC North, as well as the teams that also finished in second place in each of the NFC South, NFC West and AFC West.
| Category | Home | Away |
| Division opponents (NFC North) | Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers | Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers |
| Conference opponents (NFC East) | Philadelphia Eagles Washington Commanders | Dallas Cowboys New York Giants |
| Conference opponents (based on 2024 division placement) | Atlanta Falcons | Seattle Seahawks |
| Interconference opponents (AFC North) | Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals | Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Interconference opponent (based on 2024 division placement) | — | Los Angeles Chargers |