The Vikings announced Saturday night that they had agreed to terms with 15 rookie free agents. The deals won't become official until they pass physicals and sign deals, so we might not see all of these players at the team's rookie minicamp next weekend.
Kain Colter highlights the group, but it is more for what he did in a courtroom than what he did on the football field. Colter was the leader of the effort to unionize at Northwestern. He is a co-founder of the College Athletes Players Association, a labor organization that battled the NCAA by arguing that college athletes should be considered employees and receive the basic protection that goes along with that.
Here is the full announced list:
AC Leonard, TE, Tennessee State
Kain Colter, WR, Northwestern
Antonio Richardson, OT, Tennessee
Zac Kerin, C, Toledo
Pierce Burton, OT, Mississippi
Matt Hall, OT, Belhaven
Austin Wentworth, OG Fresno State
Isame Faciane, NT, Florida International
Dominique Williams, HB, Wagner
Jake Snyder, DE, Virginia
Erik Lora, WR, Eastern Illinois
Tyler Scott, DE, Northwestern
Donte Foster, WR, Ohio
Rakim Cox, DE, Villanova